ORIGINAL: iamyourhuckleberry
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[/b]"I concede that some (if they are large enough) may be as "real" as no-fence hunting, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. So then it becomes an issue of acreage. Is 10,0000 acres OK? Is 1000 acres Ok??.
How about a 100??"
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I’m sorry, exactly why does a line have to be drawn?
A line has to be drawn between what is possible to do and what the law, or better yet, your conscience, will let you do in almost everything in life. If there is no line then it must be ok to hunt in 2 acre pen right? Is "hunting" in a two acre pen hunting?? How about 5 acres?? there is no line right??[/b]
Instead, it would be much easier to just eliminate the fence.[/b]
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Here we go comparing “illegal” to “legal” acts again.
Actually I propose making "canned-hunting" illegal (see signature line)
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I do understand what you are trying to ask. Education is the answer. Let’s teach Joe to call a rat a rat! Let’s hold the media accountable. When you see them call a “poacher” a “hunter” feel free to send them an email. Take offense; ask them to correctly use the English language. Make sure Joe knows how to connect the dots!
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Sorry we got our wires crossed here. This thread isn't about poaching. It's about hunters paying to hunt animals behind a high-fenced enclosure that prevents them from escaping
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"I agree that the TV camera and the commercialization of hunting have been a double edged sword, but am afraid you can not NOW go backwards regarding those issues. I believe only the market place demand will dicatate whether or not those things continue to be as large of a factor in hunting as they have been lately. But again, something I believe, we, as hunters, can and should do something about is canned hunting operations themselves, although it seems we have trouble as a group reaching consensus."
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Why can we not go backwards? We can relive the issue ( on television they call it “instant replay”). After doing so, let’s teach Joe to call a rat a rat! Let’s hold the media accountable. When you see them call a “poacher” a “hunter” feel free to send them an email. Take offense; ask them to correctly use the English language. Make sure Joe knows how to connect the dots!
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We can't go backwards with the ever encompassing media and information now available to everyone. We can only speak out against what is wrong, not whether or not the media will determine to display the actions that we consider wrong. Your idea about emailing the media to point out the difference between a hunter and a poacher is a step in the right direction, albeit, a small one, and is certainly not the answer to the problem of canned-shooting.
I think the market place has already demonstrated its ability to stop malignancy-W.H.A case in point
Actually, according to your philosophy of "hunt/and let hunt", we should have really never spoken out against the WHA to begin with right?? After all, we shouldn't judge the way others hunt, right??
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I am all for hunts which offer a high degree of difficulty and a certain level of fair chase. I believe in the big tent theory-it’s all relative!
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Nonpardaid,
The Boone and Crockett Club, in its Fair Chase statement, advocates any hunting that is “the ethical, sportsmanlike and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper or unfair advantage over the game animals.”
Garbage like that keeps me from paying any attention to Boone and Crockett/Pope and Young.[/b]
[/b]Pretty much says it all, doesn't it??
