Pertinent Trivia Question #II

[DesertBull]

Well, whoever said, it needs to imprinted on every tag sold or auctioned!

[KGAINES]

Desertbull, you are right.

[25-06]

Aldo leupold.

That is my guess as well.

[AZP&Y]

Dr. Saxton Pope?

 

AzP&Y

[TwoGuns]

Winston Churchill

[Guest 300ultramag.]

Is it the same gentleman that stated, when u pull the trigger u have a choice, the animal does not. Therefore u have established an eternal bond w/ this animal once u harvest it. u do not mount it to honor the animal, but to display that relationship. You are a hunter, you have hunted.

[Outdoor Writer]

Lots of good guesses, but so far no one has grabbed the brass ring. And at that, I'm really surprised. The first line of that quote -- One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted... -- has been often cited for the past 50 years throughout the hunting world.

 

Someone did make a fairly good guess at the person's national origin, though. Soooo...here's the answer. -TONY

 

Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset

Meditations on Hunting

 

"Meditations on Hunting is the most quoted book in sporting literature. It is the finest work on the essence and ethics of hunting. Today when both hunting and fishing are often condemned, Meditations takes on an even greater significance. Ortega points out that life is a dynamic interchange between man and his surroundings. He explains that hunting is part of man's very nature, that "hunting is a universal and impassioned sport...it is the purest form of human happiness. The essence of hunting or fishing involves a complete code of ethics of the most distinguished design. The sportsman who accepts the sporting code of ethics keeps his commandments in the greatest solitude with no witnesses or audience other than the sharp peaks of the mountain, the stern oak, and the passing animal."

[CouesWhitetail]

Thanks Tony, that was fun and educational!

 

Amanda

[Outdoor Writer]

Tony have you read anything by Craig Childs, interesting reading when you consider what we think is a drought. I can't quite believe everything I read in his book though some is true, but I can see where others could, especially who have never set foot in the desert and then believe we should never mess with water and habitat because we are making it worse on the wildlife. I would love to hear your thoughts if you have read it.

 

Keith,

 

No, I haven't. Who is he and what's his expertise -- biologist or...???? Got a book title?

 

Without even reading him, in a way he is probably right to a point. For example, if there is a unit where the drought has degraded the HABITAT, i.e. the food sources, supplying water to critters artificially, thus keeping more of them alive by quenching their thirst, probably degrades the habitat even more. So if and when the drought does end, the recovery of that habitat will take much longer. Hunting can somewhat control the over-population, but it has to include more than bulls and bucks.

 

The Kaibab when hunting was shut down is a prime example of habitat destruction. Signs of the devastated habitat remained visible for decades after the huge die-off occurred. Many trees were denuded as high as the deer could reach while standing on their back legs. -TONY

[CouesWhitetail]

I've read Craig Childs' "The Secret Knowledge of Water" I found it to be a very interesting, enjoyable and informative book. It's well worth the time to read.

 

Amanda

[tjhunt2]

My guess was Ann Landers.

[Outdoor Writer]

I've read Craig Childs' "The Secret Knowledge of Water" I found it to be a very interesting, enjoyable and informative book. It's well worth the time to read.

 

Amanda

 

Thanks, Amanda.

 

I googled him after replying to Keith and saw he's a nautralist and ecologist. I'll have Ellen pick up the book at the library when she returns the C.J. Box's Free Fire, which I'm now reading. -TONY

[Outdoor Writer]

My guess was Ann Landers.

 

As you now know, that is also wrong.

 

I'm surprised no one guessed Ted Nugent. -TONY

[Huntn coues]

AHH Tony that was easy

 

Give us another.

[wetmule]

How about Julia Childs I've seen her attack some dead fish like they were "surly brutes" (bad joke)