ORIGINAL: bigbulls
The whole point of this thread is to enlighten people.
The big reasons that people said they were against the WHA in previous threads ammounts to only a few.
#1. The biggest reason seemed to be that the WHA was turning hunting into nothing more than a money making competition. That hunting was sacred to us all and that this should not be allowed. Someone here referenced that it was only about 13,000 dollars in prize money so it wasn't the same. Prize money is prize money, I don't care if it's a million dollars or a thousand. The people are there to win a competition, win money, win a free hunt, etc... etc... The promoters of the competition are in it to make money. If they couldn't they wouldn't be doing it. In these aspects they are the same.
Shaft, it really does not matter if the perosn filming can make points or not, the whole competition is about filming a hunt. Big bucks killed earn more points than does killed. Big bucks filmed earn more points than does filmed. Killing a deer earns more points than not killing a deer. Don't make an ettempt to sugure coat it. It IS a competition about killing big bucks.
#2. The second biggest reason was the drugging. I am not going to argue about the drugging causeI think it is also absurd. However, I find it no more 'wrong' than fishing for the sole purpose of the sport of fishing and not keeping the fish to eat. IE... Bass Masters, etc...
#3. High fence hunting. Not my cup of tea but thousands of people do it every year and we all watch it on T.V. and it is 100% legal.
Basically what I get out of all of this is that these kinds of competitionsare ok with everyone if the money is kept to a small ammount (less than $20,000), [&:]you actually kill the animal, and that it is free ranging. Not a whole heck of a lot of differance if you ask me.Personally, I would prefer to have this kind of competition behind a high fence rather than free ranging animals.
#1 It's not about the amount of money awarded in any competitive event people have a problem with - if that was the case no one would watch professional sports! Be real it wouldn't matter to anyone who opposes WHA if the prize money was $1 or $1M dollars - its not the money its the method of acquiring it that bothers people.
#2You find drugging dear or other game animals no more wrong then "catch-and-release" fishing??? Sorry not even close to a comparitive there. See my earlier post if you don't understand the difference between fishing and hunting.
#3High fence hunting is done, it is legal, and while you may watch shows that hunt in that method - please do not include me because I do not.
and your last point that the WHA is notmuchdifferent then a show that would pay out less, actually kill the hunted animal, and do it in a fair chase environment - well you made 3 comparitives and as far as I can tell they are polar opposites?
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