Bowsmacker--
The only reason youth of today are not being taught true and ethical mannerisms is because their parents do not take the time to teach them like they used to, they would rather turn them loose onto the video games and other crap that is passed off as "educational entertainment". We have no-one to blame but ourselves on that one I'm sorry to say-- but two wrongs don't make a right, and continuing to add to the garbage will only serve to do us all more harm than good. I think if anything, this whole WHA thinghas slapped everyone awaketo the fact that things are way out of line..I have never seen such an overwhelming majority against anything in all of my days---even when compounds first came onto the scene---The NRA numbers may indeed be correct at present, but turning ourhunting heritageinto a freakshow will not help to change this into a positive thing, either.No way.
I do not think calling me selfish will help your position any,because I am certainly not a selfish individual--ask those who know me or my affiliated companies.If you want to speak of selfish, look hard at those who you are defending--again, they've made no bones aboutheavilythumbing their noses at the vast majority of true hunters who overwhelmingly agree (80+% average on all polls)that this is a VERY BAD idea on every level--- without regard,while they continue to try and burn our sport into the ground for money, glory, and fame. So please don't speak to me about selfish.[:'(]
Hunting is under attack from many angles, this is true. But again, numbers are relevant to the overall amount of habitat and animal populations that we hunt, and those are also being reduced. To say that we need X amount of hunters to sustain hunting itself is ludicrous, because I know I and my family and other familes who are ingrained in the tradition and lifestyle will enjoy it to the fullest for many generations to come,whether there are 5,000,000 or 500 enjoying it with us. We can only do so much while being attacked from so many angles--- and being attacked from within our own ranks andturning our heritage into a circus is not going to help it any, I guarantee that.
Bass fishing is supposed to be a relaxing sport to be enjoyed by families too, not some big flashy commercialized billboard with $40,000 boats and 1500 sponsors blazoned on shirts and guys running 5 million miles an hour on TV trying to catch the largest bass, or fill the livewell. That is not what fishing (or hunting!) is about.
If you don't get it, I guessyou never will, and that is sad. nice to see the majority still does however.
