All in all, I feel (just my opinion) that wildlife is just that! Landowners are just that as well! I am a sportsman that respects ALL of the written and unwritten laws and regulations. To hear of someone who thinks they own the wildlife on thier land reminds me of a time I asked permission to hunt some private land. The landowner told me she did not permit hunting because " the animals are my pets!" This is OK with me if she feeds, grooms, provides Vetranary care and shelters the animals. I think that might be difficult to accomplish but I could be wrong. That is like saying that a landowner owns all of the fish that swim into and or through his/her property.
I also agree that a sporsts" person" ' s worst enemy is ourselves. We allow uneducated or slightly educated people to enjoy our out of doors. This is good and bad for us. Every man woman and child should enjoy our out of doors, but it is the true sporstperson' s responsibility to help educate all in ethics. Would you take a shot at an animal if it was not safe? I hope not. It is not worth a person' s life to harvest game. As well I feel it is not ethical to release a fish that has been fatally hooked.
It our resonsibility to be resonsible for our future as well as landowners, nonhunters, nonfisherpersons, those who agree with us and those whom do not.