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In reply to the discussion: Had a nice day deer hunting in Maine today. Last day for regular season. A big Maine tradition. [View all]loli phabay
(5,580 posts)132. out of season i dont do photos, never seen the attraction of pictures of deer, mayby one or so
But lots of them nah. I spend the off season prepping my hunting areas, clearing brush fixing waterways etc. Also its a good time to learn the patterns of the animals and seeing where you need to thin them out come the fall.
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Had a nice day deer hunting in Maine today. Last day for regular season. A big Maine tradition. [View all]
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
OP
Deer meat fed my nieces and nephews for several years, there, when times were lean.
MADem
Nov 2013
#8
Have had PA deer via a friend from PA now in Maine. GREAT STUFF. Have also had Indiana deer. GREAT.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#25
Are you a vegetarian? If not, lots are "killed for what". If so, your choice. Not the majority,
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#18
did you get a deer, here in virginia its crawling with them kinda hard not to get them tjere is so
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#23
No, but is was still great being out. Have had LOTS of deer mean in my time from friends and
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#26
i get a lot from roadkill as its easy to harvest and less effort than dragging it out of the woods
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#28
My hometown area in Maine is a no-hunting zone so TOO MANY DEER. Constantly getting hit by cars.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#34
thats what happens here as well, i have a few lots of land that i can hunt and friends who own farms
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#42
Ya, that's the best. I go with people who know people with large tracts of land.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#55
I respect that. How does even the most environmentally-sensitive agriculture
Eleanors38
Nov 2013
#72
Good for you. Your choice. Please don't be too judgmental on others. Hunting is an ages-old
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#102
The hunt is the key tool in herd size management here in Wisconsin, with ~ 400,000 deer ...
Scuba
Dec 2013
#104
oit here in rural va you cant see a deer thats roadkill without the tenderloin salvaged
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#13
No, but it was still great being out in the woods. Have had lots of deer meat in my time. Yum.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#21
OK, you first--move out of your home, raze it to the ground, and return it to forest land.
MADem
Nov 2013
#9
Indeed. "Creatures of the edge." There are more on woodland edges than in woods proper.
Eleanors38
Nov 2013
#14
The IUCN conservation status of the two most common deer species found in North
totodeinhere
Dec 2013
#168
Hunters are regulated hurd managers and ardent environmentalists. No land, no hunting.
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#106
The hurds become huge in some areas. Some starve in the winter. Many hit by cars.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#19
I go all the way up 95 to Aroostook County, and I keep a weather eye out at this time of year, as
MADem
Nov 2013
#33
over the years the cost gets less, eventually its just the tag cost and cost of a round
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#62
Many of these hurds must be managed or they starve. And again, it is about much more than "killiing"
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#105
well we got two chest freezers and one stand up freezer in the garage for food
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#17
I've done LOTS of fishing in my time, fresh and salt water. Nothing is better than fried trout.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#27
for me its yellow perch broiled with lemon, i so love it. dont do as much sea fishing nowadays
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#32
Flounder is awesome. Canadian relatives used to catch a dozen on a tide with a tidal line. AWESOME.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#35
Interesting. My relatives just used a line and checked it at low tide. The Bay of Fundy has the
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#48
might be the same technique, the lines are tied to wood or a brick then its buried in the sand
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#51
My grandmother had a small cottage on the Maine coast. After a good storm, she'd send us kids down
pinto
Dec 2013
#94
My brother and I would get up early in AM and get mussels off reefs at low tide and have them for
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#101
Ah, good. Yup, I have gotten meat from hunting partners luckier than me, friends, and relatives.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#45
we tend to help each other out, if someone cant get out to hunt or does not get anything
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#46
Yup, and hunting groups often share the bounty no matter who gets lucky, as we do up here.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#49
No hunting, no guns, but I have relatives who hunt deer....and I think Maine is a great state!
MADem
Nov 2013
#5
Thanks. I have LONG and DEEP connections to MA. Ancestors and family from there, lived there, etc.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#50
We hunt the big woods and along adjacent fields. Many BIG deer, but LOTS of ground. Have MOOSE
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#30
My mother and step father have done that in the past. Great SHROOMS to eat all around in Maine.
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#103
Years ago, I did some mountain climbing in deep snow. Only got to 10K, though. When we rested, the
freshwest
Dec 2013
#86
Oh yes. All these animals are beautiful. Hunters are among the most ardent environmentalists there
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#100
I was stopped on our road today because elk hunters were craning a corpse out of the canyon w/ ropes
Coyotl
Nov 2013
#71
Wildlife photography is great. I only believe in game hunting for food, not trophy hunting.
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#109
I watched 5 deer walk right through my front yard today. They were beautiful.
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2013
#85
yeah better to kill them with chevy or ford, or have fun watching them starve.
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#93
Your attitude is rather rude and elitist. I guess you are a vegetarian, right? If not, end the
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#98
You can't go shooting up anything. This is hyperbolic. There are all kinds of rules. Don't like
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#99
Agreed. I am not for trophy hunting. That's just BS. I am talking about game hunting for food. Also
RBInMaine
Dec 2013
#108
If you want to avoid flames, put your hunting threads in the Outdoor Life group.
Paladin
Dec 2013
#123
If someone is going to eat meat I'd rather they at least occasionally administer the death.
alphafemale
Dec 2013
#126
+1000. If you are going to eat it, you need to be involved more than plastic wrapped food
uppityperson
Dec 2013
#153
If you used to be a hunter, then you have been involved. Not sure why you are sorry.
uppityperson
Dec 2013
#162
Indeed. Since you seem to want to take offense what you have done, then you are right.
uppityperson
Dec 2013
#164
Just not guilt a person who actively particpates in the death that needs be for their to be meat.
alphafemale
Dec 2013
#165
out of season i dont do photos, never seen the attraction of pictures of deer, mayby one or so
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#132
not into photographing any wildlife, i guess i already know what they look like
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#140
In many areas deer populations need to be reduced in order to stop starvation
totodeinhere
Dec 2013
#170
I couldn't do it. I don't know, even if I were starving. I don't think I could.
Voice for Peace
Dec 2013
#134