Thanks, Ten.

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around my parts every year there are many pet dogs being shot during deer season that everybody is buying bright orange doggie coats for their doggie.

 

Congrats....my 12 yr old son missed a 10 pt sunday morning...he was sick, but he said"I might have missed, but I am just glad I got the chance to see him!" WOW....I couldnt believe he said that. I was proud of him for thinking that way! Congrats again Shady

 

Here is a link to another forum, where we are able to post pictures. Ajay's in there with his deer as well as me with one I got last Friday, and some other guys with big ol muleys.

http://www.dunereview.com/forums/ind...opic=3949&st=0

 

I have had my firarm hunting license for 5 years and my bow license for 4 years, which would allow me to get two deer a year. I haven't gotten one. I haven't had the time to practice. I was hitting the center (about 3-4" circle) with my bow at 30yds but I still didn't feel comfortable with that, and wanted more practice. I did get a turkey one year with my shotgun, but we had been shooting skeet every other weekend. We'd get a box of 90 pigeons each and miss 2-4, and most of them were first shots. I really don't have any time to practice, but still get my licenses evry year expecting not to even go out because the money goes to a good place. I've actually only gone out for deer twice with my shotgun and never with my bow.

 

Well, I'm curious. Are there deer hunters in the dog owners fenced in back yard? Or are the dog owners stupid enough to let their dogs run loose in the woods during deer season disrupting hunting? If not one of the above, could this just be BS urban legend started by some anti-hunter with too much time on their hands.

 

May not have been an accident if the dogs were "running deer"

 

I think you hit the nail on the head, Sparky 8370. I have seen some pretty mangled dead deer around here that were killed by dogs. It pretty much a unwritten law in this area that if you let your dog run wild, causing trouble, and it doesn't come home, it's your fault. I have a Border Collie that is a member of our family. I care enough about her to keep her on my own property.

 

yes, in rural parts people let their dogs run loose, the pet dogs are not running deer they are in the woods chasing raccons and rabbits and there are a lot of wild dogs running around and the pet dog is just in the woods protecting his territory, most of the woods around here have heavy brush and vines that the deer tend to hide in during hunting season so some hunter may hear something in that heavy brush and shoots without seeing what it is, thinking its a deer, some hunters are using super high powered scopes shooting from a top of a mountain across to another mountain and some dogs have a color and look like a deer. I think its a great idea to put a bright colored orange coat or vest on ur dog.

 

The main thing is BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET, just last week, here in MN, a 15 yr old boy was shot in the head by a 45 yr old hunting partner in his group, the boy was dressed from the neck down in blaze orange, with a camo hat, and was walking back to camp at dusk when the older man shot him. I find this a total lack of any hunting "skills" whatsoever. How can anyone who roams the woods just blast at any noise or movement in the woods, hoping it was a deer, when you know your own group, or even family, is in the very same area? And please tell me how, this time of year, when most trees are bare, that you can't see a body size clump of blaze orange walking in the woods?? I can see a brown deer in thick brush, and can pick out blaze orange several hundred yards away,especially if its moving, but then, I bowhunt, so my targets have to be close enough to see the whiskers on their noses before I shoot, far too many "hunters" go down to Walmart, buy an orange jumpsuit, a box of shells, and drive to the woods with no plan other than to blast at anything that moves so no other shooter can "beat" them to a shot,so they can get home and go back to sitting on the couch drinking beer and catching the rest of the game.A real hunter scouts the area,knows the terrain, and has specific shooting lanes picked out to make clean, clear, one-shot kills on a plainly defined target. And a real hunter is willing to spend days, if needed, waiting for a good shot that will put down game quickly and humanely. Sorry to vent so long, but seeing all the meaningless deaths every year really sets me off, OPEN YOUR EYES, KNOW YOUR TARGET, AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE !!!!!!