"Hunter" kills pony in Stoney Creek

[Hunter John]

I have a friend that raises horses and hunts too. Last week he was telling me that hunting deer from horseback is a real advantage. According to his experience, the deer hear the four feet of the horse and are therefore not alarmed as they would be by two feet in the woods.
So, to add to all the speculation and opinions there is yet another error in the statements. Horses don't spook deer if his experience is to be accepted. It makes sense to me.
For my own part I feel for the guy. No matter how miserable you might be to another there is no valid reason to target a defenseless domestic animal.

One of the places I hunt The lady there owns a few horses and one day sneaking through the pasture to my stand I spy 2 does feeding under an apple tree. I back tracked out of site and approached one of the horses and started scratching her ears and she followed me back toward where the deer were feeding. I stayed on the far side of the deer as we approached and when I was about 20 yards away I took to one knee and waited for the horse to carry on. when the horse cleared kicking range I had an easy broadside shot and the deer had no idea I was there.

Moral of that story is deer don't know how many feet a horse has.

[LowbanksArcher]

One of the places I hunt The lady there owns a few horses and one day sneaking through the pasture to my stand I spy 2 does feeding under an apple tree. I back tracked out of site and approached one of the horses and started scratching her ears and she followed me back toward where the deer were feeding. I stayed on the far side of the deer as we approached and when I was about 20 yards away I took to one knee and waited for the horse to carry on. when the horse cleared kicking range I had an easy broadside shot and the deer had no idea I was there.

Moral of that story is deer don't know how many feet a horse has.

That's awesome! One of the biggest bucks i've ever seen was standing in a pasture amongst horses mid day just outside Dundas Valley. Think he was trying to blend in

[mox72]

One of the places I hunt The lady there owns a few horses and one day sneaking through the pasture to my stand I spy 2 does feeding under an apple tree. I back tracked out of site and approached one of the horses and started scratching her ears and she followed me back toward where the deer were feeding. I stayed on the far side of the deer as we approached and when I was about 20 yards away I took to one knee and waited for the horse to carry on. when the horse cleared kicking range I had an easy broadside shot and the deer had no idea I was there.

Moral of that story is deer don't know how many feet a horse has.

Is your name Wile E. Coyote by chance?

[dutchhunter]

I walked out in a field beside a harvester and shot a nice doe .I had been watching her circle the harvester with every pass he made .when he got to the road I talked to him turns out I knew him so that worked real well .Dutch

[Danz]

In The Spec today, there is an article saying the ministry is no longer involved in the investigation since there is no evidence that it is hunting related.

[Hunter John]

Maybe they got enough letters,emails that they felt the need to clarify.

[LowbanksArcher]

In The Spec today, there is an article saying the ministry is no longer involved in the investigation since there is no evidence that it is hunting related.

Good to hear. Good work to all of you that sent letters/emails.

[bowj]

I don't get that much of an anti hunting sentiment out of the article itself, just from the victim who was quoted. they have to report the story and since this gentlemen was a huge part of it they needed to include his quote whether we like it or not....

in talking to a bunch of farmers from a few different areas, a lot of them tend to have a negative view of hunters due to the mistakes of past hunters on their land, and also stories from adjacent landowners with similar horror stories. I know these people aren't "hunters" but they do knock on doors asking to hunt or engage in "hunting like" behavior and therefore whether we like it or not we all get lumped in with them.

I think the guy is a bit off base with his allegations that it was a hunter, however I bet he has had issues in the past with hunters and that leaves a bad taste in his mouth and that comes out at times like this where he has a problem (involving firearms during an open season).

just my thoughts....

[trimmer21]

I don't get that much of an anti hunting sentiment out of the article itself, just from the victim who was quoted. they have to report the story and since this gentlemen was a huge part of it they needed to include his quote whether we like it or not....

in talking to a bunch of farmers from a few different areas, a lot of them tend to have a negative view of hunters due to the mistakes of past hunters on their land, and also stories from adjacent landowners with similar horror stories. I know these people aren't "hunters" but they do knock on doors asking to hunt or engage in "hunting like" behavior and therefore whether we like it or not we all get lumped in with them.

I think the guy is a bit off base with his allegations that it was a hunter, however I bet he has had issues in the past with hunters and that leaves a bad taste in his mouth and that comes out at times like this where he has a problem (involving firearms during an open season).

just my thoughts....

It's either that or they've been listening to the usual anti-hunter anecdotal bull shyte. Don't forget,we're dealing with the Hamilton Spec,right?

[spikedbat]

A buddy of mine's uncle who owns a horse farm in Sharon has had two of his horses shot by hunters over the years. He gets angry when even asked to consider to allow me to hunt on his property. I asked him how could anybody shot a horse thinking it was a deer??
He said they just push the property with dogs and try to force anything thats around to the other end. I guess it was a dogging situation? Seemed really hard to believe but he will never let anybody hunt his area again. He says he knows people still tresspass back there to. He wouldnt even cool to the idea of using bow. Even for turkey!!

This wasn't a recent event could have been years ago. But I know he's 100% on the fact his horses were shot by hunters during controlled hunts.

Anybody ever hear of anything like this happening?