Originally Posted by
Todd1700
But where is it written that I have to consider it hunting? The freedom to form your own opinion is really one of the only true freedoms you have. Think I'll hang on to mine.
Todd, I see you can read, but when will you learn to comprehend what you are reading? As I stated, this is your personal opinion and conditioning.
If I or anybody else in this thread were advocating making this illegal then some of the counter points would be valid. But we aren't. So they are not.
I never said anyone was talking about making it illegal, but I am sure some would. I simply stated that per State Laws it has been deemed a legal means of hunting for those that choose to do so.
(it was probably written by a geeky bookworm that never hunted anyway). Furthermore there are numerous meanings to the word.
And I am sure that the Geeky Bookworms don't create meanings to the words to suit their liking. If they have, we seem to have adapted to their meanings. The definition I gave is the correct application to our discussion.
I'd be willing to bet you, if asked, the vast majority of hunters in this country would not consider shooting a domesticated animal in a pen, hunting as the word applies to such endeavors.
Again, personal conditioning and opinion.
Go down to the slaughter house and ask them what they are doing with the cows down there. See if anyone uses the word "hunting".
Why would they? They have always been referred to as Butchers
When you eliminate the posibility of failure, when you remove all the elements of chance, then how can you call it hunting with a straight face?
Because the people as a consensus can't ever seem to come together to agree on anything, is why we have appointed Congressman and Senators to create the laws that govern our way of living. Your freedom gives you the right to try to vote in who you think will do the best job. Whether or not you agree with the laws they instill is >>--> Guess what: LOL Your personal conditioning and opinion.
I once put a deer that had been hit by a car out of it's misery. It was busted all to hell and lying in the ditch unable to move but still alive. I took a pistol and shot it in the head. Was that a hunting trip? I guess by the rule espoused here that we can't say that "ANYTHING" involving a weapon and an animal isn't hunting I will have to henceforth refer to that event as a successful stalk hunt.
I am not downloading the laws of your state to find out for sure, but I know that in most states, what you did is illegal, without 1st getting permission from your states area Conservation Officer to dispatch the animal. Which, if caught doing so is generally subject to prosecution for poaching.
I agree with you 100% on this.