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| There are many times a hunter likes to go to hunt the deer alone. But
going to hunt the deer in a group can give a different experience. This
article you will read how fun it is to go in a group. The method of locating deer with a car and then leaving the car to
shoot the deer is still legal in this State (Maine), but it is little
more sporting than shooting them from a moving vehicle. In time this
method will be banned here as it is in some of the other deer hunting
areas, because it will become a serious threat to the deer population
and to the safety of the traveling public. Wardens know that many
people do not bother to leave their cars before shooting, but, unless
these people are caught in the act, there is little chance of
convicting them. Little can be done to stop this practice except to ban
shooting from a highway. If a workable law can be devised, this will
probably be one of the next prohibitions that the hunter will find in
the Maine game laws.
The driving of deer is another way to hunt the animals. This method is
successful in areas where there are small patches of woods. Organized
groups can cover quite a bit of territory and can bag a sizeable number
of deer during a season, if their aim is good. While these groups kill
a large number of deer, there is usually more or less dissatisfaction
among the members about the division of the spoils and about who should
assume the credit (or blame) for each kill. The Maine law prohibits a
man from registering a deer that he has not personally killed. It also
prohibits a man who has killed one deer from hunting during the
remainde of the hunting season. These laws are evaded by members of
many of these deer-driving groups.
The use of noisemaking devices in deer driving is forbidden, but no
judge has yet ruled that the human vocal cords are in this category and
some of these drives have been quite noisy affairs. This shouting,
together with more or less indiscriminate shooting, has resulted in
opposition to this practice among some land owners where these hunts
have occurred. Hunting territory has been posted and lost to hunters
because of these gang drives. As a result, the Maine Legislature has
placed a limit on the number of men taking part in these drives. There
are other restrictions that regulate the deer hunter's actions. Most of
them are on the books for the protection of the deer herd or for the
hunter's own safety. Some of them may not please the hunter, but they
should be observed in the interest of continued hunting. There are many
legal methods of hunting to which the true sportsman should stick.
In order to enjoy the sport fully, a deer hunter needs a thorough
understanding of the animal and, to a lesser extent, of the country to
be hunted. This knowledge cannot be obtained in one short hunt, but
must be acquired by years of hunting, by reading or by listening to
other hunters who have this knowledge. There are some laws of the state
on how you hunt deer. They are like registering of the deer which you
had not killed personally, prohibitions of noisemaking devices, etc.
Unfortunately, sometimes these laws not really get well with the
hunters.
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