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Deer hunters at least actually hunt and follow the deer.

Not in Louisiana. They put on their cammos and sit in deer stands until a deer walks up to eat the food that has been sprinkled in front of the deer stand for weeks. Then the hunter shoots the deer as he looks for food.

They sit all day and call it "hunting."

It takes a real man to shoot a deer while it is lookin for food.

Out here in the Pacific Northwest, we do it the old fashioned way, we actually hunt or wait until they appear in your garden and shoot them there. Bear Baiting is illegal out here also. It is a valid technique when trying to remove a nuisance or destructive bear.

"They sit all day and call it "hunting."

I'm proud to say that I have never hunted that way and neither has anyone I have ever hunted with. I had never really heard of such tactics until I started finding out about white-tail deer hunters (I've only ever hunted mule deer). I think some of the guys who bow hunt the mulies might use tree stands, but, I agree with you, it doesn't really seem like "hunting".

In an effort to try and keep it more sporting I do not use a scope on my rifle (and in fact I hunt with a black powder flint-lock rifle sometimes). My brother has switched almost completely to bow hunting. Either way, we have to get a lot closer to the deer to be sure of a shot. I would like to try bow hunting, but I have always had trouble with the bow due to being double-jointed in my elbows. If I am not extremely careful and very conscious of how I hold my arm, I get the skin ripped off when I fire the arrow.

As to the article, I think that the Wal-Mart employee overstepped their authority. It's not their job to make legal judgements about people photos.

They sit all day and call it "hunting."

Not much different than turkey hunting, or duck hunting for that matter, except for the bait. Duck hunters use the lure safety in numbers while the turkey, and some deer hunters use the lure of sex or the associated territorial behavior. I personally don't approve of using Pavlovian conditioning, that is baiting, to get the animals into range, at least that involving food. Of course its still better than forcing the animal up a chute and shooting it in the head with a .22, which is how McDonalds and Lowery's get their meat.

Not in Louisiana. They put on their cammos and sit in deer stands until a deer walks up to eat the food that has been sprinkled in front of the deer stand for weeks. Then the hunter shoots the deer as he looks for food.

No no no, the best way to do it is the way we do it in NC. We take a pack of black and tans or Walkers and run them through the woods and jump the deer up. Then we have guys stationed at various stands and blast away with buckshot at the deer as they run past at 50 mph plus. Now that is some fun. bwaaaaahaaaaaaaaaha