# more deer killed **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 9, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437 "2001-11-09T14:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/21 "2001-11-10T05:23:20Z")
Jodi, I have to respectfully disagree with you about drinking and hunting. I have known very few hunters in Montana who drink before or during hunting. After, sure, but with the hunters I know, if you cracked a beer before or during the hunt, you’d get a quick ride back home. The rule has always been, ALL guns get unloaded and put away before anyone has a drink. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/22 "2001-11-10T05:39:22Z")
That is indeed the responsible way to hunt. That doesn’t change the fact that the hunters who live in the other end of the trailer park where I was raised, go hunting irresponsible and drink before and during the activity. The people who live on the other end of the trailer park where I was raised would, if they had southern accents and a few more dogs, be the exact example upon which the popular redneck stereotype is based. The fact that the way they actually are happens to be a popular stereotype does NOT make the way the act no longer factual. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/23 "2001-11-10T06:09:38Z")
Are there laws against Drunk Hunting, the same way there are laws against Drunk Driving? ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/24 "2001-11-10T19:28:18Z")
“It is unlawful to hunt deer while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances” taken straight from the pennsylvania game commission. I seriously doubt any state actually allows it. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/25 "2001-11-11T20:10:26Z")
tracer: It is illegal in the state of Ohio for deer to drive while they are drinking. No word on whether they may use firearms. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/26 "2001-11-11T20:44:37Z")
Hey, if bears can use firearms, deer should be able to, too. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/27 "2001-11-11T20:55:04Z")
> [@](#): > > “It is unlawful to hunt deer while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances” taken straight from the pennsylvania game commission. I seriously doubt any state actually allows it. So if Pennsylvanian deer get into the pot patch, they’re safe? No wonder they’re always bolting across I-81!!! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/28 "2001-11-11T21:09:08Z")
Here in Akron (AKA known as Cleveland’s Little Bitch), we’ve come up with a novel method to control the herd this year. We’re gonna start charging them a fee to graze in our town… ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/29 "2001-11-11T21:23:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gaspode \* > **Being homosexual and having AIDS is socially acceptable and illegal.** Um, where is being homosexual and/or having AIDS illegal? ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/30 "2001-11-11T22:37:23Z")
FWIW, every single hunter I know of actually drinks less than the average non-hunter I know. This may be slightly skewed by the fact that I’m at college so the “average non-hunter” here drinks a whole hell of a lot. 😉 I think the sharpshooting idea is a good one. Of course, steps should be taken to make sure the sharpshooters know what the heck they’re doing before they’re allowed to shoot anything. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/31 "2001-11-11T22:40:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gaspode \* > Being homosexual and having AIDS is socially acceptable and illegal. Which should of course have read “Being homosexual and having AIDS is socially acceptable and legal.” My bad. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/32 "2001-11-12T14:50:54Z")
I’ve alwasy wondered why it was called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. How do these things go together? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437/33 "2001-11-12T22:32:10Z")
I know of people getting arrested in Wisconsin for drunken hunting. so they do enforce the laws. There have been many times when the game wardens are seen checking up on hunters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-killed/92437.md?page=1)