mustanger98
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Okay, first off, you've chosen to omit/ignore parts of my post, #92, and attempt to change the context. With that, I'd recommend anyone reading/commenting on this to refer back to that post.
Hunting is hunting. Vandalism is vandalism. Lawful/ethical hunting is not a crime, and neither is good relations between neighbors. Vandalism is a crime and, hunting or not, it don't make for good neighbors.
What chastising? There's different opinions on rights and priveliges. I'll get back to this later.
Okay, it's later... buck460VXR appearantly doesn't take into account where I said a failure in how we relate with the public/landowners, and failure to manage the resources, will result in the loss of resources if not just the use of those resources. Any debate... rights vs priveliges... will then be a moot point.
buck460VXR's comment sounds like he doesn't know who he's talking to. Of course, I don't know him either. So he doesn't know me, and he probably doesn't know the game warden in my county. The warden I'm talking about... actually, here I recall they also call themselves "Conservation Officers" which isn't a bad job description... he's a nice guy, also a hunter... as well, he's a professional and he'll do his job. He told us in class "if you have a problem, call me; I'm here to help."
The wardens talking about hunting being a privelige... I figure that's because of the license requirement and licenses can get revoked for any of several illegalities. But, as licensed hunters, we have the privelige of exercising the right when/where/how it legally/ethically fits. This isn't like medieval England... getting caught "poaching" a deer would get your hand summarily amputated... you'd never pull a longbow again. Care to compare and contrast on that one?
Vandalism that can be identified and traced back to hunters....generally while hunting(and the pursuit and taking of game). What is it folks want to separate? Vandalism is a crime too when you damage other's property. We as hunters are stewards and representatives of our sport. How we present ourselves reflects on all hunters and our sport. Our ethics in the sport do not start or stop, once there is hair in the cross-hairs. Camo and blaze orange is our uniform and how we act when wearing that uniform affects how others perceive us, even when we are not in the field. Wanting to deny it, just shows one is out of touch with reality.
Hunting is hunting. Vandalism is vandalism. Lawful/ethical hunting is not a crime, and neither is good relations between neighbors. Vandalism is a crime and, hunting or not, it don't make for good neighbors.
The chastising of the game wardens statements makes me sense a dislike of game wardens. In my experience, this either comes from someone with a dislike of following the rules, or someone who has had a bad experience with wardens. In the case of the latter, folks identify their previous negative experience with every other warden experience because of the uniform. This is where I was coming from in my above statement. As for hunting being a right, it has been declared that by many state amendments to their constitutions. While it guarantees us we can hunt, it doesn't guarantee any of us a place to hunt. Negative examples of hunting and shooting does not just close opportunities on private land.
What chastising? There's different opinions on rights and priveliges. I'll get back to this later.
Okay, it's later... buck460VXR appearantly doesn't take into account where I said a failure in how we relate with the public/landowners, and failure to manage the resources, will result in the loss of resources if not just the use of those resources. Any debate... rights vs priveliges... will then be a moot point.
buck460VXR's comment sounds like he doesn't know who he's talking to. Of course, I don't know him either. So he doesn't know me, and he probably doesn't know the game warden in my county. The warden I'm talking about... actually, here I recall they also call themselves "Conservation Officers" which isn't a bad job description... he's a nice guy, also a hunter... as well, he's a professional and he'll do his job. He told us in class "if you have a problem, call me; I'm here to help."
The wardens talking about hunting being a privelige... I figure that's because of the license requirement and licenses can get revoked for any of several illegalities. But, as licensed hunters, we have the privelige of exercising the right when/where/how it legally/ethically fits. This isn't like medieval England... getting caught "poaching" a deer would get your hand summarily amputated... you'd never pull a longbow again. Care to compare and contrast on that one?
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