Yesterday was Thanksgiving and Virginia's one-day Thanksgiving Holiday turkey season was in. Content with my deer season, I decided to go turkey hunting, especially since I had trouble finding birds during the two-week early season which had ended.
So given the fact that the general firearms season was in, I decided to go hunting on some private land in Botetourt County where only I had permission to hunt. Setting up in a woodlot where I could view a woodlot and fields on both sides, I began calling.
After about 90 minutes of not having any luck, I saw another hunter "sneak hunting" toward me. The man did not have any blaze orange on (which is illegal) and I saw him cross the property boundary (another illegal act). He clearly was stalking me, or more precisely my turkey sounds.
In such a situation, the conventional wisdom is not to make any movements since an unethical hunter could shoot at any movement. So I began yelling that someone was "over here." I had to shout out four times before the man stopped and acknowledged me. The man said he was "hunting."
I told him I was through for the day and the woods were his. I don't like to argue with someone who is not obeying the law and who can not see another hunter with blaze orange on and just 40 yards away.
Bow hunting refers to the act of hunting with a bow and arrow. The bow is made of a strip of flexible material like wood. A cord links the two ends of the strip to form a tension. An arrow is a straight shaft with a very sharp point on one end and usually feathers are attached to the other end. Click here
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