Hunting season - Page 2

Srbarabs, nice to see another person from Ohio. I am from Warren County.
 

Those idiots in the forest are not hunters, they are the Nine with guns.
There is a difference between real hunters and any fool with a weapon.
We sometimes get a lot of out of town weekend hunters here on opening day, thats when you stay inside and wait until they leave.
You stay safe and the huntings much better once they leave.
Moons.

 2nd that two moons,Northern Michigan Sept.15 -Nov 7th grouse/woodcock yum yum,Nov-15-30th fire arm deer season  triple yum yum yum and heres an idea go to butcher get all the free venison scrapes and bones for the dogs cut them up (bones) and put in freezer for the whole year.

   I am from Ohio too..: )

   The only one I let hunt on our property it my brother in law and that is because I know he respects natures creatures. I can not stand hunters that shoot whatever moves and are willing to take a shot they aren't likely to make. It brakes my heart..: (
 
  My husband is in the autobody business and they delivered a car last week that still had a huge deer stuck in the fender..I hate that..

A friend of mine posted a picture to Facebook last week of the picnic table on their training field that was hit by a round while they were training and people and dogs were sitting there!

Wow, that would be a scare and a half!  I'd love to see the table.
That's what I'm afraid of  when I'm out jogging the horses.  I have no choice but to be there, they on the other hand could wait until after lunch when we are done.

One 19 year old hunter from here tripped in the bush and shot himself.  Non life threatening injuries, but holy frik, they are a danger to everyone even themselves!

There will ALWAYS be a debate about hunting. I do agree that anyone who enters into the woods/fields should practice safety and courtesy. You DO NOT tresspass on another's property. You SHOULD BE REQUIRED to take a gun safety course (in Ohio it is required for 'new hunters'). I DO NOT agree with trophy hunting, and wish that instead there were provisions that could be made for the meat to be donated and not wasted. There is a 'Safety' on a gun for a reason (like tripping and falling and having the gun accidently go off).

All that aside, I would like to share with you the solution a local Farmer had for some men who chose to ignore his warning to NOT hunt on his property.

The Dairy Farmer had for years clearly posted No Hunting/No Tresspassing at regular intervals all along his property. Signs were well maintained and in clear view. Large signs were posted at the entrance lanes to all his fields. While out checking his corn to see if it adequetly dried for harvesting, he found a group of hunters who had decided to ignore his posted "No Tresspassing" and "No Hunting" signs. They were JUST parking on his access drive to the fields. The Farmer told them to leave that he did not allow hunting on his property. The hunters appeared to respect his request and retuned to their car and left the field. Several hours later, when attending to another task, the Farmer found the SAME car parked at another field. Having already warned the tresspassers that hunting/tresspassing was NOT permited on his property he gave in to a little Farmer Karma. The task he was about to perform was disposal of the 'barn waste' (aka cow manure). So he backed up the spreader to the car, hit the PTO and 'let it fly'. He then took the time to very neatly place one of the No Tresspassing/No Hunting signs upon the pile that now covered the Hunter's car. The Farmer has not seen the car (or the Hunters) since. Mind you, this was about 25 years ago.

Who would have LOVED to see the faces when they returned to where they had parked the car??????

Originally from Michigan, hunted there and hunted the five years in New Mexico. It's just like any other profession/hobby; There are good ones and then there are bad ones. There are those that care and then those that don't, There will always be a debate. But one thing everyone has forgotten to mention, (or at least in all the reading I didn't see it) but to some hunters that is the majority if not the only way to put meat on their family's table, all year long. And for certain areas the majority of how the food banks provide meat for the homeless and less fortunate.

Also, a family tradition passed down through generations. 

There is no debate,
Hunting is part of the fabric of our country, and culture, an industry I figure runs into the billions of dollars nationally each year.
More rules and regulations than traffic court, along with the fees collected.
Trespassers can be prosecuted and fined, DNR is always more than willing to help out.
The idiots, well they are everywhere so hopefully they will cancel each other out...LOL