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Post by othmar on Jul 26, 2006 14:03:38 GMT 12.75
I am sure by now everyone knows the sad story of the World Hunting Association and what they have planed and stand for. We really need to stop these highly unethical folks. Please take the time to follow the link below and sign the petition against the World Hunting Association. This is an important issue in the protection of our hunting heritage. Thank you for your time and consideration. www.petitiononline.com/russell/petition.html
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jul 26, 2006 18:13:32 GMT 12.75
I've already signed the petition and have been outspoken against these dumbasses! What they're wanting to do to our heritage and sport is absolutely outrageous.
I wanna hear more people getting behind this petition. C'mon guys Othmars got the ball rolling, let's all get behind him and PUSH!
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Post by othmar on Jul 26, 2006 18:49:38 GMT 12.75
I've already signed the petition and have been outspoken against these dumbasses! What they're wanting to do to our heritage and sport is absolutely outrageous. I wanna hear more people getting behind this petition. C'mon guys Othmars got the ball rolling, let's all get behind him and PUSH! Thank you for your support Toby. I have been busy for weeks writing about the travesty that is the WHA on my blog and elsewhere. The fact is that everybody is against them. After a lot of hunter pressure all sponsors pulled out but Faberman, the CEO of the WHA, has so much money that he decided to carry on with it regardless. That is why we now make petitions and then send them off to everybody in the hunting industry and political Representatives. This thing needs to be stopped or our hunting heritage will suffer a great deal. The anti hunters have just been waiting for some idiot like Faberman to come with a scam like that. To them that is the oil in the fire they need.
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Post by Mars on Jul 27, 2006 2:54:21 GMT 12.75
Sorry guys; I will not ban a hunting method or ask, sign a petition to do so simply because I don't like the method. Like we tell the anti's, if you don't like it simply don't do it not banish it.
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Post by Paws on Jul 27, 2006 3:13:24 GMT 12.75
So I ended up signature "666" ! This is not a hunting method. It is just a plain dumb assed idea to put another buck in somebody's pocket. No doubt it will be touted as a "humane" hunting experience . If you are going to hunt then hunt. You want to play games, there are plenty of 3D ranges, competition matches, and video games out there.
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Jul 27, 2006 10:14:10 GMT 12.75
Deer are not fish. Plus we do not tranquilize fish either. I can't help but wonder what long term effects the "medicine" will have on these deer. Mars, while I agree with you that we as hunters do not need to fight amongst ourselves it is our responsibility to see that this kind of behavior is stopped. Same for the "internet hunting".
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Post by Paws on Jul 27, 2006 10:20:15 GMT 12.75
I tranquilize my fish! I rub their belly until they turn into fillets! (Paws don't do no catch and release either!) I don't go fishing to torture. I go fishing to kill and eat.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jul 27, 2006 10:52:33 GMT 12.75
Mars, I would never attempt to ban somebodies methods of hunting.
I've been very vocal supporting hunting rights by any method for years. Look on the NAHC board! Guys post threads on there all of the time talking down against baitiong or hound hunting and such. If it's a legal method, then knock yourself out.
However, what these guys are proposing is NOT hunting! Doping big whitetails in enclosed pens is simply not hunting, it's borderline animal abuse and WILL be seen as such by the anti's.
And putting a dollar amount on it and trying to package it like BASSmasters. No way! I am very against "big buck" contests with cash and prizes with little exception.
They aren't hunting, they're attempting to make a mockery of our sport and I cannot support it. I will however encourage as many of our brethren that I can to sign the petition and prevent them from damaging our sport and it's future.
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Post by othmar on Jul 27, 2006 11:15:17 GMT 12.75
Hi Mars, like everybody has said here, what the WHA plans is NOT hunting. It is shooting potentially dangerous drugs at tame livestock deer for Fun, Entertainment and thousands of jack-pot dollars.
Not only is this against the basic hunter ethic but also against veterinary ethics. Animals are tranquilized for no medical or scientific purpose. Tranquilized animals are fully awake but can not move. Usually if animals are tranquilized their eyes are covered and the attendants are as quiet as possible. But here the deer have cameras shoved in their faces, so called hunters high-fifing and make it a ruckus. A veterinarian has advised me that the deer could die simply because of stress and shock. So it is not, as Toby suggests "borderline" animal cruelty. It is cruelty to animals.
On my blog I have written about 10 articles on the WHA and what they stand for you are welcome to read them. Like I said this is not about another form of hunting. It is about making a mockery of hunting and turn it into a TV show.
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Post by Mars on Jul 28, 2006 2:48:29 GMT 12.75
To a point; if it's not hunting then it cannot hurt hunting. It's commercialised hunting to an extreme.
As far as it being animal abuse, I hunt animals therefore to the anti's I abuse animals already so to them it's just another form of hunter animal abuse. Ban every method that they consider abusive or unethical and what type of hunting do you end up with? None!
As in all cases, appeasment never works. Nobody ever gained a thing by giving something up.
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Post by Paws on Jul 28, 2006 22:32:35 GMT 12.75
Unfortunately Mars the false impression left for those who are not hunters is that it is hunting. The sport of hunting was developed to put food on the table. Never in the wildest imaginations of our ancestors was a thought to aggravate an animal just for the hell of it. I guess that is what happens when one has too much leisure time on their hands. While on this subject, take a refresher on this: consumerfreedom.com/article_detail.cfm/article/134 After reading some of the articles I think I have decided that PETA smacks of a religeous cult!
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