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Post by featherduster on Dec 9, 2008 6:22:29 GMT -5
Something doesn't look right with that photo. The limbs do not look big enough to support that kind of weight.
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Post by Sasquatch on Dec 9, 2008 6:26:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I wondered about that too. I think Berretta and Featherduster might be right. They have to be on different limbs for sure. It's too hard to tell at that distance and picture quality.
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Post by featherduster on Dec 9, 2008 6:35:08 GMT -5
With that many deer hung by ropes you would think you would see a few ropes coming down from the tree also how many times would they have gone up and down a ladder just for this picture.I DOUBT IT.
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Post by RoadKill on Dec 9, 2008 8:36:31 GMT -5
There are many ways to hunt deer that I do not personally care for ...... but as long as it is legal ..... Dogs. Bait. Drives. Dont particularly like any of them but in different parts of the country they are as "normal" as sitting in a tree is to me. Yes, different strokes for different folks. I lived in Wi. about 35 years ago. I believe that at that time, the only elevated positions allowed were natural limbs and such. They considered "tree stands" to be unsportsmanlike. I know that opinion was still held by quite a few people well into the 80's. YMMV |
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Post by Greenedog on Dec 9, 2008 10:36:22 GMT -5
I don't think this is just a Wisconsin thing. There's still a LOT of Indiana families getting together for drives. My family did it when I was a kid. Most the dad's were coal miners and sometimes because of layoffs/strikes, wild game was the only meat you had. We sure weren't huntin' horns, I know that.  The closest I get to a drive anymore is a 2 man "push" once in a while. But I'm sure not gonna bash a family that wants to get together for a perfectly legal deer drive.  |
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 9, 2008 11:56:24 GMT -5
I hope that you all don't think that I am against any legal method of hunting. I am not. If deer drives is what someone wants to do and it is legal - they can knock themselves out doing it.
Not my cup of tea and my personal opinion is if we have the deer gun season out of the rut then that will happen more and more frequently. Again, in my opinion, deer drives especially on public hunting areas will make deer hunting less enjoyable.
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Dec 9, 2008 12:01:23 GMT -5
To each his own. I know people that think hunting with a gun is "not sporting". So if it is legal I don't have an issue with it. Weather I like it or not is my issue.
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Post by bonehunter on Dec 9, 2008 12:09:43 GMT -5
my own personal opinion, this killing not hunting. There is a difference in "my book" in someone elses it may be the same. It seems they are in that group so congrats to them.
I'm glad they dont hunt anywhere near me!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by 76chevy on Dec 9, 2008 12:17:01 GMT -5
deer drives and hunting like that are a way of life in many places like WI
warming a treestand seat or bucket is not how they hunt up there and that's cool with me
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Post by 76chevy on Dec 9, 2008 12:31:43 GMT -5
Deer drives happen on public land in IN right now. While party hunting is illegal in IN, deer drives are perfectly legal. Not for every area, situation, or every hunter, but drives are an exciting and different way to hunt deer. I hope that you all don't think that I am against any legal method of hunting. I am not. If deer drives is what someone wants to do and it is legal - they can knock themselves out doing it. Not my cup of tea and my personal opinion is if we have the deer gun season out of the rut then that will happen more and more frequently. Again, in my opinion, deer drives especially on public hunting areas will make deer hunting less enjoyable. |
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Post by 76chevy on Dec 9, 2008 12:34:52 GMT -5
My brothers and I have busted a few greene county whitetails on drives over the years ;D I don't think this is just a Wisconsin thing. There's still a LOT of Indiana families getting together for drives. My family did it when I was a kid. Most the dad's were coal miners and sometimes because of layoffs/strikes, wild game was the only meat you had. We sure weren't huntin' horns, I know that. The closest I get to a drive anymore is a 2 man "push" once in a while. But I'm sure not gonna bash a family that wants to get together for a perfectly legal deer drive. |
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Post by johnc911 on Dec 9, 2008 12:37:53 GMT -5
Nothing wrong at all with deer drives. I have done it several times with some spots that are very hard to hunt but yet hold deer.
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Post by 76chevy on Dec 9, 2008 12:42:33 GMT -5
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Post by schall53 on Dec 9, 2008 12:43:29 GMT -5
Hey, by all means go out and have a deer drive, run them all into my area.
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Post by vortex100 on Dec 9, 2008 12:44:53 GMT -5
Urban Deer Zone hunting starts in September in Indiana. That is a lot of deer, but I have also shot 2 to 4 deer in one year so I don't see an issue. As long as a deer is taken within the law I don't have a problem. Congrats to the hunters who shot the deer in the pic above.
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Post by huxbux on Dec 9, 2008 15:19:02 GMT -5
Could be those deer were taken from a disease eradication zone (CWD) if so, those guys are doing the deer herd a huge favor.
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Post by tickman1961 on Dec 9, 2008 15:33:43 GMT -5
It sure beats the state hiring sharpshooters to contol the deer population against TB like they did in NW Minnesota during February this past year. ( thanks for the thread Woody)
The state actually takes in fees during a deer drive instead of hiring someone to kill...
I am glad to hear people actually understand there are many different legal methods of controlling game populations.
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Post by Old Ironsights on Dec 9, 2008 16:33:23 GMT -5
If I had had a couple of extra weeks in MN last November I would have lept at the chance to go up there. Licenses were going for somthing like $1 ea. Unfortunately I only had 4 days in MPLS...
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Post by danf on Dec 9, 2008 17:44:20 GMT -5
There's a lot that can't be seen in that one picture, but I count 10 deer hanging on the right side of the trunk. Didn't count the left side.... Depending on the species of the tree, it's entirely plausible to have that much wieght hanging from the a branch. Look how closely the deer are spaced- where the branch is weak is much further out. |
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Post by troutline on Dec 9, 2008 19:42:07 GMT -5
We have some deer drives on our property every year. It is a change from sitting all day. We kill as many on drives as we do sitting.
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The closest I get to a drive anymore is a 2 man "push" once in a while. But I'm sure not gonna bash a family that wants to get together for a perfectly legal deer drive. 
