Thread: Technology..is it taking away skill

Originally Posted by Spanners

99.9% of American hunters pay to hunt - that's the way it works over there
Tag, lease, feed, etc all costs money, it's a completely different hunting society to what we have here.. It isn't a great big country of public hunting land like we have here
More feed, less pressure = more money = better heads - simple economics
The guys that actually walk anywhere are HARDCORE, most ride the quad to 100yds of the stand and sit and watch the feeder- because that's how you hunt in the US
There is a season for rabbits in the Texas Panhandle
Knock a deer over in season in your truck and you have to go get the game warden and a tag for it.. Hope it hasn't got nuts as there's your buck tag gone! Lol

That is a bit out there as a generalization , hunting methods , seasons ,approved firearms , number and sex of the deer , species of the deer change state to state , and area to area .Laws are different for locals and out of towners , no hunting on Sunday ,, it isnt a great big country , it is huge compared to NZ and there are immense areas of public land open to hunting . In one of the smallest states 1.5 million hunters buy licences . Some states have seasons for handgun , bow , muzzle loader and rifle , some ,because of population density ,only allow shotguns etc , Mainly they hunt whitetail , but there is a lot of Elk , Moose and Mule deer etc . A lot of the country is as hard as any in NZ and a quad would be of no use at all . Most states ,if not all , make it illegal to fly in and hunt on the same day.
The rabbits in the USA are , in the most part, native animals , like most of the deer .
Some of the money spent is always a licence fee , and the money raised goes back into game management ,

A lot of NZ's use quad bikes , a lot would like to bait deer if they could get it to work, those who fly in with Heli Sika on hunt on Maori land are paying to get there and to hunt when they do . A lot of NZ's pay to hunt on game farms here , why do you think the operators have stands at the Sika Show etc? They do it to sell to NZ hunters.

I have a mate in the south US and he shoots 6 hinds then one buck for a very cheap licence fee , when that is all filled in he can get another tag and do it again and again.
Most of us use firearms , ammunition, cartridges , scopes , clothing and other kit , developed for and used by these hunters .