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Suspension
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I pulled into a little coffee shop this morning on my way to work cause I was out of coffee at home and I noticed this truck beside mine when I left. It was a beat up toyota 4x4 with South Carolina plates, no big deal. One guy sitting inside the truck and another in the store, both looked like normal old joes. They had a lot of stickers in their truck window though. One in particular read " IBOHUNT" and had a pretty poor picture of a deer with a guy stabbing at the deer with an arrow in his hand. Another said "Bambi rocks on my grill" with flames all around a deers head, a doe to beat. Plus there were some others about guns and so on. The guy from inside walked out and I noticed him looking at me out of the corner of his eye, probably cause I was standing there staring at his truck[:D]. So I started talking to him and asked if he hunted, he said can't you tell with a big smile. So I told him I was confused because his stickers gave me the impression that he was making fun of hunting. He looked at me rather oddly then got in his truck and drove away. I wasn't trying to be rude and felt I did a good job at being nice to the guy cause I had the feeling he just didn't see his stickers in the manner I was taking them.
What do you guys think? Stuff like that to me just down grades our sport which doesn't have many supporters as is.
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What do you guys think? Stuff like that to me just down grades our sport which doesn't have many supporters as is.
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
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I pulled into a little coffee shop this morning on my way to work cause I was out of coffee at home and I noticed this truck beside mine when I left. It was a beat up toyota 4x4 with South Carolina plates, no big deal. One guy sitting inside the truck and another in the store, both looked like normal old joes. They had a lot of stickers in their truck window though. One in particular read " IBOHUNT" and had a pretty poor picture of a deer with a guy stabbing at the deer with an arrow in his hand. Another said "Bambi rocks on my grill" with flames all around a deers head, a doe to beat. Plus there were some others about guns and so on. The guy from inside walked out and I noticed him looking at me out of the corner of his eye, probably cause I was standing there staring at his truck[:D]. So I started talking to him and asked if he hunted, he said can't you tell with a big smile. So I told him I was confused because his stickers gave me the impression that he was making fun of hunting. He looked at me rather oddly then got in his truck and drove away. I wasn't trying to be rude and felt I did a good job at being nice to the guy cause I had the feeling he just didn't see his stickers in the manner I was taking them.
What do you guys think? Stuff like that to me just down grades our sport which doesn't have many supporters as is.
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
[:(!]Sus I coulden't agree with you more. It does down grade the sport. most good hunters dont have a bunch of crap on their truck most good hunters want to be respected and show that hunters are sportsmen and polite. unfortunatally there will always be the guy who has to let everyone know he's mr bad *. well he is an *. In any case my state is small if I kill a deer around christmas time I make sure nobody see's it I cover it up. Not everyone like hunting and little kids are out thinking about Santa and rain deer and what not. I think it would show bad taste of me to have a dead deer drapped across my hood. [;)]We don't get respect We must earn it.[8D][8D]
Ben
Buckeyboy, since you mentioned the deer on the hood, did you guys see that jeep comercial before it got pulled off TV? I only heard about it but I guess it was making fun of hunters BIG time. Jeep pulled the commercial because they got a ton of negative responses about it as soon as it aired a few months back.
Ben, my old lady tells me all the time I'm a red neck, but whenever she goes with me to the camper in WV her mouth really drops.[:D] I have to admit two things about red necks. I was once in a very backwoods town in SC, lost and looking for a lake we planned on catfishing at. When we went into a garage/house (we weren't exactly sure)for directions I was actually scared. There were three of us, all grown men, and I was scared.
The other is that I have met some people that would be considered the picture defination of Hick/Redneck and they were the nicest people. One man actually gave me his truck to drive to a town about 50 miles away to get some parts to fix my truck. He knew me all of about 10 minutes when this happened. Any of you going to give some guy your truck after you pull up to him along the rode?
If I had to pick I'd have to say the rudest person I ever met in my life was a lady staying at the same hotel as we were in Gettysburg, PA. She was from New Jersey and I swear she was raised to be mean, kinda like some pitt bulls [:D]
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dennis
I agree with you both
Buckeyboy, since you mentioned the deer on the hood, did you guys see that jeep comercial before it got pulled off TV? I only heard about it but I guess it was making fun of hunters BIG time. Jeep pulled the commercial because they got a ton of negative responses about it as soon as it aired a few months back.
Ben, my old lady tells me all the time I'm a red neck, but whenever she goes with me to the camper in WV her mouth really drops.[:D] I have to admit two things about red necks. I was once in a very backwoods town in SC, lost and looking for a lake we planned on catfishing at. When we went into a garage/house (we weren't exactly sure)for directions I was actually scared. There were three of us, all grown men, and I was scared.
The other is that I have met some people that would be considered the picture defination of Hick/Redneck and they were the nicest people. One man actually gave me his truck to drive to a town about 50 miles away to get some parts to fix my truck. He knew me all of about 10 minutes when this happened. Any of you going to give some guy your truck after you pull up to him along the rode?
If I had to pick I'd have to say the rudest person I ever met in my life was a lady staying at the same hotel as we were in Gettysburg, PA. She was from New Jersey and I swear she was raised to be mean, kinda like some pitt bulls [:D]
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[:D]"good topic Sus." I think everone has the right to their opinion and can display whatever they want it's their vechicle. unfortunatly anti hunters group all hunters together therfore they represent us.
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When I lived in Va beach, the head quarters for PETA was right next door in Norfolk, they had a big office on the elizabeth river, every spring the local radio station held a fishing tournament and bar-b-que right outside their office.
muss
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taco413, deliverance was the only thing in my head when we were getting those directions. [:I] so yes banjos were in the background. I can laugh about it now, but at the time...boy o boy, never want to go through that again.
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I knew a guy like that once, he didn't think he was in the wrong because in his words, "he was putting food on the table for his family". I myself disagree, as a few have said it gives us a bad rep which we don't need anymore of that.
Some people don't hunt for fun. I know of a place in So Ill where it is farm land w/ no towns over 2000 for about 300 square miles. They are all hard working farmers. The way they see it is that they feed the deer year around just the same as they feed their cattle. The deer eat a whole lot of crops. When shotgun season comes around they all have a bunch of land owner's permits. They go out and in one weekend each guy probably kills 2 or 3 deer. They do not obey all the game laws; however, they also do not waste any meat either. They really see very little thrill in hunting or in fair chase. To them it seems as if fair chase is a waste of time. Killing a big buck is not anything that really thrills them anyway. They just go out and get enough meat to fill their freezers. It is far from what I have been taught, but it is in line with my morals. I believe that they hunt for the right reasons.
Ben
Hornet
Mississippi huh, how about snakes? Do you run into a lot of snakes while hunting? I haven't hunted south of West Virginia, went to Kentucky once for a muzzleloader whitetail hunt, but never got to hunt. My muzzleloader, we discovered as we were unpacking in KY, was left in the case standing in the corner of my garage. [:D] It was a nice drive though. [:)]
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I actually know of one that let a big buck walk because he said it was his breeder.
That's true herd management. The bow hunting world thanks him.[:)]
Ben
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quote:Originally posted by taco413
I knew a guy like that once, he didn't think he was in the wrong because in his words, "he was putting food on the table for his family". I myself disagree, as a few have said it gives us a bad rep which we don't need anymore of that.
Some people don't hunt for fun. I know of a place in So Ill where it is farm land w/ no towns over 2000 for about 300 square miles. They are all hard working farmers. The way they see it is that they feed the deer year around just the same as they feed their cattle. The deer eat a whole lot of crops. When shotgun season comes around they all have a bunch of land owner's permits. They go out and in one weekend each guy probably kills 2 or 3 deer. They do not obey all the game laws; however, they also do not waste any meat either. They really see very little thrill in hunting or in fair chase. To them it seems as if fair chase is a waste of time. Killing a big buck is not anything that really thrills them anyway. They just go out and get enough meat to fill their freezers. It is far from what I have been taught, but it is in line with my morals. I believe that they hunt for the right reasons.
Ben
[^] Ben, I think your right on with this. They may not follow the rules the rest of us have to but it's their land, They don't hunt for recreation as the rest of us do. They are truly hunting for the meat. when I was a boy I can rember my father throwing the racks away with the heads.Also you will never hear them brag or boast. in a way thet are the true sportsman.
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I've seen more damage done to crops by idiots in trucks or on 4-wheelers than I have seen deer do. Now turkeys can really tear stuff up, but still not as bad as we can.
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I know a farmer that everytime he used to see a deer he would shoot it. He can't stand them so he shoots them and lets them lay. I have since got to hunt on his land so now he has stopped shooting them and leaves it up to me. I wonder how many farmers are like that? I understand they can tear up a corn field, but I think this is just wrong.
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[:(!] There was a farmer in RI who used to just shoot them and let them die & rot. Some farmers see them as pest. I'm sure they are when they are eating crops.However he could at least donate the deer, call someone who wants it. Game dinner people. homeless, ect. I was brought up if you kill it you eat it. too bad some folks just don't get it. Kinda sad when ya think about all the time and effort we put in to get a deer. We treasure the moment, hand shakes, smiles, feeling of accomplishment, others see them as a pest. Most likely their parents brought them up that way and are just ignorant to doing the right thing. I truely think they believe their is nothing wrong with it. Thank god the majority are not like this.[:(][:(]
I so agree susp. We humans do more damage than any and all animals. I had coffee yesterday with a county sherriff and he told me about some guys having a meth lab in the middle of a corn field. Farmer jut happen to drive to the back of his property and noticed corn knocked down, so some guys and called the law. 5 got arrested for having a lab, and criminal tresspassing, along with destruction of property.
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meth lab? Wow, I'd hate to stumble on them with a bow. Was that close to where you hunt?
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I have ate * and ground hog though, it ain't all that bad. My grandpa cooked a lot of things we didn't know what it was till we were done eating [xx(]
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Susp, it was about 10 miles from the property I hunt on. It is also private land that no one is supposed to be on except 1 guy that hunts it. He said it was like 500 yards from where he hunted last year.
[:0] I wouldn't want to hunt close to any smoked up looney toon dudes. To close for comfort for me. Good thing the sherriff caught them. To bad there's more where they came from [:(]
Martes, couldn't agree with you more. We butcher our own hogs sometimes and man that is cruel. I've never seen an animal suffer or sound worse than a hog bleeding out. Good point cause I never pictured it that way. Thanks news guy!![8D][;)]
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quote:Originally posted by taco413
Susp, it was about 10 miles from the property I hunt on. It is also private land that no one is supposed to be on except 1 guy that hunts it. He said it was like 500 yards from where he hunted last year.
[:0] I wouldn't want to hunt close to any smoked up looney toon dudes. To close for comfort for me. Good thing the sherriff caught them. To bad there's more where they came from [:(]
Martes, couldn't agree with you more. We butcher our own hogs sometimes and man that is cruel. I've never seen an animal suffer or sound worse than a hog bleeding out. Good point cause I never pictured it that way. Thanks news guy!![8D][;)][xx(]Sus I don't think I would be able too do that with the animal screeming like that. Can't ya shoot em in the head first or somthing. That is a bit crule don't ya think?
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When he wasn't around for butchering we always put a .22 behind their ear, on cattle to, or sometimes in the hair swirl between a cows eyes.
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
Snakes are a fact of life down here, we just deal with them. In Mississippi and I do not know if it is like this everywhere, but it is aginst the law to kill a rattle snake unless the snake is threanting you. So you can draw your own conclusions as to what happens to them if one is seen in the woods.
Hornet
That's my grandpa there, his only way is to hook a back leg, hoist them up in a tree or barn rafter then cut their throats so they bleed out. You think it sounds cruel, you should watch it. [:)]
When he wasn't around for butchering we always put a .22 behind their ear, on cattle to, or sometimes in the hair swirl between a cows eyes. [:(] No thanks man, I have a hard enough time when I hear a shot deer bawling, sometime makes me stop and ask if im doing the right thing. But the urge to hunt always seems to make me keep commin back for more. love to hunt hate to see anything suffer more than it has too makes me feel bad. think I'm a ice cream?
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hornet, I don't believe I could hunt much down south with all those snakes. Law or no law I'd get rid of them when I saw one, I might not be able to get close enough to kill one though. I get nervous walking through the snake rooms at zoos! [:I]
Buckeyboy, I think your a strawberry ice cream. Not sure what it means though....????? never called anyone an ice cream before[:o)]
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Martes, you got my stomach turning with that description. I always hated holding calves while they were clamped. Always had to clamp them a few extra times just to make sure all was taken care of. Or snapping rubber bands on lambs, that always looked rather disturbing to. [:)]
hornet, I don't believe I could hunt much down south with all those snakes. Law or no law I'd get rid of them when I saw one, I might not be able to get close enough to kill one though. I get nervous walking through the snake rooms at zoos! [:I]
Buckeyboy, I think your a strawberry ice cream. Not sure what it means though....????? never called anyone an ice cream before[:o)]
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
[:o)]I diden't use the word ice cream it was a word that meant woooose! The forum changed it. man those poor little piglets getting their balls riped out. Geeeeeeeeeeeeee[:0]
this is tuna noodle signing out [;)]
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copy that tuna noodle, bleening bathtub hears you loud and clear.
[:0][:0][:0] Oh No! I think I hear banjos playing. You guy's are starting to scare me thought it might be fun to bump into you in the woods someday. Having second thoughts about that.[:D][:D]
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Bleening bathtub, methlabs, banjos! I'm not even gonna respond, might ruin my bad reputation. [;)]
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[;)] Yea. I would be a little leary to respond too. if I were you. With a mane like Tuna Noodle... OH SUS too late on the reputation thing[}:)][}:)]
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