ORIGINAL: LEGACY45
To me WHA ain't now or never will be anything considered HUNTING. To hunt you kill or at least try to. What they are doing is playing paint ball war but drugging the animal. And who really knows what effect it will have on the animals. And it is also going to paint a bad picture of what we all really love to do. And for me its not even about the actual harvest of the animal. Its what takes place before and after. And you can't get that watchin some yahoo drugging a deer on tv for money.
If its not about the actual harvest of the animal but its about everything before and after, Im confused. Is it what takes place before? after? or what?
I would think if its not "about the actual harvest" then it would be really about everything that leads up to the shot that kills it, tranquilizes it, paintballs it, blunts it, or god forbid the shot that ends up missing the darn critter. Or gosh I never thought about it but maybe it could be all about everything leading up to the shot thatwounds the deer but doesnt kill it?
To me its all hunting because to get close to an animal in order to do all of the above you have to "hunt" the animal.
"And it is also going to paint a bad picture on what we all really love to do.." --- Hunters paint that picture already and they paint it about as well as my 5 year old nephew paints. It looks like a mess.
Read the article I posted earlier by James Swan. He is the man!
http://www.jamesswan.com/Villians,%20Fools%20and%20Heroes.htm
Here are a few quotes in his article:
"The Fish & Wildlife survey also asked about the image of the hunter. The response provides insight into the vulnerability of hunting. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed believed that "a lot" of hunters broke hunting laws or practiced unsafe behavior, such as drinking to excess and firing guns recklessly. These polls show that the non-hunting majority don't have much of a problem with HUNTING, but they do have a problem with HUNTERS....if hunting is going to survive this negative image has to be changed."
"The people that must be reached are those who may not have ever fired a gun, sat in a duck blind, or thrilled at taking your first buck.
Non-hunters need to understand the drama, excitement and motivations of the ethical hunter, but prime time shows with hunting as a major or minor theme are about as a common as white deer."
You really need to read the entire article to understand my point. Or maybe you just wont ever get it.
Unfortunately, you cant go kill deer on primetime so why not dart them and get their attention and also educate them about traditional hunting. Darting isnt legal outside of a fence and the public cant get the drugs to do it anyway...This can be an opportunity to get primetime coverage. Hell its alreadymaking its wayafter the Daily Show does their little run thru of this controversy.