In my stand by the pond, haven't sat it since bow season because of trespassers. 3 teenagers on camera, one with a purse, one with a meat cleaver, and one with an ax! Chased people out last Tuesday that were shooting the place up and have found a few gut piles but never caught up to them! Took my orange off once I hit the tree in hopes to get me a trespassing son b!#ch! And who knows maybe a deer!
Worse! U at least can always go for chickens or run off shore. This crap you are stuck and there is nothing you can do about it! If I sat in my boat as much as I do a tree and didn't see $h!t in the screen and didn't catching anything it would all be sold! And for some reason I just keep coming back for more and more of this ! Nuts!
Sat till 10 no deer and never heard a shot! I think that's the first time I have ever sat during gun season without hearing a shot. Very strange gun season si far.
My issue with it is not necessarily the weapon it's with SOME of the people that use them! I've heard WAY to many people say "hell if I can use a cross bow I'm going to start "Bow Hunting" , plus I don't even need to take the archery coarse like you did! " Shoot a few arrows and say they can shoot out to 70 yards no problem! And most have never set foot in the woods before!! Hell I even know a guy that MISSED 3 deer with his compound this season and decided to pick up his X Bow because he couldn't make contact other wise Up until a few seasons ago you literally had to be a paraplegic in order to be granted permission to use a x bow now anyone can? How does that work? Again do your time, be a deer hunter and do your practice and I could care less what weapons are used if it is legal. But know matter what it still draws riff raf!
Unfortunately that doesn't suprise me one bit! Exact reason why I am anti cross bow. Alot of people think they are Fred Bear all of a sudden. I know way to many people who have never bow hunted before and we're in the woods this year because they had a cross bow.
Back in the spot where I killed my buck last year on this day. Turnips, winter weat, and oats in this plot and it's the biggest plot we have. Should start shooting these damn deer that comes from the neighbors property then leaves when they are done eating. Plots have been completely devoured !