Real Hunters?

Hunting in Australia is completely different. By LAW, we cannot shoot, hunt or even have a loaded firearm on or next to a road. We cannot use any type of lure, bait, beating or dogs to take down deer or other game animals.
We cannot shoot deer at night, allowable hours are half an hour after sunrise to half an hour after sunset.
We have hound crews, but this is a topic I am not convinced is a good one, my opinion after seeing stags almost run to death, not ethical in my eyes.
We have to have a game license, if you don't you are poaching.
Although public land is huntable on, most of us hunt private property where farmland is next to natural bush/forest.
I am a hunter, not only for trophies, but also for the meat.
For me, the shooting part is a very small part of the overall hunt experience, if I go home empty handed, I am not disappointed in the sense that I didn't shoot anything, only that the animal was cleverer than I was and alluded me.

Cheers.

I can't help but to ask what the original posters motivation was to ask this question. I'll reserve my comments out of respect for he/she until their response.

A "real hunter" hunts and harvests game with implements made by hand using natural items that he picks up in his environment. I am a fake hunter that does none of the above. :>)

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This thread is sooooooo doomed. Watching from a distance, though…

Martin@Hin said:

How many of us are really hunters?
With that statement I like to define a true hunter but also no disrespect to the one's that fall out of this category.
A hunter in my opinion is a person that kills to have hunted.
Hunting means one knows everything about his quarry.
Knows its habits, paterns,where it lives and travels.
The hunter than plans and sets up a rendezvous and than hopefully if he is a competent marksman finishes the hunt.

So again no disrespect for people with a limited time frame,disabilities,traveling to far of locations etc.
These people must rely on outfiters and guides to do to a great extent the hunting for them and they become the shooters.

People hunting the fringes of parks,roadhunters ( with the exception of antelope ) game reserves and sanctuaries also don't qualify.
And neither do drones, heat seekers, fish finders. lol

So how many of us are really a full fledged hunters?
Just wondering.
Martin

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Maybe you should describe what it is.
That way we will know if we are.

just_jon said:

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That's awesome!

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WELL,WELL,,what is behind curtain (one) and curtain (two) I'll give ya two guesses LOL

I think the OP is walking a tightrope over Troll territory. I have been to Canada many times, and it is a 26 hour drive one way. We knock on doors and go Goose hunting, but if we want to hunt with a rifle we must hire a guide. That is the law. Does that make any of us less of a hunter? Not a lot of moose or caribou in these parts. Guess we could just leave them for just those that live in Alberta? I like to eat moose too, and contribute hansomely to the local economy when I travel. This is just another vain attempt to segregate us into groups. Not one of us should allow this to happen. It only serves to weaken us all politically. Doesn't matter what type of weapon you choose to hunt with, your quarry, or your LEGAL methods, stick together as brothers, and don't let anyone separate us.

Martin@Hin said:

How many of us are really hunters?
With that statement I like to define a true hunter but also no disrespect to the one's that fall out of this category.
A hunter in my opinion is a person that kills to have hunted.
Hunting means one knows everything about his quarry.
Knows its habits, paterns,where it lives and travels.
The hunter than plans and sets up a rendezvous and than hopefully if he is a competent marksman finishes the hunt.

So again no disrespect for people with a limited time frame,disabilities,traveling to far of locations etc.
These people must rely on outfiters and guides to do to a great extent the hunting for them and they become the shooters.

People hunting the fringes of parks,roadhunters ( with the exception of antelope ) game reserves and sanctuaries also don't qualify.
And neither do drones, heat seekers, fish finders. lol

So how many of us are really a full fledged hunters?
Just wondering.
Martin

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By your definition, there is maybe ... one 'real hunter'.
Maybe you, if you qualify.

Martin@Hin said:

How many of us are really hunters?
With that statement I like to define a true hunter but also no disrespect to the one's that fall out of this category.
A hunter in my opinion is a person that kills to have hunted.
Hunting means one knows everything about his quarry.
Knows its habits, paterns,where it lives and travels.
The hunter than plans and sets up a rendezvous and than hopefully if he is a competent marksman finishes the hunt.

So again no disrespect for people with a limited time frame,disabilities,traveling to far of locations etc.
These people must rely on outfiters and guides to do to a great extent the hunting for them and they become the shooters.

People hunting the fringes of parks,roadhunters ( with the exception of antelope ) game reserves and sanctuaries also don't qualify.
And neither do drones, heat seekers, fish finders. lol

So how many of us are really a full fledged hunters?
Just wondering.
Martin

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Well I bow hunt public land on a general season tag so......