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So what exactly is fair chase?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5532633" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Is it really ever fair to kill an animal that isn't in the process of trying to kill you? No. But that's how nature works and we're the top of the food chain. And as hunters do we ever really chase our prey anymore? No. We shoot them. So IMO the whole notion of the term "fair chase" is silly. Probably an unpopular opinion but to me it seems like some fancy labeling hunters use to make themselves feel more ethical or righteous than less sporty hunters. </p><p></p><p>I killed my first buck this year with a bow, on the ground, in big timber, after he his nose was close enough to mine that I could nearly smell his breath. No exaggeration I had to wait for him to move far enough away that I could shoot him. I don't know what constitutes fair chase but being face to face with a 160 class buck felt pretty sporty. Two weeks later I shot another good buck from a shooting house at around 100yds in an open field, with my 30-06. Same hunter. Same ethics. And I ow nobody an explanation nor will I be preached at by any "sportsman" who wants to virtue signal at my expense. If I see a perched dove I'll take the easy win and save myself 3 shells. It's nobody's business. I don't give any other hunter grief about how they legally take an animal. And I won't take any grief from them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5532633, member: 20583"] Is it really ever fair to kill an animal that isn't in the process of trying to kill you? No. But that's how nature works and we're the top of the food chain. And as hunters do we ever really chase our prey anymore? No. We shoot them. So IMO the whole notion of the term "fair chase" is silly. Probably an unpopular opinion but to me it seems like some fancy labeling hunters use to make themselves feel more ethical or righteous than less sporty hunters. I killed my first buck this year with a bow, on the ground, in big timber, after he his nose was close enough to mine that I could nearly smell his breath. No exaggeration I had to wait for him to move far enough away that I could shoot him. I don't know what constitutes fair chase but being face to face with a 160 class buck felt pretty sporty. Two weeks later I shot another good buck from a shooting house at around 100yds in an open field, with my 30-06. Same hunter. Same ethics. And I ow nobody an explanation nor will I be preached at by any "sportsman" who wants to virtue signal at my expense. If I see a perched dove I'll take the easy win and save myself 3 shells. It's nobody's business. I don't give any other hunter grief about how they legally take an animal. And I won't take any grief from them. [/QUOTE]
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