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We share the same passion, we just approach it differently.
I come from a far more conservative approach to hunting. IMO, too many bring the competitive approach taught to them in other areas of life to the sport. Just shooting a few birds to enjoy at family dinner's is not enough for them. They must shoot, then shoot some more, even if they have to give them away. I was taught to take what I needed and leave the rest to live another day. I don't have to win at all costs.
When people have turned to shooting so many birds they have to grind them into sausage to use them up. We have reversed our conservation efforts to the market hunting days.
Nothing brings it to light more then in the waterfowling community. If you watched the tv program Duck Commander. The last show about the last day of duck season and duck number 1200. This is commin practice in the southern wintering grounds of Arkansas, Mississippi & surrounding states
These picture's gave the sport one of the biggest black eye's ever
Quote from Tony Dean
http://www.tonydean.com/pages/posts/the-price-of-theldquoconservation-orderrdquo135.php
The October, Outdoor Life magazine carried a short feature on Arkansas guide, Patrick Pick, who along with eleven hunting buddies, killed 1,029 snow geese over two days. The author wrote, â??Rather than waste time and effort trying to call the huge flocks near, they decided to take the hunt to the geese, stalking within shotgun range,â?� an effort that conjures up pictures of the Louisiana slaughter footage.
â??We had pushers and blockers,â?� Pitt said, â??and we used radios and cell phones to work our way around the feeding flocks of birds.â?� (The use of such devices while hunting is illegal in most states.) The group determined the most likely escape routes and blockers set up there. The story did not mention crippling, but given the tactics, itâ??s hard to imagine there wasnâ??t a significant amount. For further justification, they said they used all the meat, but no matter how you slice it, nearly 86 birds per hunter is a lot of jerky.
Two photos illustrated the story; one picturing a grinning Pitt in front of a tall pile of dead geese, and another with the birds arranged in a square on green grass, with dead birds removed to spell out â??1,029.â?� Thatâ??s some way to show respect for the birds.
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When you exemplify that your hunting party killed 240 birds in two trips a week apart. Above is what as a hunter is portrayed to some. IMO, it doesn't put hunters in a good light to many, especially those who don't hunt at all. It's not all about the numbers. My 79 year old father thinks much like Tony Dean. Take only what you yourself can use or soon there will be none to take
onpoint
I come from a far more conservative approach to hunting. IMO, too many bring the competitive approach taught to them in other areas of life to the sport. Just shooting a few birds to enjoy at family dinner's is not enough for them. They must shoot, then shoot some more, even if they have to give them away. I was taught to take what I needed and leave the rest to live another day. I don't have to win at all costs.
When people have turned to shooting so many birds they have to grind them into sausage to use them up. We have reversed our conservation efforts to the market hunting days.
Nothing brings it to light more then in the waterfowling community. If you watched the tv program Duck Commander. The last show about the last day of duck season and duck number 1200. This is commin practice in the southern wintering grounds of Arkansas, Mississippi & surrounding states
These picture's gave the sport one of the biggest black eye's ever
Quote from Tony Dean
http://www.tonydean.com/pages/posts/the-price-of-theldquoconservation-orderrdquo135.php
The October, Outdoor Life magazine carried a short feature on Arkansas guide, Patrick Pick, who along with eleven hunting buddies, killed 1,029 snow geese over two days. The author wrote, â??Rather than waste time and effort trying to call the huge flocks near, they decided to take the hunt to the geese, stalking within shotgun range,â?� an effort that conjures up pictures of the Louisiana slaughter footage.
â??We had pushers and blockers,â?� Pitt said, â??and we used radios and cell phones to work our way around the feeding flocks of birds.â?� (The use of such devices while hunting is illegal in most states.) The group determined the most likely escape routes and blockers set up there. The story did not mention crippling, but given the tactics, itâ??s hard to imagine there wasnâ??t a significant amount. For further justification, they said they used all the meat, but no matter how you slice it, nearly 86 birds per hunter is a lot of jerky.
Two photos illustrated the story; one picturing a grinning Pitt in front of a tall pile of dead geese, and another with the birds arranged in a square on green grass, with dead birds removed to spell out â??1,029.â?� Thatâ??s some way to show respect for the birds.
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When you exemplify that your hunting party killed 240 birds in two trips a week apart. Above is what as a hunter is portrayed to some. IMO, it doesn't put hunters in a good light to many, especially those who don't hunt at all. It's not all about the numbers. My 79 year old father thinks much like Tony Dean. Take only what you yourself can use or soon there will be none to take
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