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Old 01-12-2006, 10:21 AM   #1
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/frank_deford/01/10/hunters/index.html

Sports Illistrated article on declininghunter numbers. Let me know what you think of the tone of this article. I find some specific lines rather offensive to hunters...
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Old 01-12-2006, 10:26 AM   #2
 
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That guy is in left field pretty much with everthing stated. This did ruffle my feathers a bit more than anything else.

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Hunters, meanwhile, pretty much see deer as big rats, lyme-disease carrying vermin, who happen to taste good once they get properly shot and become venison.

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Old 01-12-2006, 10:44 AM   #3
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That guy is in left field pretty much with everthing stated. This did ruffle my feathers a bit more than anything else.

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Hunters, meanwhile, pretty much see deer as big rats, lyme-disease carrying vermin, who happen to taste good once they get properly shot and become venison.
That line specifically was the worst. A few others where pretty bad too..
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Old 01-12-2006, 11:26 AM   #4
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Quote From SI > "Hunters, meanwhile, pretty much see deer as big rats, lyme-disease carrying vermin, who happen to taste good once they get properly shot and become venison."

who is this idiot ?

I have heard in Texas the income for the state and its retailersis hundreds of millions of dollars each year. I hardly think the sport is in crises
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Old 01-12-2006, 11:46 AM   #5
 
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WHAT A JOKE!!! This guy is such a bonehead!!! I think that we should all boycott SI...except maybe the swimsuit issue.
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Old 01-12-2006, 11:51 AM   #6
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WHAT A JOKE!!! This guy is such a bonehead!!! I think that we should all boycott SI...except maybe the swimsuit issue.
Get Maxum Magand forget the SI swimsuit issue!!

I already know hunters who have cancelled with SI over this...
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Old 01-12-2006, 12:21 PM   #7
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the entire premise of the article, hunter numbers on the decline, is wrong

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/2005/1031/2209589.html
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I agree totally. I would hate to do anything that might hurt those models
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Kind of ironic that a writer for Sports Illustrated would actually be against the sportsman. I couldn't tell which side he was on exactly, he worded things pretty awful for both sides.
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Old 01-13-2006, 07:25 AM   #10
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I don't think the article was aimed at disparaging hunters. Yes, there are some lines that are offensive, in the sense that I object to the content. For example, the characterization that hunters see deer as vermin like rats, infested by lyme's disease, is an incorrect and negative characterization of hunters. At the same time, it is obvious the tone of this article is very light hearted and even just a bit silly. US non-hunters are also lampooned just a bit when they are characterized.

Pretty insubstantial article, but not something that damages hunters in my opinion (though it doesn't help them either).
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