Deer Hunting & Running

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

funny you mention this subject...the last day of muzzleloader season in VT was sunday the 10th...
I work on a large farm 500+ acres most of which is wooded and posted as a private game refuge...we do not allow any hunting or trapping. As a result we have a good sized deer herd (kept in check by the coyotes) with a few trophy sized buck...a 12 pointer was sniffing the bumper of my car about 2 weeks ago...
so anyway on the 10th (last day don't forget) I hear a shot from the woods at about 9:15 in the morning...freaks out the horses and they all start running like fools...but then I never hear another sound and I put it out of my head...later that afternoon I go out walking with my dad and our 3 dogs and guess what...some ass hole, coward who couldn't get a deer the legal way decided to tresspass on our property and poach one...we found the gut pile and a bloody trail where the guy had dragged it out...
Best part? he had shot the deer from up on a hill...towards the padoock where my horses were and towards a well used path that neighbors walk their dogs on etc...nice to know that in addition to being a thief and a coward he is also an unsafe hunter.
Sorry to vent...

That's awful, Beth... thank God the horses didn't get hurt (or anyone else.)

[Pointg5]

Maybe you can improve your times by running fast through there, they probably won't be able to hit you if you are moving fast...

I am pretty sure I ran past a dead guy one morning at 4am, he was just laying there in the grass, he was either dead or too drunk to get up, either way I wasn't going to stick around to find out...

[Gander]

A couple of years ago on a very mild Nov or Dec day, I was riding my mountain bike with a friend on those same trails, maybe 1/2 mile from the college's (Skidmore) campus. We start to see blood in the middle of the trail, keeps getting more and more. Sure enough we bike like maybe another 100 yards and see this hick dragging a just shot deer right down the bike path. He sees us and drops the deer, swings his gun around in our direction and just stands there staring, laughing at us. We turn around and head back in the other direction, very very fast.

Thats why I was very hesitant to run on those trails. They are illegal to hunters but some people cant abide by rules.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Gander

A couple of years ago on a very mild Nov or Dec day, I was riding my mountain bike with a friend on those same trails, maybe 1/2 mile from the college's (Skidmore) campus. We start to see blood in the middle of the trail, keeps getting more and more. Sure enough we bike like maybe another 100 yards and see this hick dragging a just shot deer right down the bike path. He sees us and drops the deer, swings his gun around in our direction and just stands there staring, laughing at us. We turn around and head back in the other direction, very very fast.

Thats why I was very hesitant to run on those trails. They are illegal to hunters but some people cant abide by rules.

What a freaking sicko...