TXhighrack, I made it a point to say I was not attacking you personally, then you make it a point to attack me. I guess I gave you too much credit--you seemed to be intelligent enough to use reason and information instead of throwing stones. Oh well....
I'll be honest, I really dont care about the "average joe".
So I was correct--it's all about greed and/or selfishness. Hope nothing every happens to you that knocks you down to Average Joe status.
You've turned this into something completely different. I don't hunt Texas. If I do, I have friends there I can rely on that will let me hunt on their places. I'm not asking or expecting everyone to open up their land to the public or let the "less fortunate" hunt on their property. This had absolutely nothing to do with welfare--it's about the future of hunting. If you can afford to buy up every parcel of land in TX, more power to you. Don't look for everyone else in the state to stand behind you or back you up when you need them though.
Its very clear that your one of those guys (as are alot of hunters) who think everything should be fair, and that nobody should have it anybetter then anybody else. I think the only way that you would be happy is if all the land in this country was opened to the public and could be hunted by whomever. I'm sorry but I'm not a communist.
The thing that's very clear is you don't have a clue who you are talking to, and have to resort to 5-year-old name calling because you don't have a legitimate defense for what you choose to do. You "think" completely wrong. And you
will be sorry if you ever call me a communist again--that is if you care a thing about your priveledges on HNI.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I love to hunt, primarily bowhunt. I have nothing against shotguns, rifles, pistols, or muzzleloaders--I own, or have owned all of these, and hunted with them. I bowhunt with a longbow and wooden arrows. I have owned, shot, and hunted with compounds in the past. The reason I use a longbow is because you have to hunt harder, work harder, and try harderto get a shot. It's the ultimate challenge. Yeah, I'm all torn up because things aren't fair--so much that I severly limit myself with my equipment to make it even more unfair. You have absolutely no idea.......
How in the world am I cheating myself and my desendants out of the right to hunt?
That's already been covered. You canignore it if you want, but it won't change a thing. I guess I could add that you are cheating yourself, and your decendants, out of the right to
legally hunt.
Its guys like you who will not be able to hunt, nor will your children.
And what do you base this on? Do you know me, or anything about me? Tell me how old I am, how many kids I have (if I have any), their age, my marital status, etc. You aren't basing anything you say on facts, or even common sense.
We dont have to try and find a piece of public land to squeeze onto and hopefully after 3 months of hunting we might kill a spike.
Lol--just a FYI, but killing spikes is illegal in MS. We have a 4-point or better law. Another FYI--I have hunted public land, but very few times. I primarily hunt private land.
Myself along with many other Texans will always be able to hunt, because of the fact we own the land in this state. I PROMISE that there will ALWAYS be hunting in Texas. Other states might ban it, the number of hunters might drop to almost non existant, but there will still be people in Texas who are out there hunting. You can mark my word on that one.
Just how many others? The ones that bought up all the land? Tough luck to those that got left out huh? So if hunting is made illegal in your state, you will hunt anyway? Wouldn't that make you a poacher? Hmmmm......just a few posts back you were saying you would make sure that any poachers caught would do time in jail.
Like I said, us Texans will always be hunting, I cant say the same for the rest of the country.
Personally I'd like to think that most hunters are law-abiding citizens, even when they don't agree with the law.
Hunting has always been a "common mans" sport. The average American is what made hunting what it is today, I cant deny that.
That's the most sense you have made on this thread. But then you had to blow it out of the water with the very next statement.
But I think its going to be the upper class hunter and the wealthy guys who keep it alive in the next century. The reason why hunting is still around and the biggest thing that hunting has going for it, is the fact that it is a MULTI BILLON dollar industry. Lets be honest, to the average American, the ones that so many of ya'll are worried about when it comes time to vote, to them it looks good and sounds good when they hear that doctors, lawyers, politicans, CEO's, and big shots are out hunting. It dosent look good when they think the average hunter is Elmer Fudd.
Yeah-buddy. The average American is all for guys particpating in sports they can't afford themselves--that's why polo, yacht racing, etc. is so popular with the average guy. Talk to someone in England, or Germany, or some other country where hunting has become nothing but a rich man's game. You are living in a fantasy world if you think they are happy about that. It's a big-money business allright. Reckon who spends the majority of that money though? Reckon all those big companies could survive a month without all those Average Joes supporting them by buying their products? Or is it the rich minority buying all those bows, arrows, release aids, sights, quivers, magazines, scents, etc. etc. etc. How about the Fish and Game departments of every state--reckon how long they could keep operating if all those Average Joes quit buying a license?
This is just my opinion, but I think the average American rather see Elmer Fudd hunting using Fair Chase methodsrather than a yuppie Rambo shooting Bambi in a fence.
We have accomplised one thing here--it seems, for your part anyway, it's not a matter of whether we have the legal right to hunt in the future, whether hunting should be a challenge, or that public perception of hunters means a thing. Oh well......I asked for honesty--guess I should be more careful about what I ask for.
I apologize to the regulars on this board--I never had any intentions of coming over here and raising a ruckus. I'll be gone next week, so you won't have to put up with me for at least that long.
Chad