another CNN hit on hunting
 

there is an article by Rick Reilly of Sports Illistrated posted on CNN website 12/20/2002 in the inside_game/rick_reilly/news section really slamming hunters. A total mock job to make us look like blood thirsty killers with no concern of wildlife. We all know that hunters have done more for wildlife habitats than anyone and our money pays for the bulk of it. We need to all send an e-mail to voice our opinions. Once again CNN and Sports Illistrated have used the forum of liberal press to push our society left of center. The piece is titled "Fair Game". He mocks our hunting techniques of fair chase by listing the gear we use as something out of star wars, implying that the deer have no chance. Obviously he's never spent a single day in the brush. I guess you are only civilized if you spend your weekends sitting on the couch, in front of the tube sucking down beers and giving testosterone driven yells when SOMEONE ELSE performs well. I guess to be civilized you have to be a voyeur instead of have a hobby where you actually participate. I'm really sick of these liberals mouthing off as the moral equivilant of what America should be about.

THWACK!

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I can't find an e-mail address to reply to them...how convenient.

THWACK!

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THWACK, it would be nice if we could just say consider the source and blow it off but we cant because people actually take what Rick Reilly or other TV personalities say as gospel.
You are right, we all need to let S.I. know the truth about hunting and fishing and that we are the reason that game species that were once endangered are thriving today because of the funds generated by us hunters who care more about wildlife than the antis ever did or ever will care about.
These people really Pi$$ me off.

RE: another CNN hit on hunting
 

I found the e-mail address to the editor.

[email protected]

THWACK!

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THWACK...I know of the article you are speaking of and when I read it I laughed. I do not think Reilly was attacking hunters but rather was attacking the direction in which "hunting" is heading. He poked fun of all of the high-tech gear heads that buy every single gimmick and try to buy themselves into becoming an image of a he-man hunter. Unfortunately I know too many of these slobs that have little if any respect for wildlife and they "buy" everything they can to tip the odds in their favor when hunting. He mentioned ZERO about bowhunters if my memory serves me correctly. He was only reminding us to try and "keep it real" and to avoid the commercialism of hunting and to stick to the basics rather than spending your way into enjoyment of wildlife and the outdoors. Just my opinion but I think you missed the jist of his message. Read it again and tell me what you think.

RE: another CNN hit on hunting
 

Go ahead and check the CNNSI website @ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siadventure/ and you will see that they are not anti hunting. You have options of clicking on links to outdoor hunting, fishing, ect.

Edited by - wolfen68 on 01/03/2003 15:03:30

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Heres the article. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ins...ly1/index.html

I dont think his point is aimed at strictly gun hunters. There are alot of high tech gadgets in bowhunting. I do understand the point he's trying to make , but I dont agree with the way he's trying to make it.

Edited by - bowfanatic on 01/03/2003 19:22:53

RE: another CNN hit on hunting
 

I sent this e-mail to the link you gave THWAK. Thanks

You have got to be joking right!! First in your first paragraph the 30 - 40 rounds in a magazine is Illegal and 30 - 40 shots in 10 seconds would be on the same scale as fully automatic and guess what, that too is illegal. Firing 5 shots out of a Browning BAR is pretty impossible to do accurately in 10 - 15 seconds much less in 2 seconds. Obviously you have never tried to shoot one.

Hunting at night with an infrared scope as you call it, Is illegal also. It's not infrared it's called night vision. There is a difference if you were to actually read up on them. The only night hunting that is legal would be for some varmints and raccoons. The Holo sight does not project a laser anywhere, that too is illegal. It simply uses a red dot within the scope itself instead of conventional crosshairs.

As for using scents, calls and warm camouflage clothing go back in time for hundreds of thousands of years and you will find out that since the dawn of man we have been dressing in fur of animals for camouflage, using "calls" of some sort and using urine for scent. Also have you ever sat out in sub zero temperatures with only a t-shirt and shorts on? You should try it sometime! I personally have never looked at a deer's face when it got shot and I don't think any other hunters have either.

Radios and GPS, Have you ever been lost in the mountains miles from anything? You'll wish you had a GPS or radio to get out!

In many states using the motion decoys to hunt water foul is illegal also.

Here is another good one, using an eight wheeled vehicle to shoot deer on the run. First of all that too is illegal, to fire a gun from a vehicle. Second have you ever tried to chase down a running animal of any kind? GOOD LUCK!

Finally 99.9% of us hunters don't hunt in your "canned" hunts, we actually do prefer to get close to the game and actually go one on one with the animals.

One more thing, hunters have done more for the animals that we choose to hunt than any other group of people out there PERIOD. Try adding up all of the taxes, fees, licenses, money donated, etc... The list goes on and on. We hunters across the nation spend and donate billions of dollars annually to help the wildlife and the land they live on.

Maybe you should try hunting some time and actually get involved instead of criticizing.

Kerry

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kerry great letter