ORIGINAL: atlasman
ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY
Do you have a problem when fish and game place a length limit on bass? Its done for the quality of the bass. It works with deer to if enough people subscribe to it in the area or it is forced upon them.
Catch and release comparisons don't work. They are based on numbers and numbers alone. They want and need the fish to survive so they apply limits to avoid dangerously low population numbers.........they also just want MORE fish in the waters for people to catch and enjoy fishing. They understand that a kid is gonna lose interest in fishing REAL soon if he sits for 5 days without even a nibble. Catch and release has NOTHING to do with egos and trophies..........it's all about having enough fish for everyone to enjoy fishing.
There are already limits on deer hunting. Tag limits dictate how many deer you can take year after year. This is done for the same reason as catch and release.........population control. No one cares what deer you kill........they care how many you kill.........can't be too many or too few or problems will result.
One of my favorite movies is "It's a Wonderful Life"and one of my favorite quotes is "you're nothing but a warped frustrated old man...in the whole scheme of things you're nothing but a squirmy little spider" Atlas and the rest don't see the big picture and what picture they think they see is not the picture at all but rather an image imprinted upon them by videos, dvd's, the internet, and whatever odd and twisted local stations theyare subject to in their darkened corner of the world.