I'm sure all has heard about the Houston Tx. guy with his "New" idea on hunting from the luxury of ones office, home, or even hotel for that matter. Just wanted to see opinions.
I can see both sides of the fence. One hunting has become more of a business than a sport. With high fences, lease cost going through the roof, and gun sales. This is good for the hunting industry for the future, but has it gone a little too far?
Second, anyone of any age, and posessing a Tx. hunting license can somewhat shoot an animal without being physically there. Kinda takes the sport out of it to me, but he's thinking of the wrong "bucks".
State of the art hunting!!! Who would have ever thought. It came a long way from rocks, sticks, arrows, to bullets.
That ain't huntin. Just a short step down from shooting an animal in a pen in person. I can't see how it could have any positive affect on hunting. Maybe they will rig it with a bow or spear next, so the killer can brag about what a challenge it was. Pitiful......
Chad
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I visited their web site and got the impression that it was only online target shooting, and that you had to physically hunt on the ranch. Maybe I misunderstood it, but are you sure they allow online hunting and not just use of their online target range (.22 on silhouettes?).
As I understand it, presently they are only set-up for target shooting. The ranch owner says the only advance he needs to make is to stock enough animals to make it a viable hunting opportunity.
In my following comments I exclude disabled persons who can't physically get out to hunt in the good old fashioned way. It is my opinion that this Internet hunting is an abomination. Total BS. It is not hunting, it is killing animals. What is next, writing a computer program to log one into the site, scan for game animals, log out, log back in later, scan for game animals again, acquire a target automatically with target recognition software, and fire?
I completely agree. The answer is for state legislatures to immediately define hunting to be something that requires the hunter to be physically present. Part of the difficulty, however, with the case in hand is that this is a private ranch and the animals are not free ranging animals -- which are the property of the state -- but privately owned animals. Maybe the law has to focus less on hunting and more on handling of animals.
Obviously the motivation of the guy doing this is money. What a whore, do any lousy thing to make a few extra bucks, no matter how he demeans himself or outrages common sense and decency.
By the way, I suggested an exception above for disabled persons. In fact, I was merely excluding them from my wrath and disdain. It is my further opinion that if you are disabled, it is unfortunate, but probably your hunting days are over. It is my opinion that it is the nature of hunting that your boots are on the ground, you are outside breathing the outside air, you are sticking your knife into the dead animal, you are pulling out the animal's guts with your own hands -- THAT is hunting, and if physical disabilities prevent this . . . that is just the hand you have been dealt and you'll have to play it. Again, my opinion, and I feel sympathy for those whose disabilities interfere with their hunting.
In my following comments I exclude disabled persons who can't physically get out to hunt in the good old fashioned way. It is my opinion that this Internet hunting is an abomination. Total BS. It is not hunting, it is killing animals. What is next, writing a computer program to log one into the site, scan for game animals, log out, log back in later, scan for game animals again, acquire a target automatically with target recognition software, and fire?
I completely agree. The answer is for state legislatures to immediately define hunting to be something that requires the hunter to be physically present. Part of the difficulty, however, with the case in hand is that this is a private ranch and the animals are not free ranging animals -- which are the property of the state -- but privately owned animals. Maybe the law has to focus less on hunting and more on handling of animals.
Obviously the motivation of the guy doing this is money. What a whore, do any lousy thing to make a few extra bucks, no matter how he demeans himself or outrages common sense and decency.
By the way, I suggested an exception above for disabled persons. In fact, I was merely excluding them from my wrath and disdain. It is my further opinion that if you are disabled, it is unfortunate, but probably your hunting days are over. It is my opinion that it is the nature of hunting that your boots are on the ground, you are outside breathing the outside air, you are sticking your knife into the dead animal, you are pulling out the animal's guts with your own hands -- THAT is hunting, and if physical disabilities prevent this . . . that is just the hand you have been dealt and you'll have to play it. Again, my opinion, and I feel sympathy for those whose disabilities interfere with their hunting.
I agree 100%. If this guy really is going to allow online hunting, we have an interest in preventing it. I believe in free market capitalism, but killing stocked game via the Internet is not something that should be permitted by the DNR. Putting aside the ethics arguments, consider safety. How can anyone be absolutely certain that they're shooting the right gun at the right animal at the right moment if they're relying on some web site?
Get off of your butt, shoulder your own gun, and squeeze the trigger yourself for crying out loud! It just makes sense!
Hunting Via Internet Anyone?
