I must be getting soft in my age...

trickg · Dec 16, 2013

Engine4 said:
You're a true sportsman.

That's what I was thinking, but you beat me to it.

Willtill, this is the way hunters should be IMO, and reading your post put a smile on my face and so far has made my day.

redeye505 · Dec 16, 2013

Yeh you are definelty not soft. Like others said a True Sportsman. Wish there were more like you.

Great Story.

willtill · Dec 16, 2013

Well thank all of you for your comments and posts about this. I'm glad that many of us think alike.

Any day in the woods when I see deer; especially near me... to me is a successful hunt. Especially when they never detected I was there.

I gotta start bringing my camera to the stand with me... would have loved to gotten a picture of that young doe sleeping so close by. :cool:

redeye505 · Dec 16, 2013

Yeh that would have definetly made for some good pictures. :thumbsup:

FoxFirearms · Dec 16, 2013

If you were starving, you should have taken her. Otherwise, you did the right thing...not much sport in shooting a sleeping animal.

plinkerton · Dec 16, 2013

I commend you, I have not hunted deer in 30 years but most of my extended family does and I have heard more than a couple of similar stories over the years.

BeltBuckle · Dec 16, 2013

trickg said:
That's what I was thinking, but you beat me to it.

Willtill, this is the way hunters should be IMO, and reading your post put a smile on my face and so far has made my day.

+1

MDHunter · Dec 16, 2013

willtill said:
I gotta start bringing my camera to the stand with me... would have loved to gotten a picture of that young doe sleeping so close by.

You won't regret it...not all good shots come from our firearms!

Sportstud4891 · Dec 16, 2013

I wouldn't have a problem shooting a sleeping animal however I usually let all the little ones go. Just as much work as a large deer with less meat. Plus they are really dumb. You can damn near walk up to them and slap them which doesn't seem very sporting to shoot them.

You did what me and all my hunting buddies do. Let 'em grow.

Sampson · Dec 16, 2013

My hat is off to you. As others have stated, you are a true sportsman !! Memories like this will outlast dozens of harvested deer.

Wiley · Dec 16, 2013

Any doe with fawns gets a pass!

vinjet700 · Dec 16, 2013

Nope, just paying it forward... Very kool :thumbsup:

F8L_Funnel · Dec 16, 2013

Good for you! We are the shepherds of this planet and need to collectively make better decisions about what we do with it's resources.

Half-cocked · Dec 16, 2013

Not soft, just wise and sporting.

I took a questionable shot at a really nice buck, once, and only wounded it. My wife's cousin finally took it down, a week later, a couple of ridges over (this was western Virginia). It had obviously been suffering for all that time, and to this day it still upsets me thinking about it.

I wouldn't take that shot, today. One of the pluses that come with age, I guess.

fabsroman · Dec 17, 2013

Neither right nor wrong. You did what you felt was the right thing to do. Plain and simple. I don't pass judgment on people that shoot fawns or hens, but I have yet to shoot a fawn and try my best not to shoot hens.

Shot a doe once when her two fawns were right next to her and I felt bad for quite a while. Will not do that again either. If it appears that a doe is traveling only with her offspring from that spring, I'll pass. Again, neither right nor wrong as far as hunting is concerned, but it is what is right for me.

Others think we are barbaric just for killing a deer.

Others think we are pansies for not shooting every deer we come across.

Then, for the rest of us peace comes somewhere in the middle.

byf43 · Dec 17, 2013

fabsroman said:
Then, for the rest of us peace comes somewhere in the middle.

^^^^^ Wow. Just..... wow. GREAT post. :thumbsup:

iH8DemLibz · Dec 17, 2013

Hunting tugs at you sometimes. The last one I arrowed was a yearling. It was with the mother and another yearling. The second yearling followed the one I shot to where it laid down to die and just stood there for a few minutes refusing to leave. It didn't move until mom was about 80 yards away and almost over the hill.

Will pass on shots like that in the future.

RLaw · Dec 18, 2013

As we all know, sometimes our most rewarding experiences in the field are those intimate moments with nature that have nothing to do with your firearm. Well played!

Blaster229 · Dec 18, 2013

Great story. Thank you. For every one of you, there are 5 slayers who would take an axe to a stray dog out there just to kill something.

wilcam47 · Dec 18, 2013

Blaster229 said:
Great story. Thank you. For every one of you, there are 5 slayers who would take an axe to a stray dog out there just to kill something.

sadly I know a person like that...

I must be getting soft in my age...

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