This is bugging the heck out of me........

[Curmudgeon]

The Amish around here don't hate guns.

 

Seriously, would anyone "selling" a gun to a family member, would you go somewhere to do the background check?

[Don_C]

The Amish do not hate guns. My property is also in the Leon/New Albion area, one of the guys on our road used to allow them to hunt his property, but from what he told me, after the first year, they began hunting it year round and shot anything they saw. They are not welcome any longer. 

[Two Track]

How do you think they put down a hog or beef cow for slaughter?

Amish are not anti-gun.  Anti-war and anti-murder yes.  In general, they are anti-violence.

 

They hunt and fish like the rest of us (minus motorized vehicle/boat) since the 1800's. 

 

Anyone could be the poacher, Amish or other wise.  They may know something about it, but handle it internally within their community if it is one of there members.

 

[HectorBuckBuster]

The Amish are more of a Cult then a religion. I have seen drunk Amish, and also seen them drag race their horse and buggies before. Also

[Culvercreek hunt club]

The Amish are more of a Cult then a religion. I have seen drunk Amish, and also seen them drag race their horse and buggies before. Also

Horse and buggy drag racing. There is one that will keep you pinned to the edge of your seat. Lol

[Geno C]

Horse and buggy drag racing. There is one that will keep you pinned to the edge of your seat. Lol

Saw a buggy race on Amish mafia, looked kinda puckery. He was booking it on that wooden wagon with that horse. Not something I'd like to race in lol

[ididnotvoteforobama]

The Amish do not hate guns. My property is also in the Leon/New Albion area, one of the guys on our road used to allow them to hunt his property, but from what he told me, after the first year, they began hunting it year round and shot anything they saw. They are not welcome any longer. 

 

I'm actually in Napoli , I border New Albion on the north and Conewango Valley on the west. My mailing address is Cattaraugus.

[josephmrtn]

I know an ex-amish guy who told me as an amish guy he would call in turkeys with his mouth (yea hes a really good caller!) and shoot there heads off w his rifle while deer hunting... not sure if all amish do stuff like that tho

[irish_redneck]

Was just wondering.. Do Amish use flashlights. Seems like that would be sinful electricity...

[irish_redneck]

Maybe hand crank ones are OK?

[ididnotvoteforobama]

Was just wondering.. Do Amish use flashlights. Seems like that would be sinful electricity...

 

Yes they use flashlights , mostly the headlamps , gas motors to run a pump for water , diesel or gas motors to run a main shaft in the shop to power equipment from a belt attached to the main shaft.

[wdswtr]

I work side by side with the Amish on a weekly bases and will tell you there personalities are no different than us.  There are good ones and there are bad ones.  They will even tell you this if you know them well enough.  There are so many different variations of the Amish they dont even know them all.  The two main ones are old order and new order Amish.  The old order, which is the Amish we have here are easily respected and have been a nice addition to our community.  Yes they hunt, yes they own guns, yes some of them bowhunt and yes they use flashlights.  None of them I know play outside the hunting regulations we all have to adhere to.  However there is a small problem when it comes to them having to go on the internet or place a phone call to report there harvest.  They just cant.  I know they have mailed in a report in the past.   There are quite a few that let me hunt with them or there land as well.  Oddly enough they are not the most patient hunters in the woods, and do not harvest the amount of deer some of us would think.  Most often they are pleased to give a couple guys permission to hunt there farms in trade for some venison.  Now mind you this is the old order Amish by me.  I cant speak for elswhere and I suspect just like most things in life gossip tends to be BS more often than not.  The Bishop sets there boundaries for them, there are normally several Bishops in a community.  Some Bishops are easier going than others but one thing is certain you dont cross the bishop and his guidelines.  Some of the things that are acceptable and not to us seem silly but once you get an understanding of why certain things are okay and others not you would better understand before making a judgement.  They lead a simple yet very effective lifestyle.  If you ever get invited to a barn raising you would be amazed at how well a community works together to help each other.  A couple weeks ago I was welding some farm equipment for an Amish fellow and there were 6 adults there cutting this amish guys wood for the winter. In the 6 hours I was there they had cut all his firewood for his house and his workshop for the entire winter.   To the question at hand I would just talk to the Father, they may be shooting deer out of the season, or they may not be, maybe they shot a coyote, maybe they are trappers putting down a catch, maybe they are shooting the pigeons that are crapping all over there hay in the barn.  There could be many reasons.  As far as deer populations 15 years ago compared to today, we have the exact same scenario at my camp. 15 years ago we seen groups of does with upwards of a dozen deer in them, was nothing to see 30 bucks in a bow season.  Now you see single does and at most 3 together at once.  6 different buck sightings in one bow season is a good season.  And there are no Amish anywhere near camp.  A while back Pa guys bought up some land around us, built camps when the AR crap hit Pa.  All good people but opening gun season the local gun club has a dinner the night before, I remember we all sat at the same table and there were over 40 dmp tags all together in our pockets.  Didnt take long and the herd was thinned pretty fast on the hill.