Posted on 11/26/2006 11:05:49 AM PST by SJackson
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This is the most limp-wristed article on the subject of hunting I've ever seen.
No kidding, Capital times, Madison's lefty paper.
Oh and Joel McNally is a flaming liberal.
Can someone hand Mr. McNally the Midol, please?
Perhaps they are focused on the Hmong deer hunter population instead? /snicker
Joel McNally simply engaged in a string of ad hominem attacks against people who also like to hunt deer. His technique is pathetic and sophomoric.
~ Blue Jays ~
One of his best
Wis.DNR and Local Govt. are major reasons why people dont
enjoy hunting here:
Regulations are written to ensnare hunters with costly fines for minor infractions.
DNR Wardens are unfriendly and overpaid,the DNR can actually enter private property without a warrant, technically they could kick your door down for 1 too many bluegills in your cooler.
Having a major nut for a govenor who continually raises fees
for liscenses doesnt help either.
I have quit deer hunting. I don't enjoy the experience as much as I used to. I get much colder much quicker anymore. I also have grown tired of eating venison. I don't take any game I don't intent to eat.
Wild Turkeys on the other hand. The weather is warm and the meat is better than what I had on Thursday. They are also much more challenging to hunt. I get a little concerned occasionally about sitting on the ground in full camo and making sounds like a turkey. :)
Nor to my knowledge do they need probably cause. I've had the experience.
LOL! Do you think he knows how cozy the DNR is with the Doyle Administration? Oh, let's just leave that FACT out of the equasion because as we all know, the Dimowits in this state have everything under control. No worries!
How long do you think it'll take the new 'Rat leadership in our Assembly to introduce gun ban legislation come January?
5...4...3...2...
The anti gun nuts have accomplished more by attrition than by any legislation.
Another generation or two and the PETA @$$holes will do a 180 and form an anti animal coalition ... the friggin' world is just plain nuts.
We had about ten wild turkeys in our front yard, last time we were at our cabin. Not to hard to hunt, under the right circumstances.
Anyone who has ever hit a deer in a car would tell you the same thing.
Madison hasn't had a RIGHT newspaper since they started printing them in the same building. The Wisconsin State Journal has been circling the bowl since the 70s.
Bingo.
Make it hard enough to hunt and pretty soon people quit fighting the battle.
How right you are. ;)
As for shooting feral cats, It wasn't a special hunting season that was proposed either, it was simply a matter of having these disease carrying nuisances being placed on the rodent list so they could be legally shot at any time of the year.
As for his thoughts on why the number of hunters are diminishing, it isn't because of rural conservatives being ticked off at hunters, it's simply because fewer and fewer youth are taking up the sport, possibly due to the anti-hunting brainwashing they get from activist teachers in school.
In fact, rural conservatives are buying these properties simply because they want to ensure they have a place to hunt for themselves, due to more and more public lands being closed to hunting because of pressure from animal rights and anti- hunting activists.
One way or another, the deer population problem will have to be dealt with. All sorts of measures, from speed limit reductions to keep dumb anti- hunting activists from killing themselves when they hit them, to increased insurance rates for those who can't seem to avoid hitting them every year, to deer fences, deer repelling devices and other control methods will be used, and the cost will come out of their pockets.
Hunters used to control these populations for free. As taxes continue to climb, they'll be begging for hunters. Already, a single hunter can harvest 6 deer in some states. That's how desperate they are to control the population, which is only going to double in the next year or two.
Personally, I don't care how high the deer population gets, I don't care how much they become, especially to these anti- hunting vegan nerds, who will be complaining every time a herd of deer come and eat their entire organic garden they worked so hard on. It will just make hunting all the easier. I'll just sit on my deck and wait till they come in the yard.
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