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Ok im usually a pretty laid back kinda guy, but I do have one question for Nunya. Please try to not get too riled up, and full of piss and vinigar. The 240lb wild hog I killed this weekend with a knife, is that fair chase/ethical??? I didn't climb a mountain, or speend a week camping out. Just wondering.
Of course hunting with dogs and knives isn't fair chase. You have several dogs hanging off the hog holding him for you while you stick him with a knife. If it was fair chase then you would do it on your own and we all know how that would turn out, you would lose. (Don't take that as I'm against hound hunting because I too enjoy hunting hogs with hounds) The same goes for hunting with high-powered rifles and scopes, like the one Nonya uses. Look guys, it isn't supposed to be fair. Our goal is to kill the animal, not keep from violating their civil rights. Whether you kill them with a knife, club, bomb, trap, bow, or rifle, the ultimate goal is the same. That is to kill them, graveyard-dead. As long as it's legal, knock yourself out. The American Indian is the undisputed king of hunters. I think everyone can agree with that. They used horses to herd elk and bison into box canyons and off of cliffs to slaughter them by the hundreds. How does that fit into the "fair chase" argument? Do you think they cared if the animal died quickly or not? No. They put as many arrows into an animal as they could until it fell dead.
As far as the game fence debate goes, we need to get clarify something. There are ranches, in Texas, that are bigger than Rhode Island and have high fences on them. Is that a pen? Is that game farm? I don't think so. Would I hunt them? No. But some people do. So what? There are also high fences in Texas on properties that are only a few hundred acres. These I would consider a "game farm" or "pen". Is that hunting? Well, by definition it is. The "hunters" are taking a weapon and "hunting" down an animal to kill it. So what? Would I do it? No. I think the question here everyone is arguing about is should game fences be allowed? If it's private property, I say do what you want. If you want the government controlling what we do with our private land, move to China. I hear they are pretty good at that.
This is America. Don't tread on me!