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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Navasot]
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05/18/18 08:39 PM
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Yall cant actually sit here and tell me that its right to shoot a pig at night but not an EXOTIC axis? because its prettier and taste better?
Or what bit of sane truth do you have to back this craziness I've never had a deer of any kind root up a hay field like hogs do. lol and that makes it ok for them to be here? You asked what justification people have for shooting hogs at night. The reason I shoot hogs at night is because I don't like them tearing up my pastures. You can shoot all the axis deer you want for all I care. I don't have access to axis in my neck of the woods and I'm not about to pay someone for the privilege, day or night.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Navasot]
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05/18/18 08:41 PM
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Well what’s wrong with you then ?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: dkershen]
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05/18/18 08:57 PM
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I have actually found that an Axis that is taken at night with a spot light and 22 LR actually tastes better than one taken during the day with a center fire rifle.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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05/18/18 08:58 PM
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Well what’s wrong with you then ? I have Indian blood runnin through me... i do not like things that are not Native... it disrupts the balance
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: dkershen]
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05/18/18 09:00 PM
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An axis is an exotic. Hogs are vermin.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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05/18/18 09:17 PM
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An axis is an exotic. Hogs are vermin. All in the same... they will compete with Native animals so they are vermin
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Navasot]
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05/18/18 09:22 PM
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Well what’s wrong with you then ? I have Indian blood runnin through me... i do not like things that are not Native... it disrupts the balance This is funny because you mentioned the other India earlier #ElizabethWarrenWYA
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: dkershen]
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05/18/18 09:52 PM
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Been seeing ads on FB from an outfitter that guarantees "Trophy" Axis hunts on his high fence ranches. The way he does this is if you fail to take one from one of his blinds during the day, he just spotlights one for you after dark. I've got no problem spotighting hogs or coyotes for varmint control, but would never do it on a deer of any species, legal or not. Your thoughts? Am I drawing arbitrary lines in the sand? Nope....unless they were being harmful like pigs....crop damage etc...then maybe.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: don k]
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05/18/18 09:53 PM
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I have actually found that an Axis that is taken at night with a spot light and 22 LR actually tastes better than one taken during the day with a center fire rifle.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: dkershen]
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05/18/18 09:53 PM
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I would never tell anyone else how they should hunt. I expect the same from them on my behalf. IMO ALL exotics are nuisance and should be eliminated from Texas....especially them elk and aoudads in West Texas.....I don't care how they are eliminated...
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/18/18 09:58 PM
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I have actually found that an Axis that is taken at night with a spot light and 22 LR actually tastes better than one taken during the day with a center fire rifle. Unless joking, that might make sense. A calmly killed animal under less stress generally tastes better. It is that way for non-hamburger beef.
To be determined
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/18/18 11:48 PM
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IMO ALL exotics are nuisance and should be eliminated from Texas....especially them elk and aoudads in West Texas.....I don't care how they are eliminated... You don’t really mean that, it must be the sweet n’ low talking
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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05/19/18 12:04 AM
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IMO ALL exotics are nuisance and should be eliminated from Texas....especially them elk and aoudads in West Texas.....I don't care how they are eliminated... You don’t really mean that, it must be the sweet n’ low talking Then you really don't know much about me if you think I am joking.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/19/18 12:06 AM
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/19/18 12:23 AM
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IMO ALL exotics are nuisance and should be eliminated from Texas....especially them elk and aoudads in West Texas.....I don't care how they are eliminated... You don’t really mean that, it must be the sweet n’ low talking Then you really don't know much about me if you think I am joking. Lmao, no I know 100% you are serious
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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05/19/18 12:41 AM
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IMO ALL exotics are nuisance and should be eliminated from Texas....especially them elk and aoudads in West Texas.....I don't care how they are eliminated... You don’t really mean that, it must be the sweet n’ low talking Then you really don't know much about me if you think I am joking. Lmao, no I know 100% you are serious Just think about how bad your Mule Deer hunting has been since you started on that West Texas property since year one till last year. What two worthless exotics were allowed to increased leaps and bounds during that time frame? They thrived during the drought and continued to increase more and more with better range conditions.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: stxranchman]
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05/19/18 01:03 AM
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I think we should kill off all the stinkin' mule deer and aoudad to open up more ground for the elk.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: skinnerback]
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05/19/18 01:05 AM
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I think we should kill off all the stinkin' mule deer and aoudad to open up more ground for the elk. Need to slow down on the booze this evening...it is effecting your common sense....
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/19/18 01:11 AM
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I think we should kill off all the stinkin' mule deer and aoudad to open up more ground for the elk. Need to slow down on the booze this evening...it is effecting your common sense.... LOL, man I'm ready for a drink but it's hard to get to a watering hole when you're stuck 68 miles offshore.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: skinnerback]
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05/19/18 01:51 AM
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I think we should kill off all the stinkin' mule deer and aoudad to open up more ground for the elk. Need to slow down on the booze this evening...it is effecting your common sense.... LOL, man I'm ready for a drink but it's hard to get to a watering hole when you're stuck 68 miles offshore. If... it would ever rain enough to get the creeks flowing I could float you a Yeti full of cold beer down the Medio. z Glad you are working again
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Navasot]
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05/19/18 03:52 AM
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An axis is an exotic. Hogs are vermin. All in the same... they will compete with Native animals so they are vermin Ok, so should we shoot all the cows we see? They are competing with the native Buffalo (aka tatonka).
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: maximus_flavius]
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05/19/18 01:51 PM
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An axis is an exotic. Hogs are vermin. All in the same... they will compete with Native animals so they are vermin Ok, so should we shoot all the cows we see? They are competing with the native Buffalo (aka tatonka).
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/23/18 12:50 AM
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Inside a high fence it’s livestock. I don’t care when they are killed. I personally wouldn’t want to shoot a trophy at night, but I also wouldn’t shoot a trophy inside a high fence either.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
[Re: Navasot]
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05/23/18 02:07 AM
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Yall cant actually sit here and tell me that its right to shoot a pig at night but not an EXOTIC axis? because its prettier and taste better?
Or what bit of sane truth do you have to back this craziness
There is no truth to back it. It’s the “It’s not ethical because I say it isn’t” attitude. Never mind the fact that same people will sit at a timed feeder and wait for an animal. I have a coworker who moved from up north two years ago. I introduced him to lease hunting in Texas, box blinds, feeders, etc. I can’t tell you how many times throughout the season he told me he couldn’t get over how easy it was and its not at all what would be considered hunting back home. By the end of the season he was spoiled. In either case (shooting an axis at night or shooting whatever animal at a feeder), the end result is the same, a dead animal. Both methods are legal in Texas. As long as it’s legal and humane, whatever floats your boat. I may not agree with it but who I am to say it’s cheating or unethical. Those opinions will vary from individual to individual, and that’s all they are, opinions. These arguments are an exercise in futility. To whoever said deer aren’t destructive, I have an acquaintance that has a vineyard in West Tx. I’d love to see the look on his face when someone told him that.
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Re: Spotlighting Axis?
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05/23/18 06:16 PM
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To whoever said deer aren’t destructive, I have an acquaintance that has a vineyard in West Tx. I’d love to see the look on his face when someone told him that.
There was a reason we used to get permits to shoot 50-100 deer every summer when I was a kid.
LETS GO BRANDON
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