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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:42 pmBuz Groshong wrote:I generally hike on Sundays and you can't hunt on Sunday here in VA.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:43 pmmrchad9 wrote:Buz Groshong wrote:I generally hike on Sundays and you can't hunt on Sunday here in VA.
Really? Why is that? Some failed church/state separation?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:50 pmPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:55 pmPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:00 pmFletch wrote:Arthur Digbee wrote:I also stay away from pheasant areas because pheasant hunting rewards quick triggers.
Most pheasant these days are planted on private land/clubs. If you get shot by a pheasant hunter, you are most likely tresspassing. Shot guns don't really hurt anyway - I have a bb stuck in my ear to this day.Deer hunters, thats another story!
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:06 pmBuz Groshong wrote:mrchad9 wrote:Buz Groshong wrote:I generally hike on Sundays and you can't hunt on Sunday here in VA.
Really? Why is that? Some failed church/state separation?
Don't the enforcement guys deserve a day off?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:38 pmPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:44 pmPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:46 pmPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:22 pmDave K wrote:What's the need to enforce laws during the week if it is already legal to hunt? Shouldn't the enforcement guys be busting scofflaws hunting on Sundays? Or are you really saying that enforcement gets 6 days off a week?
Hmmmm?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:24 pmmrchad9 wrote:Good point Dave K.
I was also wondering if VA had considered making murders and speeding illegal on Sunday, so detectives and cops could get more time off.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:01 pmBuz Groshong wrote:mrchad9 wrote:Good point Dave K.
I was also wondering if VA had considered making murders and speeding illegal on Sunday, so detectives and cops could get more time off.
Aren't you the smart ass?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:27 pmbutitsadryheat wrote:I'm signing my 14 year old up for a membership in the MLC SC so I can have here take a few people out.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:44 pm1000Pks wrote:Fletch wrote:1000Pks wrote:the morons shoot anywhere and at any way. Most of them are anxious to fire off their weapons, very few actually bag any deer or what.
Obviously, you're not a hunter...
1000Pks wrote:Therefore you have to watch out, esp. if you have enviro club seeking to kill you, it'd be legal murder if they can catch you hiking. Juries can't tell if you were just unfortunate or actually and intentionally shot. Why you never say where and when you'll be hiking, it gives it away how to get rid of you!
What are you talking about???
No, everyone, including other hunters, are effectively fair game when it's deer season. You are at your own risk. Clever killers may take full advantage, just the way they are. I'm a target for their death threats, and they have sworn to get me. Quite lethal weapons in their ownership, and they don't need any reason to put you at risk or a knife in your head.
There's people right here, that would probably pull a trigger if they knew there'd be no legal consequences. The way of the Law, sadly.