Replying to a message of VERN HUMPHREY to BOB ACKLEY:

 JS>>>      Agreed. When I go hunting I can go the entire hunting trip
 JS>>> without firing a single shot. It all depends on if I have a shot and
 JS>>> more importantly what/who is near the area in which I would be
 JS>>> aiming. I don't remember the last time a I had to shoot twice.

 BA>> You should come down here and give some pointers to the poachers that
 BA>> infest my immediate area.  I heard some idiot fire at least seven
 BA>> shots within a on minute time frame.  IMO one should be able to kill
 BA>> a deer with one, at most shots.  About two weeks ago I watched some
 BA>> out-of-area poacher kill a deer - he had her trapped in a harvested
 BA>> cornfield with no cover and was using a high-powered rifle rather
 BA>> than a shotgun (in the shotgun season).  After he killed her, h cut
 BA>> off her head and left the rest in a ditch.

 VH> A pair of good binoculars (to get his license number) and a phone call
 VH> ought to take care of that.

The problem is that by the time the law or game warden could get out here the
poacher(s) would be gone.  I have a pair of binoculars, but the magnification isn't
enough to make a license readable at something over a half mile - especially if the
vehicle is behind trees or bushes from where I am or if the plate is obscured (as
this guy's was) by mud and snow.

 VH>  I report poachers, and patrol my own land (and a neighbor's) during season.

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