Central Texas Hunting Ranches
why do some deer hunters think feeders are bad or unethicle?and how do you spell ethicle?
So I worked at a hunting ranch in south texas for a month during my winter break this year and it was high fenced but about 30000 acres. And when the feeder went off (for a ridiculus 15 seconds) the same big bucks would show up at the same feeder everyday at the same time, and would stand there even after i shot a couple does. now that was ridiculus and maybe unethicle! But where ive grown up hunting in Central Texas it seems as the Bucks there are smarter, we have never killed a big mature buck at a feeder. they just wont go! but what it does accomplish is keeping the does coming to the feeder which may have a buck with her that stays back, which gives us at least a chance. to me this is not unethicle, am i wrong? why? and am i spelling ethicle right?
can i not get some people to explain why its ok! i know theres some out there!
Ethical: e-t-h-i-c-a-l. Feeding deer is a technique common in Texas because Texas has very little public hunting land. This technique is only used on private land. Look at it this way, it is like baiting a hook when you go fishing. And what do you do with a fish that is too small? You release him. What do you do when you see a doe or an undesirable buck at a deer feeder? You let him go.
And you are right. The big bucks, the survivors, hang back just out of sight of the hunter.
The only people who think this hunting technique is unethical are non-hunters and wannabees (who only say they’re too good at hunting to resort to feeders but who in reality have never hunted deer). Truth is, you still have to be a good enough shot to take your deer. First sound and your buck will be in the next county. You miss and your shot will spook every deer within a mile for the next half-hour.
I hunt on less than 150 acres. My neighbors have THOUSANDS of acres. My neighbors FEED deer corn ALL YEAR ROUND. What are my chances of snagging a deer if I don’t feed? Nil, zilch, zero!
Do I use feeders? Yeah, when I remember to fill them with corn.
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