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I haven't been able to find any news reports but I was told by several people today that a bear hunter was shot this morning in Blount county while hunting off of US Highway 129. It was unknown how it happened. From what I heard his hunting buddies drove him to the hospital. Everyone be careful out there.

I've had one for about 8 years, it really is a great gun. Countless rounds downrange with all kinds of ammo and never so much as a hiccup. I rarely ever carry it as I have other options that are lighter, smaller in size, bigger in caliber, and have higher capacities. That said dependability wise I wouldn't hesitate to carry it. I'm not a fan of the mouse guns such as the KelTecs and LCPs due to their reliability issues, these bigger .380s like the Bersa seem to be much more reliable.

Sorry to hear, prayers sent.

Unless you reload or have deep pockets get him a .22. He will spend the summers of his teenage years carrying it around and shooting all kinds of good stuff, all the while going through lots of ammo. I own a Rough Rider and can't say enough good things about it. A Ruger Single Six would be even better if the price isn't an issue, but the Heritage is a fine gun.

Don't think an out of state license would have saved him, if he didn't already have one.

Absolutely senseless, the court system should really hang Rowland out to dry. There is no excuse for this at all.

I'm certainly not seeing the numbers of deer that I have seen in past years. I pulled into where I hunt on Sunday afternoon and there were 3 does bedded down in the field across the road. I hunted that area in the rain trying to use doe bleats to get them to come over but that didn't work out. My freezer is bare, I've all but eaten the deer that I filled the freezer with last year.

Thanks a lot guys for clearing that up. I appreciate your suggestion redstate.

This law confuses me, it seems to me to say two different things... 1) I take this to mean that in order to be legally binding the TCA code must be cited. as opposed to... 2) This leads me to believe that a gun buster is legally binding and that if I want to follow the law then I should not carry past a gun buster sign. So why the confusion in the law? If a gun buster is legally binding then why is section b3a (the first section) even in the code?

I work for a very small company (4 of us total) my boss seems kind of neutral on the gun thing, admittedly not a gun guy but does not care at all if I choose to carry while I'm working. He did ask me recently about buying a gun and getting a carry permit. I used to work for what was considered a small business but was actually a pretty good sized company in Knoxville, they had a "Friends of the NRA" sticker right on the front door. Carrying was approved and even encouraged. This was in 2010 BTW. Other employers have not been as good.

Wondering the same thing, I bought a 600 pound safe this morning.

I used to have a Walker I hunted coons with. Never left her in the woods. Stayed up till the sun came up looking for her a couple of times but never went home without her.

Good point Whiskey. Does TWRA have a protocol pertaining to checking licenses? Never had it happen but I would be pretty ticked if my hunt was interrupted. Especially if I'm on my land.

Not trying to thread jack but it's been lightly touched on a couple times so I'm not sure if it's worth starting a new thread for either. I would like to hear predictions as to whether or not the current laws are going to eliminate the hog problem as TWRA is attempting to do, or will this project be a failure and will be overrun with hogs in the next couple of years? Thoughts?

I've hunted all of my life and never had an encounter with a game warden. That's pretty wild. Seems like a game warden of all people would be wearing orange. And Charlie, do yourself a favor and get yourself some binoculars. That rifle scope is not ok to check distant objects out with.

It just depends. Sex crimes per say I don't think should just "fall off." A 19 year old having sex with a 16 year old, should not be and is not an issue per TN state law. Marijuana itself should just be decriminalized anyway. I find that people that think that marijuana is evil usually have a lot in common with the "guns are evil" crowd, in that they have never been around it. Marijuana users are non violent, and are not prone to steal and vandalize things. The same can not be said for alcohol yet it's not illegal. Due to the nature of the drug of ounces is not going to take out the kingpins. If anything go after the guys that posses pounds of it, they are the ones that are close to the ones who are importing or growing it. If they want to really put a stop to it that's the ones they need to be chasing not a kid with an ounce.

I think they do it for publicity so the sheep will feel safe. Anyone with a little bit of common and local knowledge will know what roads they should stay off of if they have been drinking. (I'm not condoning drinking and driving.) If anything these road blocks probably catch not the habitual drunk but the professional that just left dinner and was headed home, but hey drinking and driving is drinking and driving. Every bar fly knows how to fly under the radar to get home.

Find a friend that is not very smart to help you. I once worked with a guy that harvested wild mushrooms all the time. Evidently some dangerous ones look like the safe ones. He ate the wrong kind and was having crazy hallucinations. So have a dumb friend eat them first, if he seems okay after a few hours then you are probably good to go.

I've seen a lot of people get taken to jail because they didn't have an ID. Of course you never know what will happen and you certainly don't leave to house intending on committing a crime, not most of us anyway. But say you are detained for a misdemeanor crime. Having that ID could be the difference in a cite and release and going to jail. Very good points about ID in case of an accident as well. I never leave the house without ID.

It may be later than I would like to start but it is never too late. Get in there, even if it is just a few days before you are going to hunt. Just look around for deer sign and trails, find the most heavily used game trail and set up where you can get a shot on it. Although it is ideal to start scouting for next year the day the season ends that is not always practical. I used to hunt north of Memphis and it was not feasible for me to scout the land all year. I quiet walk around the day before the season opener was usually all I got. I can take a walk around some land and have a good idea of how I can hunt it successfully. Still the more scouting you can do the better.

Good luck!

I grew up in Mt. Juliet being harrassed constantly by the local PD. I have zero respect for that police department, they are a bunch of thugs. Funny the bullies in highschool are now the police force. I've heard the "Would you know why I smell marijuana right now?" line from them it took everything I had not to fire back with "Probably because you just got done smoking a joint and it's still on your breath."

Haven't been asked to be searched in a long time. Only once actually. I can say after that experience I will not consent again. I know that most LEOs are good guys that really try to do a good job but there are a few bad apples out there and those seem to be the ones that pull me over, used to anyway. I have nothing to hide but I'm not going to let a cop rip my car apart, dump the contents of the console and the glove box on the floor, and halfway take my car apart and them say "I don't know where you hid it but you did a good job." Fishing expeditions belong on the lake, not in my car. Besides, honestly, my car and truck are a freakin mess, I work out of them and there is all kinds of tools and other stuff floating around in there, I'm sure something in any of my vehicles could be considered paraphernalia if you really wanted to.

It is even illegal if you are sitting in your tree stand and a house dog runs a deer to you to shoot it. CYA if there is a dog around I wouldn't be shooting a deer.

Believe it or not I think we have more or less reached agreement. You are right they do have a very low success rate. I really think that it is a social thing more than a "let's go get meat!" event. As I said before I'm not exaggerating the numbers of hunters standing around, I think I have seen 1 or 2 harvested bears this season. Here anymore I'm just going to try to stay put and not get out on the road during the day during bear season. I do understand hunting with dogs, I can sympathize with the issues surrounding dogs crossing property lines, treeing where you don't want them too, and even loosing them. Years ago I hunted coons. Only time I would shoot one out was at the landowners request if they had been making a nuisance of themselves. Looking at it from a sporting perspective a coon can loose a dog a lot easier than a bear can.