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Defenseless animals shot by open carriers... (Dove hunting season is open)

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.....on the first day of dove season. Just a reminder to everyone that hunting season is open again. Many folks who don't normally OC will have various firearms in their vehicles or about their persons. Just a situational awarness advisory. I left a dove hunt on opening day when some of the participants cracked their third beer.

Let's all be safe out there!
 
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riverrat10k said:
.....on the first day of dove season. Just a reminder to everyone that hunting season is open again. Many folks who don't normally OC will have various firearms in their vehicles or about their persons. Just a situational awarness advisory. I left a dove hunt on opening day when some of the participants cracked their third beer.

Let's all be safe out there!
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The ignorant can be taught however, you can’t fix stupid.
 
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Sorry Ed, I agree

but I made you look! In the counties I frequent in the Central VA area, lots of folks are now carrying guns in their vehicles and about their persons that were not being carried a month ago.

I just wanted to get that point out and also a "dig" at my "friends" who were drinking while shooting. I know your stance on that. I enjoy my beers immensely, but not while handling firearms.
 
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riverrat10k said:
but I made you look! In the counties I frequent in the Central VA area, lots of folks are now carrying guns in their vehicles and about their persons that were not being carried a month ago.

I just wanted to get that point out and also a "dig" at my "friends" who were drinking while shooting. I know your stance on that. I enjoy my beers immensely, but not while handling firearms.
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I have yet to meet a truly defenseless animal. They may not have a defense against a gun most have some form of defense.
That being said I myself am getting ready to join in the hunting crowds out here in Wyoming, and although I have not yet met any hunters drinking where I hunt; it is something that I watch for. 16 years ago I got shot at by some drunken fools Turkey hunting that were blasting away everything that moved; I almost shot back, but called the Sheriff, and Game Warden instead, then very carefully and quietly left!!!
 
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PT111 said:
Please tell me you did not catch it. :shocker::lol:
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There is considerable question about who caught who.
I can tell you that a cute flying squirrel is capable and willing to bite completely through a finger.:uhoh:
 
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Jane thinks so...I wasn't quite as amused. I'll bet I lost a quart of blood before that little monster let g0.:lol:
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Some might opine that *all* hunting should be done mano a mano with the prey ... with no artificial advantages....

But then, everything I 'hunt' is made out of clay/pitch, colored orange, and is flying away from me at various angles at 60mph....
 
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JamesCanby said:
Some might opine that *all* hunting should be done mano a mano with the prey ... with no artificial advantages....

But then, everything I 'hunt' is made out of clay/pitch, colored orange, and is flying away from me at various angles at 60mph....
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But they are so tough and taste nothing like chicken. :p
 
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riverrat10k said:
..... I left a dove hunt on opening day when some of the participants cracked their third beer.

Let's all be safe out there!
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You waited until they cracked their THIRD beer? As soon as someone even brought out the adult beverages, I would have said something and then LEFT. Booze and guns do NOT mix.

EVER!
 
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MSC 45ACP said:
hunter45? Are you disabled?
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From the Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries:

•Crossbows are legal to use by any hunter.
◦If a crossbow is used during an archery season (including the urban archery season) the hunter must have a crossbow license.
◦If a hunter chooses to use both conventional archery tackle and a crossbow during an archery season, they will need both an archery license when using the conventional bow and a crossbow license when using the crossbow.
◦If a hunter chooses to use a crossbow during the firearms season, no crossbow license will be required (just as there is no requirement for a person to have an archery license if using conventional archery equipment during the firearms season).
◦The laws governing the use of archery tackle also apply to crossbow tackle.
 
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Thank you for the education. We learn something new every day! I previously thought only the handicapped were allowed to hunt with crossbow. I don't know where I heard it, so I am guilty of "assuming" what I heard was the law. Thanks for the 'heads up'.
 
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