ORIGINAL: Buck Huntin Girl

I liked the post TH. I agree, although everyone enjoys a little bit 'o drama here and there, there are certain posters who seem to make it a daily goal to turn every thread into a bashfest. From my observations, every message board has 'em. We all have the opportunity to elude it though... ya just don't reply to it. There are plenty of times I have had certain people post questionable things to me, I just act like I never read it most of the time. LOL

If someone has a different opinion on ethics or practices, I just leave it at that. I figure everywhere in life there are going to be those with vastly different opinions than yourself. You make the choice whether to deal with it, or fight it. Fighting it is often a losing battle because especially when it comes to hunting, most of us have our "systems" ingrained (sp?) into our brains! It's awfully hard to change something that is second nature to you. We are ALL entitled to our opinions, and within the law, we are entitled to our practices, it's what makes us who we are. There are simple ways to coincide with others who differ... if they are carting an open carcass around for everyone to see, and you don't want to see it, don't look. If they are shooting at a time that you wouldn't shoot, who cares if it's not directly affecting you. If he says it would score a 150 and YOU say it would score a 160, who's to say EITHER of you are right? Are you a professional, on here, it is more of a "game" to GUESS the scores anyway, I mean, you can't even TOUCH the rack, so who in the heck is to say if EITHER of your scores are accurate, and quite frankly, who really cares? And WHY would you let your BVD's get into a bunch over it anyway? Is it REALLY that important?

What I am trying to say that the single most important factor in the conservation of game hunting is BROTHERHOOD. UNITY is what will keep our sports alive and kicking for generations to come. Yeah, everyone concerns themselves with the anti's... well, I got a bit of news for you, the ANTI's do NOT hold the future of our sport in their hands. WE DO. The only thing the anti's get outta childish banter is a good laugh. Don't give 'em the time of day. If YOU want your grandkids to have the privelages of hunting, than be proactive in your sport right here, right now. Practice safety, practice the laws, practice comradery with fellow hunters, EVEN if they do it differently than you. If someone's life is threatened by something they are doing during a hunt... speak up, at that point, it could be a life/death situation. But if it is basically a simplistic difference of an opinion... LET IT RIDE and be a brother.

We are all brothers and sisters in this sport, and blood is thicker than water, let the blood of the great outdoorsman flow through you and come together to protect what we hold dear as hunters. The future depends on us.