2021 Maine Grouse Trip

[stumpstalker]

Too bad Mike’s glorious thread has taken an infelicitous turn. But it is the world we live in.

Nothing new in that many hunters are not sportsmen, and that some guides will accommodate a paying customer thusly. At such a point a shooter should not be accorded the term "client”.

Not all road hunting in logging country involves pot-shooting, however. There is a big difference between jamming on the brakes, rolling down the window, and executing a bird that is perched on a branch or sitting on the ground, as opposed to getting out, stalking it, and shooting at it on the wing.

[Dean Romig]

[QUOTE=Russell E. Cleary;345723]Many hunters are not sportsmen, and that some guides will accommodate a paying customer thusly. At such a point a shooter should not be accorded the term "client”.

Nor should they be accorded the noble term "hunter" for they are merely executioners.





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[Mike of the Mountain]

I don’t have an issue with the method the guides tell the big game hunters to use for birds. It is legal in Maine to drive to find birds, exit the vehicle and shoot. My issue is that the bear and moose guys don’t care about the birds and are only shooting them to pass idle hours before sitting for bear or after taking a moose. That time of year is hard on the dogs as it is usually too warm in September to run the dogs too long, if you can run them at all. I’m usually all for expanded seasons and more freedom to hunt. I just hope IFW didn’t mess this one up for the birds.