Jay Nistetter
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So who are these behavior cops going to be?
I remember fighting long hard battles here in Arizona in order to save Contest Hunts. There were those (many outspoken people) whose ethic values felt it was so distasteful that any hunting venture would be associated in any form with contest. The focal point centered around coyotes, bobcats, fox and lion. These feelings and the wording essentially affected Bass tournaments, Big Buck contests and more. My involvement in fighting these morality experts found me before the AZ Governor’s Regulatory Review Council. One of 3 of their final conclusions was that a large group of people had no right to impose their will on a small group.
So who are these behavior cops going to be?
‘Majority Rules’ doesn’t always make it Constitutionally right.
Duck hunters believe it wrong to shoot a wounded duck on water but have no peoblem sic-ing their retriever on one.
Waiting 30 minutes after pursuing the deer you shot is acceptable but certainly doesn’t qualify as putting it down as quick as possible. Words that come to mind we’ve all heard are “Let it have time to bleed out” and even “ Wait for it to get sick and die”. Ethical?
Hanging a coyote carcass on a fence post for everyone to see was acceptable 40 years ago. Why was that? Strapping a deer on a fender 50 years ago was common. Not now. Why is that?
Ripping the lips off fish and tossing them in a confined livewell in order to grab at the terrified creatures later to kill them is acceptable. Why is that?
One poster had it right when he mentioned that each persons ethics differ. i.e. Your personal beliefs don’t make other’s wrong.
I like to believe that I have mid-west values and those do not align themselves with other regions very well.
I have pictures and we all have seen them of that mentioned earlier of the deer strapped to a fender. These tend to be looked on as nostalgic rather than grotesque.
Movies are filled with hand-to-claw encounters whether real or imagined. I have a photo somewhere of an uncle with a live rabbit in his hands ready to do the ‘dirty deed’.
Today, cameras and camcorders are common to every backpack and shirt pocket and even phones have cameras so why not pause for a picture before the pet Fido Destroys Briar Rabbit entirely.
Rodeo guys wrestle down live steers. Some believe that to be unethical, inhumane, etc.
The list is endless. All this because of snapshot in time.
Given the circumstances, opportunity and star alignment, I would most likely pause for a picture. I'd wager that most would too.
So who are these behavior cops going to be?
I remember fighting long hard battles here in Arizona in order to save Contest Hunts. There were those (many outspoken people) whose ethic values felt it was so distasteful that any hunting venture would be associated in any form with contest. The focal point centered around coyotes, bobcats, fox and lion. These feelings and the wording essentially affected Bass tournaments, Big Buck contests and more. My involvement in fighting these morality experts found me before the AZ Governor’s Regulatory Review Council. One of 3 of their final conclusions was that a large group of people had no right to impose their will on a small group.
So who are these behavior cops going to be?
‘Majority Rules’ doesn’t always make it Constitutionally right.
Duck hunters believe it wrong to shoot a wounded duck on water but have no peoblem sic-ing their retriever on one.
Waiting 30 minutes after pursuing the deer you shot is acceptable but certainly doesn’t qualify as putting it down as quick as possible. Words that come to mind we’ve all heard are “Let it have time to bleed out” and even “ Wait for it to get sick and die”. Ethical?
Hanging a coyote carcass on a fence post for everyone to see was acceptable 40 years ago. Why was that? Strapping a deer on a fender 50 years ago was common. Not now. Why is that?
Ripping the lips off fish and tossing them in a confined livewell in order to grab at the terrified creatures later to kill them is acceptable. Why is that?
One poster had it right when he mentioned that each persons ethics differ. i.e. Your personal beliefs don’t make other’s wrong.
I like to believe that I have mid-west values and those do not align themselves with other regions very well.
I have pictures and we all have seen them of that mentioned earlier of the deer strapped to a fender. These tend to be looked on as nostalgic rather than grotesque.
Movies are filled with hand-to-claw encounters whether real or imagined. I have a photo somewhere of an uncle with a live rabbit in his hands ready to do the ‘dirty deed’.
Today, cameras and camcorders are common to every backpack and shirt pocket and even phones have cameras so why not pause for a picture before the pet Fido Destroys Briar Rabbit entirely.
Rodeo guys wrestle down live steers. Some believe that to be unethical, inhumane, etc.
The list is endless. All this because of snapshot in time.
Given the circumstances, opportunity and star alignment, I would most likely pause for a picture. I'd wager that most would too.
So who are these behavior cops going to be?