Greg, So far you are the only one that is making any kind of sense. However, I still have to disagree with the WHA not hunting. By definition they are doing exactly that. Your personal feelings on what hunting should be is something only that person can decide andI respect that but make no mistake bout it............ they are hunting.

I also happen to agree with you that the WHA is crap but that isn't the pointI am trying to make to everyone here.

All of these are competitions that involve shooting an animal for score and winning prizes or money. This was, by a large margin, the biggest reason people gave in previous threads why they didn't approve of the WHA. Now I see here that isn't so much a problem.



As far as deer being higher beings than fish I would have to say that they aren't and it would depend on the sensory organs that you are talking about. A fish can sense a wounded fish from a very long ways off. A shark can sense a drop of blood in a million gallons of water. The point is that fish are just a sensory developed for their environment as deer are for theirs. So IMHO a dart in the ass of a deer is no worse than a hook through the mouth of a fish when we are talking about specifically going fishing just for the sake of fishing and throwing them back. A shot in the butt is no more, probably less so, painful to the deer than a fish being hooked through the mouth and dragged through the water.


AndI would still rather the WHA and all of these other competitions take place behind high fences rather than making a competition with truely wild and free ranging animals. Be it 200 acre plots or 20,000 acre plots.