ORIGINAL: rybohunter
My turn, my turn!
1. If this message board has taught me ANYTHING, it is to be open minded about other people’s choices and LEGAL pursuit of ANY animal they see fit to hunt. I am saddened by the overwhelmingly popular mindset that many people hold, that if it ain’t on the list of something that THEY would like to hunt, then they bash it and ask why would ANYONE want to hunt it. Elephants, giraffe’s etc.
2. I am not currently a trapper, but I grew up in a trapping household where I followed my Dad along the trap line YEARS before I was even close to old enough to be able to hunt. Animals caught in a trap do not die of starvation/hypothermia. Pretty much every state has a minimum frequency in which traps must be checked and a trapper wants to check those traps well under that minimum, to avoid animals being stolen. Dispatching the animal is typically done by a 22 shot to the head, or the animal is first rendered unconscious and then quickly killed. After the fall of fur prices back in the 80’s furbearer & predator numbers soared. I’m sure MANY of you get large numbers of coons at your corn piles, and they are hit on the roads quite regularly. The diseases that mother nature uses to control their pops are FAR worse than being held in a trap for a couple hours.
GREAT post, Ryan!
Some of you need to get off your high horse ..... YOU give PETA ammo by crying about others that don't hunt the way, or the animals that YOU do ....
