Originally Posted by
GMMAT
Rick....2 different scenarios. The part you cited was in the hypothetical.
OHBow...
Jeff,
You keep respecting people more than the animals, that's fine with me, but I believe a TRUE SPORTSMAN puts forth his BEST EFFORT to recover an animal, and if that means I "violate (I laugh as I type that because of how ridiculous it sounds)" someone's "property owner rights" by retrieving that animal, then so be it.
You're laughing at something that our country was founded on. What you're saying is......as a landowner in the US...I have NO RIGHTS to keep you off my land. How much land do you own? That might make this discussion take on a more realistic tone. Let's discuss YOUR land (if you own any).
Make your irrational arguments all you want. There's a huge difference between me coming in your house and drinking your beer and eating your food, than me going 75yds onto your property to retrieve an animal I killed.
Actually.....there is NO difference. What makes this seem "irrational" (to you).....is it makes what you're advocating sound just as ludicrous.
That being said, if someone kills and animal and it runs onto my property, I'll gladly allow them to pursue that animal to recover it. I've even offered up my ATV to a couple of young kids tracked a deer on my place, so don't think it's not a 2-way road, because it is.
Can they camp there....at will? Can they walk their dogs through there....at will? Can they small game hunt? Big game hunt? Can they come over there and take a dump in your yard? Why did you buy land? Why not just live and hunt on someone else's?
Jeff,
There's a big difference between retrieving a deer and building a house on someone's land. I'm not saying I'm gonna go hunt on someone else's land even though they don't want me to, I'm not saying I'm gonna go cut down their trees because I want the $$$ that can be had for those good Oaks they own, but if I have a deer on someone else's land, I AM going to recover my animal, as I believe is my GOD-GIVEN right, and I AM going to take that animal and make use of it's flesh as meat to feed my family.
I own enough land that I can hunt on it and use landowner's permits.
The discussion ain't about the amount of land, or abusing someone's land, hunting on someone's land, etc, it's about doing what is (I BELIEVE) "THE RIGHT THING AS A SPORTSMAN" in making the best effort to recover an animal.
Sadly, many people are VERY IRRATIONAL in their anti-hunting stances, paranoid feelings, etc, and may not want a hunter coming onto their land to retrieve a deer, but in the end, all they do is create more turmoil and potentially make for situations where more animals will be killed to replace the ones their IGNORANCE disallowed someone to retrieve.
Now, back to the topic.....
Where's the deer????
