Posted on 04/08/2002 4:23:46 PM PDT by Sungirl
Heck, Sunny, I don't even know Doris Day. Answer this question, ok?
Why is it that you can accuse every hunter on Free Republic and in the United States of going out drinking while they hunt, and killing endangered species, and being reckless?
One sure way to tell. Rub the kids all over your feet and see if the athlete's foot goes away.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about my dog. Jake loves to hunt and chasing one of these sissy-boys would do him a world of good. Great practice for the bird season.
Molon Labe!
Doris Day is an absolute idiot.....pick your allies more carefully.....TTttthhhhppppppt
As well, you paint with a very broad brush. Your statements that "all hunters kill endangered species..." How many hunters do you know that have told you they've killed endangered species? And how many of them have you reported?
Yet you get upset when people associate you with ALF and other radical animal rights groups. Why? They're only using the same brush that you use. I've hunted, and I didn't kill endangered species - but according to you, I have. According to you, I've also been drinking while hunting, and apparently I've engaged in something called "thrill kill."
By that standard, you're a supporter of ALF and the domestic terrorism they engage in.
Let's add to the first part of the question. How many hunters here on Free Republic do you know that have killed endangered species? How many hunters here on Free Republic do you know that go out hunting (or shooting) when drunk? How many poachers do you know here on Free Republic?
THEN...On the other thread you have a hunter-girl who is teaching her 6 and 8 yr old girls to kill squirrels in her back yard, You had another hunter saying he kills dogs if he sees them trespassing on his yard, another hunter defends his mother who took a shovel and smashes kittens to death in front her kids, another who says cats have no right to wander in the woods and they are fair game to shoot. I told you about this one life long hunter who told his son in law to come hunting with them to get the cougars and told him he better come now because "THey're almost all gone you know".
IF you hunters were all like say GWB...there would be less endangered animals, less trophies on the wall, less people against hunters and we wouldn't have these discussions. But since almost every hunter I have known or heard about...and since this seems to be prevalant attitude, given the huge awareness campaigns going about hunting.....I think that something has to be done about it to educate and it should be addressed. Unfortunatley....I think that most people will never admit they did wrong....and then some do admit it because they just don't care. You?
Yeehaw,more morels just came in.
(taking a bite of squirrel)
I can't argue there...
If you are gonna kill, kill BIG.
Does anyone in here ever take any alcohol at all on their hunting trips? Ever? WHat did you take on your trips? Pepsi? That's great! You set a good example.
No. I haven't.
MOST HUNTERS DO!
Evidence, please.
IF you hunters were all like say GWB...there would be less endangered animals, less trophies on the wall, less people against hunters and we wouldn't have these discussions.
These things would still go on, Sunny, because people would still be hunting, and you still wouldn't be fond of hunters because people would still be out there killing animals, and one way or the other, you'd find something else to get upset about.
I told you about this one life long hunter who told his son in law to come hunting with them to get the cougars and told him he better come now because "THey're almost all gone you know".
And my understanding from you is that you didn't do anything because you didn't know if he was telling the truth or not.
On the other thread you have a hunter-girl who is teaching her 6 and 8 yr old girls to kill squirrels in her back yard,
Well, if it's legal to hunt them where she's at, I can't think of a better place to teach a child to hunt - or a better animal to teach them with. They're hard to hit unless you're using a shotgun.
You had another hunter saying he kills dogs if he sees them trespassing on his yard,
I've done that myself, Sunny. I've gone out and shot feral dogs on a farm, I've killed two dogs who came in my yard. Why? Because they're threats to my family.
another hunter defends his mother who took a shovel and smashes kittens to death in front her kids,
Havent' seen that one, so I can't say.
another who says cats have no right to wander in the woods and they are fair game to shoot.
Don't have a problem with that - cats will kill any animal they think they can take, including those furry little bunny rabbits, and all those wonderful songbirds. They're domesticated hunting machines, Sunny. I'm surprised you don't consider them a biological extension of man's hunting.
As far as the rest of it - you lost all coherence in that last paragraph - right after the "If all hunters were like..." statement that I quoted above.
You must have missed that thread. It's all the people she admitted knowing.
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