Question:
Just saw a program on OLN about a Canada deer hunt.
The "hunter" was in a tree stand about50yds or less from a clearing that had
been baited with alfalfa.
He may have taken a big deer with a nice rack, but, in my opinion that
animal was not taken in "fair chase" and is no trophy to be proud of
Answer:
don't denigrate a method of hunting that's different than yours. Just because you don't
like the particular method, doesn't mean that it isn't fair chase. We, as hunters, have enough
problems with the anti-hunters, anti-gun groups, loss of hunting land to development (and other
reasons) to be throwing rocks at each other. How do you hunt that is superior to the method that
this hunter used? In my estimation, the only MURDER of a deer is if it was taken by illegal methods
(i.e. poached). There are many areas within the whitetail range that are VERY difficult (some near impossible) to
hunt by spot & stalk, still hunting, stalking, etc., whereby baiting is a viable option. As long as
it was legal, that hunter has a trophy to be proud of.
