Why do you want to shut it down?Is there anyway to safely 'shut down' a mineral lick? Put blocks out for a couple years and of course even after stopping doing so, the deer still regularly show and eat the dirt for the minerals it still contains. Any way to deter them?
Same thing I was gonna askWhy do you want to shut it down?
he must be tired of them democrat deer mooching off of himWhy do you want to shut it down?
I'll be moving soon and would like to stop the neighbor boy from being able to hunt over it. Every deer he has shot so far has pretty much been wasted or lost due to poor shot placement.Why do you want to shut it down?
You misunderstand my intentions. I want to teach him respect for the animal he hunts. I want him to learn to scout to find good stand locations. To learn more about deer, their habits, what they eat, where they travel and why. I have tried to encourage him to do this and offered to help him numerous times but he always refused my help. He has the attitude that as long as he can go to the woods, see and shoot deer, he is an acomplished hunter. As for his poor shot placement, he has never given any indication of remorse for losing any of the deer he has shot. Teaching him is what I have tried to do, now with moving I am trying to force him to put in the effort neededto become successful and not be content with 'shooting fish in a barrel'.Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Your moving so forget about that neighbor boy or better yet TEACH him where to shoot before you leave.
Hindering him or the deer won’t help nobody.
If you think he purposely makes a bad hit on a deer...
I bet your wrong.
You misunderstand my intentions. I want to teach him respect for the animal he hunts. I want him to learn to scout to find good stand locations. To learn more about deer, their habits, what they eat, where they travel and why. I have tried to encourage him to do this and offered to help him numerous times but he always refused my help. He has the attitude that as long as he can go to the woods, see and shoot deer, he is an acomplished hunter. As for his poor shot placement, he has never given any indication of remorse for losing any of the deer he has shot. Teaching him is what I have tried to do, now with moving I am trying to force him to put in the effort neededto become successful and not be content with 'shooting fish in a barrel'.
Maybe they will open a season on neighbor kids. Then there will just be the moral question to deal with.
sounds like you're describing the average deer hunter -- we don't do all that anymoreYou misunderstand my intentions. I want to teach him respect for the animal he hunts. I want him to learn to scout to find good stand locations. To learn more about deer, their habits, what they eat, where they travel and why. I have tried to encourage him to do this and offered to help him numerous times but he always refused my help. He has the attitude that as long as he can go to the woods, see and shoot deer, he is an acomplished hunter. As for his poor shot placement, he has never given any indication of remorse for losing any of the deer he has shot. Teaching him is what I have tried to do, now with moving I am trying to force him to put in the effort neededto become successful and not be content with 'shooting fish in a barrel'.