Rupedog
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I just tune into this thread and have been speed reading it and there is some much bull going on here. Your not a real hunter because you haven't hunted big game and I know because I have hunted for 35 years. Well I have hunted for 42+ years and I say hunting small or large game or varmints or predators is hunting. Why do they call it squirrel hunting or turkey hunting or duck hunting. Those are not big game. I have hunted everything from Sparrows to Elk and what ever else is legal in Oregon (except Sheep,Goat,and Pronghorn only because Ihaven't drawn a tag yet.) So I say that Bucher45 is a hunter. Maybe he doesn't have years of hunting under his belt, but he does read alot and he asks alot of questions about hunting and he does have his own opinions on hunting just like the rest of us. A couple of you guys would rather call people names then to discuss like an adult. Read what people wrote or refer to. Look at the evidence with an open mind. Don't just start being rude. I think those few that start calling others names first, just like to hear themselves babble and don't read or care what others say. They want the last word. Arguements like this are pointless unless they are written calmly and each side reads the others with an open mind. Those that have more experance should already know what arguements like this can do to the hunting community. What Butcher45 shared was an exsample of what can happen and what is being shown in this thread. We are already divided. Fine if you don't hunt on a hunting ranch or high fense so what. No one says you have to. If the Fish and Game Dept. gives a high fense the go ahead to hunt, what business is it of yours? Same with the High Fense and ranch hunters. We are a hunting family as long as we are hunting legally. It doesn't matter what size of animal you are hunting. We are hunters and we must fight the anti's together or we will lose in the long run. We all know this. And that is the crux of the article that Butcher45 posted. This has turned into a thread about calling names and telling others they aren't hunters because they hunt smaller critters.
So I guess I should really say that I have 42+ years of hunting so everything I say is right and the rest of you guys that have less then 42+ years of hunting are not hunters and need not say anything until you do have 42+ years of hunting. Is that what this is all about? Who's who in the hunting world or aren't we supposed to be worrying about keep our right to hunt period. If we loose one type of hunting then we will loose another, and another, and another. Don't kid yourself it will happen that way. It has nothing to do with the type of hunt it has to do with what the anti's can get rid of first. Lets fight this fight together and accept each others type of hunting even though you don't care for it. You don't have to do it, just support it and those that do will get supported when thier type of hunting is in trouble. rupe
So I guess I should really say that I have 42+ years of hunting so everything I say is right and the rest of you guys that have less then 42+ years of hunting are not hunters and need not say anything until you do have 42+ years of hunting. Is that what this is all about? Who's who in the hunting world or aren't we supposed to be worrying about keep our right to hunt period. If we loose one type of hunting then we will loose another, and another, and another. Don't kid yourself it will happen that way. It has nothing to do with the type of hunt it has to do with what the anti's can get rid of first. Lets fight this fight together and accept each others type of hunting even though you don't care for it. You don't have to do it, just support it and those that do will get supported when thier type of hunting is in trouble. rupe