#1831881 - 03/10/10 02:29 PM
Re: Rules................
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Bigg'un4214
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In the actual sense of the term poaching is stealing. It's stealing game from the honest hunters and anyone who enjoys wildlife whether they hunt or not.
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#1831908 - 03/10/10 02:43 PM
Re: Rules................
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jb3
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Can a person squirel hunt with a .22 mag during archery season? Growing up hunting in Grundy County, I did know of a person or two that did use .22 mags to take down deer.
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#1832058 - 03/10/10 04:53 PM
Re: Rules................
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Yodel Dog
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Hopefully this will better explain the types of rules I'm talking about having a problem with. I didn't refer to TN rules in particular, but don't think the same type thing doesn't happen everywhere. I'm not even sure the above is true, but if it is, it has nothing to do with the resource. One more example from our own state. 1)I understand why we can not spotlight deer. Fair chase, ethics, both come into play. 2)We can not hunt coyotes during archery season with a centerfire rifle. Does this have anything to do with fair chase or ethics? Absolutely not. Actually I see that as a fairly common sense rule, to keep people from shooting deer with a rifle during archery season while claiming they were coyote hunting. How is that any different than someone shooting a deer out of season while claiming they were coyote hunting? It's not, other than the fact that the poacher can claim that they killed the deer with a bow since the season is in. It is kind of hard to come up with an explanation for why you have a dead deer in your truck or hanging out behind the house with a hole in it when deer season is not open at all. Based on your statement, who does the rule (law) benefit? It benefits the deer hunters, because there is potentially one (or more) less deer poached. Also, I guess it benefits the coyote hunter who might be tempted to poach that 160" buck they have had their eye on but never got a chance to take when they were bowhunting.
A poacher is a poacher, whether he carries a rimfire or centerfire.
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