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Old 03-06-2008 | 04:05 PM
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No Not me! I don't care how big the property is.It's fair chase or nothing.For those that have commented that they would do it for the meat or as a shopping trip,to them I say if you do it for any reason you are supporting it and I don't think that that is good for how we are perceived by the non hunting public!
Something that has been interesting for me with my wife and daughter has been the experience that my family has had with my hunting.My wife is a "city girl" and my daughter who is soon to be 12 has no interest in hunting,to say the least.My wife and I are soon to be married 20 years.My girls watch me hunting season after hunting season hunt with archery equipment and rifle,they see the effort that goes in to my preparation practicing,scouting,tree stand preparation,exercising to be fit to roam the mountains,poring over topo maps and aerial photo's.They see the amount of times I head out and come home with out having shot something.A typical year for me is three or four deer shot and probably in the vicinity of 40 hunts per season,so I am successful possibly 1 out of every 10 hunts.Now I am a selective hunter so the numbers are a bit skewed.But none the less they know true hunting is any thing but guaranteed.In fact I know that it has given them an appreciation of the difficulty involved and it has changed their perception of hunting.
As hunters I don't think we want the non hunting public to think it is easy,it makes us look more like slobs,it is not easy and shouldn't be made easier by artificial means.

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