Michael R.
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hello,
i am a freshman at a local high school in illinois near the border of wisconsin and i have one question concerning hunting and such things(didnt know if this is the right place or not). anyhow. let me give you some background on what is about to happen. my english teacher is how you would expect any teahcer to be, he says he protested many things during the 60s and 70s, and he says he thinks obama is a great speaker(which he isnt), and he doesnt even own a tv. anyhow, today in class we were talking about how children should go outside instead of watching tv, etc. so, eventually we talk about how there are coyotes in the woods.
i raise my hand and talk about how my dad has shot 3 coyotes because they are nuisances where i live, and they kill pets, deer, etc. before i explain why he shoots them, everybody says oh how can you do that! and what not. and his response is "well aren't you harming the coyotes for putting your house on their land". now i would usually would have a good response to this, but i kind of babble things out and i dont give a good answer. after that i now feel like the whole class hates me because i kill cute, fuzzy coyotes.when the class ended, i immediatley decided to post this on THR because the level of knowledge here is simply amazing. what should i have said to the teacher and what should i say if something like this rises up again?
mike
p.s. if i need any further explanations from you guys then just ask, and i will elaborate
i am a freshman at a local high school in illinois near the border of wisconsin and i have one question concerning hunting and such things(didnt know if this is the right place or not). anyhow. let me give you some background on what is about to happen. my english teacher is how you would expect any teahcer to be, he says he protested many things during the 60s and 70s, and he says he thinks obama is a great speaker(which he isnt), and he doesnt even own a tv. anyhow, today in class we were talking about how children should go outside instead of watching tv, etc. so, eventually we talk about how there are coyotes in the woods.
i raise my hand and talk about how my dad has shot 3 coyotes because they are nuisances where i live, and they kill pets, deer, etc. before i explain why he shoots them, everybody says oh how can you do that! and what not. and his response is "well aren't you harming the coyotes for putting your house on their land". now i would usually would have a good response to this, but i kind of babble things out and i dont give a good answer. after that i now feel like the whole class hates me because i kill cute, fuzzy coyotes.when the class ended, i immediatley decided to post this on THR because the level of knowledge here is simply amazing. what should i have said to the teacher and what should i say if something like this rises up again?
mike
p.s. if i need any further explanations from you guys then just ask, and i will elaborate
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However, I attended Texas A&M University, a rather conservative school at the time, and even majored in Wildlife and Fisheries management, which is NOT the bailiwick of liberals, or wasn't at the time. We had two kinds of students in that career path, though, the rural kid hunters and fishermen types like me and, more and more, were the granola cruncher eco save the world types, the ones that wanted funding for game management to be diverted to song bird research (even though HUNTERS do the funding), that sort of thing. So, I don't know what it's like up there, now. I'm retired and don't give a damn, frankly. LOL