“You’ll be accused of being a testosterone challenged cheese eating surrender monkey because you don’t like drinking beer and heading out to the country with your toothless cohorts and killing anything that moves.”
You apparently don’t like hunting, or hunters.
I don’t suppose you know who pays for the reintroduction/management of all wildlife (both game and non game, non hunted)in this country. Who has raised billions in tax dollars (taxes on hunting equipment, and taxes hunters lobbied for to bring back many species)?
I’ll give you a few clues — It ain’t the Sierra Club,the Humane Society of the U.S., or wanna be wildlife biologists who reside in concrete jungles in cities, and receive their education about wildlife management from Disney films, the Animal Planet, or HSUS news releases.
Your statement about hunters is disgusting and ignorant.
Wrong. I am an ecologist, and part of my work has involved sustainable hunting practices in southern Africa. This includes not only subsistence hunting, but also trophy hunting. There are a number of native conservancies that have developed management programs that allow them to both harvest meat and to make money from tourist hunters. In the case of trophy animals, they are worth much more alive (and available for hunting by a European or American for a fee) than dead at the hands of a local. And don't tell me about wildlife - I've lived in an enclosure of 20 high cyclone fence so the hyenas and lions don't drag you off in the middle of the night. Ever have an elephant announce its presence 30 feet away from you in the dark? You'd shit yourself. Ever been chased by a snake for which there is no known antivenin? My point was made about the pointless slaughter of prairie dogs so a bunch of Gomers can get their jollies.