Originally Posted by
MountainRaven
I don't understand why someone would intentionally hunt alone, unless it was just on their own back forty. (Unless it's strictly for sustenance, which will generally means doing it on your own back forty - where the back forty is more like forty-thousand and it isn't yours alone.)
But for me, hunting is as much a social thing as a practical/food thing - being in BF nowhere with friends and guns is always fun for me, whether it's coyote hunting, deer hunting, bird hunting, or just walking around plinking prairie dogs or gophers.
I live in "BF nowhere" on 25,000 acres deeded plus a small BLM lease on the side. Hunting out here can be of necessity, not for just sport. The occasional Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) has been responsible for killing cattle here and other ranches in the area. They are also man killers as well, one in southwestern New Mexico a decade ago. I took one a few years back that was harassing the herd.
Maj. USAR (Ret) 160th SOAR, 2/17 CAV
NRA Life Member
Black Mesa Ranch. Raising Fine Cattle and Horses in San Miguel County since 1879
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