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Originally Posted by 450slcguy
I don't condone hunting animals, but I would never impose my beliefs on your rights to hunt or own guns. I love animals in the wild, but I also believe in our individual freedoms to decide for ourselves what is right or wrong. Just don't hunt on my property and I'll mind my own business.
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450slcguy;
I can respect that. However - Please feel free to impose what you want. They are your feelings on an important issue and should be heard; regardless of who has what rights. It’s not imposing - It’s open discussion.
As for your property - “No Hunting” is fine. But - I do suggest you get very involved with it. Get the local Parks and Wildlife folks involved with it. Manage it properly for the benefit of all that live upon it. It is incredible what the right folks can do for your property and wildlife on it, when properly managed. And by “properly managed” I do not mean hunting on it. Do let the authorities know that it is a No Hunting zone. This will help them in managing the wildlife populations that surround you as well as what ventures onto your property.
As for everyone else -
Personally (and I know not every hunter here will agree) - I feel that if you’re gong to hunt wild animals, do it with a mature attitude and respect for the animals. Don’t kill anything just because you can is my #1 rule. I feel trophy hunting is wrong. Canned hunts are wrong. Boxed hunts are wrong. Not eating what you shoot is wrong. Shooting more than the bag limit (regardless of eating it all) is wrong. Not quickly finishing off any suffering animal is wrong. Taking a shot with poor odds of taking the game is wrong. Practice shots on any animal is wrong. Pigeon hunts are wrong. Multiplying the individual bag limit by the number of hunters in the field and then filling that limit is wrong. Shooting a huge buck for the meat, when any of the numerous does would fill your freezer is wrong (see trophy hunting, above. Of course, I may be hypocritical to shoot Greenheads over Coots. Also check managed limits for the area.) Acting like you’re a better hunter than anyone else is wrong. Drinking alcoholic beverages and hunting/shooting is wrong. The list goes on......
From another view of mine - Thinking that all the people and all the animals of the world can continue to live together forever is wrong. Not going out to a huge development and wondering where all the animals went is wrong. Thinking that they can all live together in a smaller area is wrong. Not realizing that this is why there are constant wildlife surveys and ever changing bag limits is wrong. Thinking that you can help a large population of wild animals live forever in a small area by feeding them is wrong. Thinking that all hunters are mean cold heartless people is wrong. Not realizing the need for wildlife conservation through properly managed hunting is very wrong.
Not hunting because you simply don’t get into that sort of thing, and feeling you can not harm animals, is right. Hunters not respecting those who feel that way is wrong. Hunting because you enjoy that sort of thing, and feel you’re actually doing a good thing for wildlife management, is right. Anti-hunters not respecting those who feel that way is wrong. In short - Don’t come chain your butt to a tree screaming your head off while I hunt. And, I wont fly your butt over an area where the herding wildlife are becoming more diseased and running out of rangeland food sources with every passing day. (I can think of seven such areas off hand.)
Oops - Sorry Frank. Me thinks I just hijacked your thread.