Originally Posted by
country1
For a group to get respect, that group must first show respect to others and also hold people in its group responsible for their actions. How many times have you had a vehicle speeding by you or been cut off by a vehicle that appears to be owned by a hunter (bumper stickers, window decals, paint job, license plate, etc.)? How often do you see people wearing hunting clothing or hats show courtesy by being friendly and holding doors open for others? How often do you see a hunter helping a person in a parking lot or on the road with directions, a flat tire, dead battery, etc. - especially if the hunter is on their way out to hunt and the vehicle has a PETA or similar bumper sticker? How often have you heard a hunter or someone wearing hunting clothing tell improper jokes or have a foul mouth - especially when women and/or children are present? How many times have you seen a person with hunting clothing be drinking too much, stumbling when walking or loud mouthed in an eating establishment? How often have you heard hunters talk down landowners (I have seen plenty of that on hunting forums)? The landowner owns the land, pays taxes on the land and is not at all obligated to allow others on their land. How often have you done these things? Do you hold people who are or appear to be a hunter accountable for their actions (good and bad) in public? After a group shows the proper respect for others and police their own, they will earn the respect of others.
WHY DID YOU EVEN BRING THIS UP?LOL We all know this.
The appreciatve ones pratice it.
Have you read from the beginning. I wasn't on his land. No intentions of tresspassing and hunting on his land. No intentions of ever asking to hunt on his land.I pay taxes I own 2 houses, pay property taxes and have a job an family no Rancher offers me help and the Government doesn't bail me out or give advertisments to by stuff off of me.Listen I can give you a list of what I have done for Ranchers. We had that Mad Cow disease where no cows were allowed to be exported. So I bought a cow every year for 3 years, from an Alberta Rancher even though I had enough meat and I live in B.C. I,m not even in that Province.Im a journeyman carpenter welder and glazier,I have roofed barns for and installed over head garage doors, installed windows, tons of welding, for a flat of beer, I have fenced for less and stacked hay bails for less.Some of my coworkers haves Ranches so I do offer alot of weekend help to them. One day travelling home from work a Rancher was burning his field and the fire got out of control.Spent till 1;30 in the morn helping him.My wife came home from a party last year and lost control of their vehical and ended up off the road.With no cell service, (I think I've mentioned ths a few times) 2 hunters driving by stopped and wasted their whole day pulling them out and bringing my familly into town.Need I say this was the last day of the season.I gave them most of my elk meat for that one.Hunters do help out.Im putting it out there, the majority of hunters will drop anything and everything to help out.Every year my brother and I are in Williams lake for three days of branding, castratating and dehorning calfs.And for the record I have recently seen hunters hold the door open for women and child or for that matter a guy.And I have been cut off by every jerk hunter or not.Bottem line is, hunters are pretty respectable in general, we do have bad apples, but every profession has them even PETA.We will get the respect if we keep the good things happening, up.As far as this particular Rancher goes, I hope he catches them, I hope they are chrged to the full extent of the law. I am sorry this happened to him , but as far as the blatent accussations go, I am still pissed ,and he can thank his stars I didn't charge him.