On 3/26/2021 9:38 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 3/26/21 9:30 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article ,
lid says...

I used to trap gophers for the tail bounty when I was a kid but I never
hunted for game. Having said that, I think this is the first time I've
heard someone say they hunt deer with a shotgun. Shows how little I
know.




In the eastern part of NC it is or atleast was (have not hunted in about
40 years) a requirement to use shotguns only. Much of the land is flat
and they are afraid the rifle bullets will carry too far.Â* In other
parts of NC you can shoot almost any kind of gun at deer.

Much of the deer hunting in the eastern part is sort of like rabbit
hunting.Â* The hunters will space theirselves out in a line about 100
yards apart.Â* Then 2 or 3 men will start at the other end of an area
with a couple of dogs and attempt to drive the deer toward that line of
men.

This is unlike most deer hunting where one man goes out and finds a spot
and usually puts up a stand in a tree and waits for the deer to come by.
Sometimes the hunter will put out corn or other food to entice the deer
to come near him.

Driving deer and hunting over bait are not allowed in most states.

I was doing work in a semi-works of one of their plants there. The
would hunt deer by surrounding an area with pickup trucks and stand
around the truck while dogs drove the deer out where they shot them.
One of the guys working on the semi-works crew lost his son that week
when he was accidentally shot.

I never bagged a deer on a drive in PA and did well on stands not
driven. You cannot bait in PA but can in DE.