firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted March 3, 2018 respect for what you just killed bambi do you really thinks thats going to make a difference? It definitely does not hurt to show respect to the critter. I watched a show today where they killed a bunch of pigs. Next thing you know they were hurling them over a fence. Didn't bother me personally, but I always look at that stuff from the eyes of people on the fence. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted March 3, 2018 Can you imagine the uproar if we had video cameras back in the 70s and 80's or even had footage of the stuff we did that no one cared about. shooting yotes with a sawed off from a snow mobile, out the window of a truck while driving on the ranch, shooting pheasant from a harrow bed. oh for the good old days where the only thing that was asked was how many did you get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted March 4, 2018 Keep appeasing the left that works well The problem is not about lefties or radical anti's. It's about hikers, mountain bikers, car-campers, joggers, and many other people that don't even use the forest, but are voters. I don't remember the exact numbers, but only something like 5-10% of people hunt and only around 5%-10% are firmly against hunting. The 80% in the middle can swing either way. A lot of people mistakenly believe we have some God given right to hunt. Not so, at least not in Az (some states do have the right to hunt as part of their state constitutions, but when it was tried here the voters shot it down). We have the privilege to hunt as long as the state allows it. This privilege can be revoked in a single election cycle theoretically. It won't happen like that, but they're already chipping away a piece at a time. Bear baiting in dozens of states, lion hunting in Cali., the new cat prop that's coming up here in Az, etc. Most of these people believe that meat grows on trees some where and killing cute animals is a barbaric past time that is not necessary for them to enjoy a hamburger. Stupid and counter intuitive as it sounds, there's a ton of people that eat meat who will readily vote against hunting. PETA & the Humane society will get them to vote in favor of not killing "non food" animals like cats, bears, raccoons, foxes, etc. We all know that people eat lions & bears, but they're not generally seen as food by non-hunters, and most non hunters don't like killing for sport. Heck, I'm a hunter and I won't kill anything that I won't eat. We're all big boys and all entitled to our own opinions, but we should at least think about the consequences of our actions in a social media world where an "offensive" picture can go viral in a matter of hours and stir up a frenzy of negative publicity. +1 I have hunted some very tree hugging looking places lately and have had pretty good feedback from those I thought were against me.. Had I acted differently they may be voting against me. We can't make everyone happy but no use pissing them off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
