That's what my friend says, though I don't know about his license, he might be a poacher
Posted on 04/08/2002 4:23:46 PM PDT by Sungirl
Hunters and Farmers should sit on the jury since the environmentalist tried to project the harm they caused on them.
I also wonder why there are many laws against poaching or killing endangered animals ..or why there are seperate seasons and limits for duck, pheasant, deer, etc. if it wasn't a problem. I bet there would be nothing left...like so many endangered animals. I have often posted my story of this man I worked with whose father in law told him better come hunting with him and his regular group.... because they are going to get a cougar....bcause as he explained.."There aren't many of them left you know."
Your logic concerning seasons and poaching prove my point. We manage the situation, Hunting itself is not a problem as long as it is managed. And it is, sure some people break the law and hunt illegally. Should we take your car because some other people drive drunk?
Environmentalist are the ones you should be condemning, they are the ones who really hurt the environment and destroy lives in the process. Last I checked Man was still a member of Nature. And man is the only one trying to save others! Plenty of creatures died off long before we were any danger!
Except in Boulder, where all living species dine on tofu, trail mix and bottled water, human beings are the only voluntary vegetarians. All other species dine on their favorite foods without a moment's concern about how their favorite foods feel about that.
In responding, I guess I’m *amned for any answer I give. If you operate on the assumption that any hunter on FR will lie to you, why ask the question?
Based on my experience, both from hunters I know and what I read, your assumptions are false. If your’s is as you stated it in several posts, hunters killing wantonly for target practice, it may be the caliber of people you’ve worked with or lived around.
Seasons don’t exist because most hunters poach. They’re there to manage and protect game. Without wildlife management, you wouldn’t have wildlife to worry about, not due to sportsmen, but to commercial hunting. And without sportsmen you wouldn’t have wildlife management.
Your third hand cougar story is certainly suspect, but assuming he had a license, they weren’t very rare where he was hunting. Maybe you should change the story to something like “he said we’ll mount the head and throw the rest away”. Fit’s your agenda better. Fortunately cougar populations are advancing.
That's what my friend says, though I don't know about his license, he might be a poacher
Makes some sense, though it takes a lot of knowledge to really sustain yourself that way for any period of time.
Just like I grow my own vegetables, there is something highly satisfying about harvesting your own meat. I think you appreciate your meals a lot more when you participate in the process - beyond going to the supermarket and picking out a steak. Ya know?!
Could that "slightest twinge of guilt" be a function of respect for the complex web you've become a part of by taking that deer's life, rather that "guilt"? At least, that's how I see it.
I'll buy that ;)
People here can be talked into revealing their best fishing holes, or where they shot that huge turkey last spring. But those woods where you find your mushrooms is sacred ground.
What we can't use fresh we saute' and freeze.If you know a better way to put them up I would appreciate any tips.
It's just terrible how the use of hunters for game management along with hunters footing the bills have devastated the deer and turkey populations in your state.HarHar.
The Verdigris and Elk Rivers are still a couple of my favorites.Around 1970 I got rousted by some lawmen about ten miles out of Lawrence.They were kind of antisocial until they found that my bags were full of poke and dock instead of what some folks gathered in that area at the time.That was fun.
I may not remember correctly,I'm on some heavy meds and not tracking well but it struck me as the type story a hunter might use to(bait)an antihunter after giving up on rational thought getting through the self inflicted ignorance.
After seeing the outrageous accusations made against hunters on these threads it's easy to imagine a group of fed up hunters telling some pretty good whoppers just to get someones' goat.If that is the case it certainly seems to have worked.
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