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Pods

I oppose legalization/regulation of anectine pods in conjunction with standard broadheads for huntin

  • Yay

    Votes: 25 38.5%

  • nay

    Votes: 25 38.5%

  • Uncertain

    Votes: 11 16.9%

  • Wait...pods aren't legal?

    Votes: 4 6.2%
  • Total voters
    65
kyler1945 said:
Do you have any experience with ungulates who’ve been administered a dose?
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I did years ago. We often did intubations in vet surgeries prior to being allowed to treat humans. Works about the same. Not certain at this point what the milligram per kilogram dosing would be.
 
Weldabeast said:
I never heard of them before. Not sure if I care either way. I would not use them. I definitely don't hunt for any reason that involves other people approval....
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Hmmm...that sounds like exactly the kinda thing a feller would say if he was fishing for the approval of people who didn't think it was cool to seek the approval of other people!
 
Nutterbuster said:
Why? Genuine question, my understanding is that the dosage required for killing a deer is much lower than the dose for affecting a human, and then the dosage only goes down with time and disbursement through animal tissue and then absorption through the digestive system of a person vs injection. But I'm curious to know more.



How long does it take most of your bow shot deer to expire? A minute or less? 3 minutes? 5? How long does it take a single lung, liver hit, gut shot, or shoulder hit deer to die? Does a pod slow down the death of a well hit deer?


I don't think anybody on the pro-pod side is arguing for using the pod in the manner you're implying.
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Not sure Im following what I am perceived to be implying. Shoot a deer, paralyze it, easier recovery. Did i miss part of the thought process?
 
Weldabeast said:
I never heard of them before. Not sure if I care either way. I would not use them. I definitely don't hunt for any reason that involves other people approval....
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Nah you do, you just aren’t smart enough to know it yet. ROFL!!!
 
skydoc said:
Not sure Im following what I am perceived to be implying. Shoot a deer, paralyze it, easier recovery. Did i miss part of the thought process?
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I took "I'll stick to relying on good shot placement" to imply that pods were supposed to let people off of that hook. My stance is that you should always strive for high-margin-of-error, high mortality shots. But as we all reassure each other when it's somebody we like who lost a blood trail, stuff happens. Pods make those hits more lethal.
 
gcr0003 said:
Nah you do, you just aren’t smart enough to know it yet. ROFL!!!
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I get the undertones here.

You’re reading me wrong.

I’d counter here with “you’re not open minded enough to know it yet.”

Also, that’s ok.

I love you.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I took "I'll stick to relying on good shot placement" to imply that pods were supposed to let people off of that hook. My stance is that you should always strive for high-margin-of-error, high mortality shots. But as we all reassure each other when it's somebody we like who lost a blood trail, stuff happens. Pods make those hits more lethal.
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The otherwise non-lethal hits as well?
 
John 35 said:
Said the guy posting on social media accusing other people of trying to look cool. Don’t you dare turn this around on me.
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I think you’re missing the point. I can’t speak for him, but I can tell you no one accusing you of anything. We’re just pointing out what’s obvious to people who study this, and anyone who thinks seriously about it for five minutes.

And I firmly include myself in the silly behavior. No one’s above it. It’s our humanity. I don’t think I’m better for being able to admit it to myself. But it sure is freeing to be open to it.
 
Plebe said:
The otherwise non-lethal hits as well?
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Common usage of pods would result in some deer being dead that otherwise wouldn't be, absolutely.

Also, Kevorkian's Prescription Medicide raises questions way more interesting than what we're allowed to talk about here. I still don't know what I think of the dude. I was kinda shocked my uni library had a copy lying around.
 
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I wouldn’t care if they legalize it. I have some reservations about how it could be twisted into negative press for our hunting community but that’s about it. I’ve thought for a few years that I become man enough to hunt with a trad bow one of these days. I may still be lethal but wouldn’t be as efficient of a killer as I am now. My bow range would be cut in half & im hoping that I could become as accurate as I am now. I’m think that I hunt for any approval other than the connection I have to some great memories from the past & the love of the process. I also bought a crossbow once & didn’t care for it & sold it. I think with practice it was probably more lethal than my current setup. I think quick humane kills are the goal out of respect for the animal but it’s still death…… but hey go for it I’ll back y’all up just not my thing
 
Nutterbuster said:
Common usage of pods would result in some deer being dead that otherwise wouldn't be, absolutely.
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Hmm, that's not good.

Maybe some sort of tracer would be better so we can send in the drones and assess the health of the animal and then make a decision on our effectiveness as "hunters" before signaling the drone to dispatch the animal or not (unless it's 150" or better in which case, auto-kill).

Idk, hard sell.
 
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