Thankthe lord they issued this. I feel much better now. You might as well just erase all the negative commentary from this site.

But seriously, one observation. Why all the backpedaling? It seems like various techniques/formats/rules change constantly for the WHA. Seems pretty disorganized to me and a hallmark of an organization doomed for failure. The right way would have been to go about this seeking the input of hunters, industry experts, and sponsors/hunting companies BEFOREHAND.

Not saying that many more people would have agreed with hunting as a competitive sport anyway the WHA slices it, but at least they would have been able to conduct this whole process with a little more dignity.

And another thing, the reason for the fenced-in hunts I've been reading time and time again has been that its needed for the safety of the animals who were being darted. Now that there's no darting and that the animal goes down for good, why the need for fences?

Better yet, why not scrap this whole WHA competition thing altogether and do a show or event hunters might acutally want to watch. Do you think most people (especially non-hunters you are trying to recruit intoto the sport) want to watch you shoot a cow in a fenced in pasture? Then why would they want to watch you shoot a deer in a fenced in pasture?

Seems like the WHA has massive resources. Why not give "average" hunters instead of "professionals" $5,000 - $10,000 to conduct a dream hunt and go along with them and film the whole thing. The WHA is so interested in growing the sport, then give a father and son (or daughter) the ability to go to Alaska to take a trophy bull moose, etc. I betcha many more hunters would be more interested in this version of reality tv. It would be a heck of a lot cheaper to produce and the emotional/financial payoff would probably be much greater for everyone. Puzzles me why the WHA insists on clinging onto its original idea.