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This is the stuff that gets to me!
Was reading the paper today and came along this in the "Dear Abby" section.
"BOY SHOULD BOND WITH DAD AT HOME AND NOT OUT HUNTING DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from "Concerned Grandpa" (Feb. 11), regarding his son-in-law taking his 4-year-old grandson hunting. I'll bet you were inundated with mail from both sides of this issue. I fail to see how a 4-year-old can comprehend the safe use of a firearm, or navigate through the terrain to locate prey and return safely home. Before the industrialized age, people were forced to hunt to put food on their tables. Today, whether they consume the meat or not, the majority of hunters (I use the term very loosely) are not "hunting." They are camouflaged, hiding in blinds or in tree stands waiting for the prey to wander by. Some even put out bait to lure the animals to their location. There is no skill in hiding, waiting for an animal to wander by to be shot. These people are animal snipers. A true hunter would stalk prey using a bow and arrow for the kill. That son-in-law would better serve his son by staying home with him and teaching him real life skills. -- WALTER M. IN FLORIDA" RESPONSE FROM SOMEONE: I started hunting with my dad and grandpa at the age of 4. It forged a bond between us that lasted until their deaths. Learning to be a hunter is also learning responsibility -- specifically gun safety, game laws, and a deep respect for the animals and nature. Even though you referred to hunting as "killing for sport," please remember: License fees help to pay for game habitat and management. Habitat and proper management assure a healthier game population and the survival of many species through conservation efforts. Also, children schooled in the safe handling of firearms at an early age aren't as likely to be involved in gun violence. -- CARING HUNTER, WALTERS, OKLA. I just don't get how someone can say this without even hunting in their lives. I would be darn proudif my grandpa bonded with me in the woods. No better place to be. No arguing, no problems, no nothing. Except me, grandpa and mother nature. Thats all we need. [/align] |
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I hear ya man, some people just dont get it...
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Wow whoever that was, was one uninformed self-righteous a$$hole[:@]
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whoever that person was, dosnt have a clue, "animal snipers" that is funny, that person is just retarded.
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So does that make us real hunters? If we stalk around with a bow and arrow?:D
Okay I understand that's not the issue here. That crap gets to me too but I try not to let it bother me... hopefully that's not me becoming desensitized.:eek: |
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People like that just think you goto the woods and shoot something. I think we all know its alot harder that that even sitting in a tree stand. [/align] |
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we had a local newspaper letter to the editor asking the paper to remove pictures of quality bucks taken in the area. they stated that they were emotionaly scarring children and offending adults with the pictures of murdered animals.
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Some people just dont understand
I like the Okie's response though:D |
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Its a shame that some people will never now the passion of hunting and what we have done to sustain what we have today.
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I had a kid come up to me when I was showing a friend my turkey kill in school the other day....the kid is wearing all black, has long greasy hair and skulls pictures everywhere with a jacket that read "thousands of dead cops" and he tried to tell me that hunting was wrong......i just laughed and walked away
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I read that too . Those People are the same ones that would get all bent if you if you or I suggested
packing all our beverages in returnable glass ,all our meat in paper ,and nothing in styrofom or plastic. Just for the record my kids have been hunting and hicking and camping since they could walk far enough to do it . And only 2 of seven have ever declined to go or been even a little chunky . The last3 are 2nd marrage. So the benefits out weigh the risks and that self absorbed clueless twit can kiss my furry 4x4buck mount . |
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they say this while their out doing drugs and getting addicted to porn and other crap while were just addicted to hunting,which is a good thing since it teaches good morals,ethics,determination and hard work can all come together to give an experience more thrilling then getting high or anything else that goes on today
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ya people like that really get on my nerves
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People like this fella don’t get on my nerves, but make me sad. It shows the true illiteracy of our fellow countrymen of a “sport” as old as man itself.
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Stuff liek this has always irritatated me.....to each his own, but dont look down on the hunting community for doing what we love and passing it on to our youngsters no matter what age they may be. We should all write dear abbey letters about bonding should be done in the woods not infront of a television or computer.
They gentlemen that responded to the letter was from Walters, Ok. My grandfather used to be the service manager at the John Cordess dealership that used to be there. Small world |
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ORIGINAL: millerhunter13 whoever that person was, dosnt have a clue, "animal snipers" that is funny, that person is just retarded. |
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ORIGINAL: Dubbya That crap gets to me too but I try not to let it bother me... hopefully that's not me becoming desensitized.:eek: |
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Just a little background and note to this idiot!!My dad took me out hunting for years as a child and after many training sessions and the Hunters Saftey courses. (so I was prepared) It was great to have him take me out and learn about nature, the wild and just to bond father/ son in the bueatiful mountains of MD., and PA. Now At 41 I get to return the favor with my son who is turning 5 in Aug. He loves being outdoors and seeing nature and all the animals we watch in the mountains. He went out last fall with me and we just sat some evenings and watched, hawks, rabitts, fox, and deer walk and play in the woods without us even diturbing then. Best of all was all the bonding we did and questions he asked about what we were expierencing.... He can't wait to go out this fall and he definitely knows the difference between shooting a gun or bow for sport/ management of wildlife and those kids who are killing people with guns everyday!!! What bonding did they recieve.....
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I guess those Plains Indians throwing buffalo hides over themselves to get closer to the herd was not camouflage. More babble from the uninformed. With the deer population three hundred years ago, how hard do you think they "hunted" for animals?
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I don't really understand what's so hard to understand about the letter to the editor.
Seriously, does a 4-year-old need to be out there hunting? Is it really good parenting to drag a toddler out there and hand him a deadly weapon and urge him to kill things. ...and if Dad honestly believes that he can only bond with his son over a steaming dead deer carcass - that's just pathetic on so many levels... Seriously - we're talking about a 4 year old. That's a kid that hasn't even been to Kindergarten yet. He can't even understand how to play Playstation. He may not even be able to tie his own shoes. And this jackass is trying to convince everyone that it's a great idea to arm him and drag him around the wilderness on a killing spree during his formative years? WTF. Honestly, this kid should be playing teeball and learning his ABC's. Sorry bro, but I don't think a 4-year-old in a treestandis forming a bond with anything. If anything, he's damaging his psychosocial processes through isolation and violence. He has no clue what he's doing insofar as habitat and population management. Maybe he makes dad proud if he kills something. But Dad's pride comes at the price of permanent psychological damage of the youngster. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. |
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ORIGINAL: Hoytteen Was reading the paper today and came along this in the "Dear Abby" section. "BOY SHOULD BOND WITH DAD AT HOME AND NOT OUT HUNTING DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from "Concerned Grandpa" (Feb. 11), regarding his son-in-law taking his 4-year-old grandson hunting. I'll bet you were inundated with mail from both sides of this issue. I fail to see how a 4-year-old can comprehend the safe use of a firearm, or navigate through the terrain to locate prey and return safely home. Before the industrialized age, people were forced to hunt to put food on their tables. Today, whether they consume the meat or not, the majority of hunters (I use the term very loosely) are not "hunting." They are camouflaged, hiding in blinds or in tree stands waiting for the prey to wander by. Some even put out bait to lure the animals to their location. There is no skill in hiding, waiting for an animal to wander by to be shot. These people are animal snipers. A true hunter would stalk prey using a bow and arrow for the kill. That son-in-law would better serve his son by staying home with him and teaching him real life skills. -- WALTER M. IN FLORIDA" RESPONSE FROM SOMEONE: I started hunting with my dad and grandpa at the age of 4. It forged a bond between us that lasted until their deaths. Learning to be a hunter is also learning responsibility -- specifically gun safety, game laws, and a deep respect for the animals and nature. Even though you referred to hunting as "killing for sport," please remember: License fees help to pay for game habitat and management. Habitat and proper management assure a healthier game population and the survival of many species through conservation efforts. Also, children schooled in the safe handling of firearms at an early age aren't as likely to be involved in gun violence. -- CARING HUNTER, WALTERS, OKLA. I just don't get how someone can say this without even hunting in their lives. I would be darn proudif my grandpa bonded with me in the woods. No better place to be. No arguing, no problems, no nothing. Except me, grandpa and mother nature. Thats all we need. I have had some serious ups and downs since hunting entered my life but I got through them without turning to drugs and alcohol. I have spent countless hours in the trees watching deer walk by and even "Sniped" a few. I am carrying on a tradition that generations before me utilized to survive. Hunting has truely changed my life and god knows where I would be if I had never found hunting. |
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Good post , I'm with Quick on this one. I really don't think a 4 year old needs to be in the wood killing something. Sure take him in the woods and teach him about nature but a weapon in his hands is not a good idea!
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