newspaper article
05-21-2004, 07:41 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: palm bay fl
Posts: 4,504
newspaper article
if you click on the link , scroll down and you'll see i'm there 
the other day there was this article by this woman saying how florida today shouldnt be reconizing 4 youths that had 3 birds , she went on to say that hunters are delusional if they think for a minute that a high powered rifle is sport to a 20 lb bird with 1.5 spurs....and how there are so many youth out there doing positive things and that they should do a story on those kids......well Ma had to voice her opinion, lol....they changed it some, left out some of what i said and made it look like i was saying hunting is better than shopping, which it is, but that wasnt my point at all, but it works, i'm happy they printed it anyway.....do ya'll ever write in to your paper when you see something negative about hunting? if so , share your personal experiences.......i think we all as hunters should, but that is just my opinion....here's the link :
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/opedstory0521WLETTERS.htm
the other day there was this article by this woman saying how florida today shouldnt be reconizing 4 youths that had 3 birds , she went on to say that hunters are delusional if they think for a minute that a high powered rifle is sport to a 20 lb bird with 1.5 spurs....and how there are so many youth out there doing positive things and that they should do a story on those kids......well Ma had to voice her opinion, lol....they changed it some, left out some of what i said and made it look like i was saying hunting is better than shopping, which it is, but that wasnt my point at all, but it works, i'm happy they printed it anyway.....do ya'll ever write in to your paper when you see something negative about hunting? if so , share your personal experiences.......i think we all as hunters should, but that is just my opinion....here's the link :
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/opedstory0521WLETTERS.htm
05-21-2004, 08:06 AM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: newspaper article
yes huntnma;we all need to put pen to paper and let people know how we feel about our sport.if we as hunters don't then the anti's will.
I have written and talked to the governer of our state on several occasions about hunting and other problems we as hunters have.he seems to understand the problems we have in our state;with the snow birds coming down the problem gets bigger and bigger.it always seem that other people want to change the place they move to to be like the place they left.
the state is having meetings now (last week) and next week to determand the fate of hunting dogs in the state.it seems that somepeople don't want dogs used in hunting anymore.there are a whole list of thing they want to stop the hunter from doing.
"You Done Did Good" girl
I have written and talked to the governer of our state on several occasions about hunting and other problems we as hunters have.he seems to understand the problems we have in our state;with the snow birds coming down the problem gets bigger and bigger.it always seem that other people want to change the place they move to to be like the place they left.
the state is having meetings now (last week) and next week to determand the fate of hunting dogs in the state.it seems that somepeople don't want dogs used in hunting anymore.there are a whole list of thing they want to stop the hunter from doing.
"You Done Did Good" girl
05-21-2004, 10:15 AM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 13,220
RE: newspaper article
Very cool! I hope all of the subscribers read your letter, even though it's edited. Most people don't think twice about the positive aspects of hunting (the vast majority are positive) until someone like you raises an excellent point.
