What is a "Slob Hunter"?

[jkcmj]

For Life!!! Really!!!  Some on here have serious issues!  So the mother who lost her 16 year old to a speeding car may feel you doing 10 over on the freeway should lose your liscence for life.  I believe that anyone who votes for an anti-gun candidate is far worse than this guy!  Certainly anyone voting anti-gun should lose their liscence for life.  I can go on and on but get real people.  All this antagonism over a deer, when millions of babies are butured in abortion shops annually... Get some perspective!

[The General]

Anyone who:  unloads their gun on a running deer;

I guess I'm a "slob hunter" and proud of it.  I no longer slug hunt but when I did it was in a party of 10-15.  We would push big woods, corn fields, ditches, etc.  If you were going to wait for a standing shot you would never get a deer.  I've shot dozens of deer on a dead run, trot, jumping over fences, etc.  In fact I have never shot a deer that wasn't on the move with a gun.  This is not at all illegal and one could argue where is the skill in shooting a deer standing still broadside.  Maybe one should give a warning shot so the deer has a fighting chance.  Probably why I switched to Bow hunting.

[Outdoors Junkie]

Add people who shoot deer a day or two before the season to the "slob hunters". 

[Auggie]

Thanks John!

I was raised with that belief, that if you shoot it, you eat it.
When I started hunting, I was asked....Do you intend on eating it? If not, then you have no right to shoot that animal....period!

     I agree with you to a point, but not entirely true Hunter. I had a great uncle that bought a license every year till the day he died. Showed up to hunt as well, but did very little "real hunting". He might sit for a hour or so when he decided to get up. Sat around and talked crap all weekend with us for the most part. My dad or I shot him a deer every year for as long as I can remember and we had no intention of eating any of it. My grandmother used to get plenty of wild game every year after Grampa was gone too, and never picked up a gun in her life. I killed eight deer (not just MN) and a speed goat last year and can guarantee I didn't eat it all. But some of my friends who do not hunt appreciated some tasty venison. Another family with much less than myself also enjoyed good eating for the winter from a deer and a portion of the goat shot on my tags, butchered, and delivered to their freezer all wrapped up. I know some of the private landowners where I hunt other than our own sure enjoy a few packages of game as well. Nothing like a fresh cleaned rooster to guarantee access the next time you want to hunt. Pretty sure you didn't take these kinda situations into consideration with this post. At least I hope.
     Most of the previous posts pretty much sum up the slobs, other than the unloading on a running deer. I have to agree with The General. In farm country, many a deer drive ends with a deer taken on a dead run out the end of a cornfield or grove. Standing shots are far and few between.

[HD]

Naw Augg's.....
I know a few guys that hunt just for horns, they don't eat the meat and just hunt to "kill" in my book. Sometimes, if they can't find anybody to take the meat, they end up throwing it out. To me, that is just wrong. They say, that they practice QDM, and only "hunt" big bucks. But, I think that they just go for the thrill of the kill, instead of doing what most folks do.... enjoy being out with friends and family and sharing in the bounty of the land.

In my eyes, that is wanton waste, but, they have a license to do so, taken legally.

What your talking about is a total different situation than what my post meant. I can understand what you are saying, and am fine with it.

Hunter

 I missed your first post somehow. Now I see where it came from. BTW, those BlackHills deer we kill equal about one of our nice fat corn country deer. 

[guythathunts]

Slob hunter - Law breakers, waister's, and those who leave the land in worse shape from when they got there.

As for "horn hunters" (actually antler hunters) I feel you can be out there for the thrill of the kill. Shoot only for antlers, and have no intention to eat the meat as long as you can get the meat to someone who will. If the "game of hunting" for one can be a blessing of food for a non hunter - that is a win win and shows awesome respect for the animals beauty and practical use. I for one love antlers and venison, but for those who use all they can from the animal for themselves or others in any way-  they get my approval.

[HD]

Geeze.....can't put nuth'in past you "technical" guys! 


And, nope, I've known these "hunters" to get a shoulder mount....and toss the rest.

I guess, I can't make this any clearer than that. Maybe, I should have just put that in my original post..... 

[deadeye]

I don't see anything wrong with killing a deer (or any game) knowing full well you will not be eating it.  This is fine with me as long as the meat it properly taken care of and given to someone who wants it.  We hunt as a family party and a couple guys don't take a share of the venison.  The still enjoy the hunt as much as the rest of us, but just don't care for venison.  please note there is a big difference between this and someone who hacks off the head and dumps the rest.  I don't consider someone who hunts illegally a "slob hunter" because they are not hunters in my book.  The "slobs" would be the ones who just don't apprieciate or respect the game and outdoor hunting expierence.

[Outdoors Junkie]

I don't see anything wrong with killing a deer (or any game) knowing full well you will not be eating it.  This is fine with me as long as the meat it properly taken care of and given to someone who wants it.  We hunt as a family party and a couple guys don't take a share of the venison.  The still enjoy the hunt as much as the rest of us, but just don't care for venison.  please note there is a big difference between this and someone who hacks off the head and dumps the rest.  I don't consider someone who hunts illegally a "slob hunter" because they are not hunters in my book.  The "slobs" would be the ones who just don't apprieciate or respect the game and outdoor hunting expierence.

Nicely stated deadeye!

[thunderpout]

Yep...I also agree, well said deadeye...

[HD]

Yep, I agree with DE 

If the meat was used, I would be OK with it.

[Realtree]

Those who drive into the woods and halfway out to their stands AFTER LEGAL SHOOTING TIME with no regard to other hunters who spent the time to get in the woods an hour before legal shooting time

Those who walk up to or near other hunters who are "on stand" in the woods whether on public or private land

Those who trespass on land that is not theirs and do not have permission to be on for any reason

Those who do physical damage to the area they are hunting in, legally or illegally, and leave garbage, candy wrappers, casings and shells, pop cans, bottles, etc...laying around when they leave

pretty much what everyone else has been saying! 

[beeker]

12 guys on 20 acres

[Moving2thecountry]

Those who walk up to or near other hunters who are "on stand" in the woods whether on public or private land

LOL, this weekend some guy blew by me on an all terrain motorcycle, while I was hiking up a hill, and beat me to a permanent stand on public land I had planned to use, and had used the previous week.  I guess he was a zone 200 area hunter who went up to zone 100 for the last week up there. 

I did not know he was going to the stand I was headed to, though, until I got about 50 yards from the stand, to see him waving me away, wildly, from the stand I had planned to use.  Man I was out of breath after climbing 400' of elevation.  Anyway, of course I left, without saying a word, and went to find a new location before I missed the best time to hunt, but trying to avoid him, and not leave scent around him. 

To make a long story short, I had to go back down a small hill (a hill on a hill), walked around through thick brush, off the path, and ended up close to him again, after climbing back up to the path that led to my plan B location.  I ended up probably 35 yards away from him after walking 400 yards, closer than I wanted.  As I was still out of breath, he was chewing me out from the stand.  I just apologized for not realizing I was so near, again, and went off to my plan B location. 

What a jerk. 

Next time, I think I will walk in a direct path to plan B, which passed right by the stand.

I've been on a stand before and had people come close to me.  I handle it with more class than this guy.  Indeed, it happened to me the week before.  Some guy set up a stand about 75 yards from me, and he didn't see me until he was up.  We both had essentially the same target field.  He noticed me, and graciously climbed down to find a new location.  As he walked by my stand, on the only path available, I waved, as in "hello, and thanks", not, as the jerk on the ATV did, petulantly.  Better to be friendly.

If you don't want people walking by "your" stand on public land:  Don't blow by them on your ATV.  Instead, stop and talk to him so they know where you're going.  Offer him a ride if the stand you plan to use is on the hiking path to other stands, and you don't want others walking by you after you're on the stand.

It seem silly to me to expect to be on public land and not expect people to end up walking near you.  If you can't tolerate other people, buy your own land.

Sorry, had to say it.  (This is not directed at Scott, but at whiners who use public land, race by others, take a permanent stand, and whine like crybabies when another ends up trying to get to the same stand.)

[Realtree]

It seem silly to me to expect to be on public land and not expect people to end up walking near you.  If you can't tolerate other people, buy your own land.

Sorry, had to say it.  (This is not directed at Scott, but at whiners who use public land, race by others, take a permanent stand, and whine like crybabies when another ends up trying to get to the same stand.)

No offense taken. We do own land in southern MN which is where we hunt so we are on our own privately owned land. The landowners of the property that adjacents ours do not hunt. We have a written agreement with them that we are allowed to travel over, hunt and occupy their land in exchange for them being able travel over our land to get to theirs.

Our frustrations come from their extended family who are allowed to hunt their land also. They are what I would classify as slob hunters. They drive into the woods nearly to their stands after legal shooting time when we are already on stand well before that, they shoot at anything that moves even if they do not have a good shot, and they are not respectful of where members of our hunting party are set up.

[Moving2thecountry]

Our frustrations come from their extended family who are allowed to hunt their land also. They are what I would classify as slob hunters. They drive into the woods nearly to their stands after legal shooting time when we are already on stand well before that, they shoot at anything that moves even if they do not have a good shot, and they are not respectful of where members of our hunting party are set up.

That would bug me too.