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Being old I just saw a show that brought me back "Spear gun Hunter". I used to free dive with what was then called a Hawaiian Sling. I have seen many show's with hunters that use high powered scopes and rifles for antlered game and extra long shot shells for turkey. Now don't get your camo panties in a bunch and the BIG SIN is not eating what you kill. BUT in the true battle of man and prey. Much the same as a hunter will climb the Matterhorn to shoot a Goat. Going out of your environment! Don't you think this a true challenge? Again if you are a sportsmen do you believe this is a true test. Meeting the animal on his terms not yours. And yes I have had friends who have torn the wings off of bugs to imitated the "hatch". It is nothing more than educated imitation. But I'm talking about going to where they live. What is your opinion?
Question by Carl Huber. Uploaded on September 15, 2012
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PS And yes I know no one goes to the Matterhorn to shoot goats. They go for the view. I am speaking of the handicap we ascribe to all our sports. The Spread In football, basketball. The added weight in horse racing to even the field.
Carl - If you are suggesting that our advances in technology give us an unfair advantage over the wildlife we hunt, I can't agree. We may be getting there, but we haven't arrived quite yet.
Yes 99 I hear exactly what you are saying. But maybe I just remember a different time [for myself] when a technological advantage was not so important. Life is wasted on the youth.
Carl, I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but we can't all just "grin down" a bear like Davy Crockett did...
exactly facing and animal on its turf and beating it is what a hunter should take the most pride in from the hunt.
wischneider If you stop and think of all the technology available. From average rifles that shoot under 1 moa to hand held range finders and apps that will dope your ballistics to devices that give you wind direction. All this and high fence hunting grounds. There is no reason to approach your game. You might as well be the other guy from Gander. Now I'm not saying go back to the days of the sharpened stick. But scopes on black powder rifles and crossbows. I just found it different and refreshing to see someone free dive in an alien environment and hunt their quarry with rudimentary tools.
A long time ago, I was under the impression that primitive weapons hunters were handicapping themselves to heighten the challenge of the hunt.
Then one day I entered a small gun shop and saw the proprietor installing a scope on a black powder rifle. Puzzled, I inquired as to why the owner of the gun would seek to gain the advantage of a scope.
The store-keeeper replied that the whole idea of primitive weapons hunting was to get the jump on the regular gun season hunters who had to wait until after the archery and muzzleloader hunters had first dibs on the game.
I felt like such a dope.
Carl,
I think I know where you're headed. I used to work with a free diver that spear hunts sea bass, halibut and other fish off the coast of Catalina Island here in California. He called it putting himself in the food chain. He has been in the water with great whites a couple of times...not long though:-D)
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PS And yes I know no one goes to the Matterhorn to shoot goats. They go for the view. I am speaking of the handicap we ascribe to all our sports. The Spread In football, basketball. The added weight in horse racing to even the field.
Carl - If you are suggesting that our advances in technology give us an unfair advantage over the wildlife we hunt, I can't agree. We may be getting there, but we haven't arrived quite yet.
Yes 99 I hear exactly what you are saying. But maybe I just remember a different time [for myself] when a technological advantage was not so important. Life is wasted on the youth.
Carl, I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but we can't all just "grin down" a bear like Davy Crockett did...
exactly facing and animal on its turf and beating it is what a hunter should take the most pride in from the hunt.
wischneider If you stop and think of all the technology available. From average rifles that shoot under 1 moa to hand held range finders and apps that will dope your ballistics to devices that give you wind direction. All this and high fence hunting grounds. There is no reason to approach your game. You might as well be the other guy from Gander. Now I'm not saying go back to the days of the sharpened stick. But scopes on black powder rifles and crossbows. I just found it different and refreshing to see someone free dive in an alien environment and hunt their quarry with rudimentary tools.
A long time ago, I was under the impression that primitive weapons hunters were handicapping themselves to heighten the challenge of the hunt.
Then one day I entered a small gun shop and saw the proprietor installing a scope on a black powder rifle. Puzzled, I inquired as to why the owner of the gun would seek to gain the advantage of a scope.
The store-keeeper replied that the whole idea of primitive weapons hunting was to get the jump on the regular gun season hunters who had to wait until after the archery and muzzleloader hunters had first dibs on the game.
I felt like such a dope.
Carl,
I think I know where you're headed. I used to work with a free diver that spear hunts sea bass, halibut and other fish off the coast of Catalina Island here in California. He called it putting himself in the food chain. He has been in the water with great whites a couple of times...not long though:-D)
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