Rich in AZ
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Rich. I believe that just the opposite is true. At this past SHOT show in Feb. I was told that predator calling oriented boothes comprised more than 50% of the show. In years past they comprised an estimated 5%. All of the calling oriented companies that I speak with, from editors of calling magazines to representatives for call manufacturers, ALL, believe that the industry is perched on the cusp of a growth wave such as archery hunting enjoyed in the 80s and whitetail hunting enjoyed in the 70s. If you do make it out here to call for a few days you will inevitably run into other callers. Every ranch and farm that we stop at tells us of the callers that hunt on or near their property several, I repeat, SEVERAL times a week. There is a virtual tidal wave of instructional videos on the shelves of the sporting goods stores and in their catalogs. Sportsman's Warehouse cannot keep Fox Pros in stock. I have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of calling in most of the states that I have called in.
I believe that a closed season for coyotes that gave them protection for only March through August would benefit callers in two ways. First it would improve the quality of calling in areas of high pressure, east and west. The first couple of months of the season ,calling to coyotes that respond with confidence and enthusiasm, would increase the success rate for novices and callers of intermediate skills. Coyotes that charge into the stand provide considerably more excitement than sneakers that test you from cover far downwind.
Second, by campaigning for seasonal protection for the coyote, we demonstrate to our detractors and to the fence sitters that actually hold the future of our sport in their voters hands, that we value and take seriously the stewardship of game management that our destruction of habitat has made necessary. We live in an age of game management by voter initiative. They have the potential to deprive us of any sporting PRIVILEGE that they consider undisney-like. We need to police ourselves. Humans have demonstrated since the time of Hamarabi that a certain segment of society is unable to behave within socially acceptable limits. "Hunters" totally exterminated the passenger pigeon because the law did not protect it. Wholesale slaughter of bison reduced their numbers from an estimated 60,000,000 to 150,000 in 25 years because it was not protected by law. Deer, elk, turkey all were killed off to the point of endangerment before they were protected by law. Because killing a species at all times of year, parents and puppies alike is not illegal does not make it socially acceptable. Those that will not police themselves are destined to have it done for them.
EDIT Mike I did not see your postbefore I typed in mine, or I would not have repeated what you had already stated so clearly.
ChileRojo. You crack me up. You skewered with one sentence what I had to run on about for an entire page. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
I believe that a closed season for coyotes that gave them protection for only March through August would benefit callers in two ways. First it would improve the quality of calling in areas of high pressure, east and west. The first couple of months of the season ,calling to coyotes that respond with confidence and enthusiasm, would increase the success rate for novices and callers of intermediate skills. Coyotes that charge into the stand provide considerably more excitement than sneakers that test you from cover far downwind.
Second, by campaigning for seasonal protection for the coyote, we demonstrate to our detractors and to the fence sitters that actually hold the future of our sport in their voters hands, that we value and take seriously the stewardship of game management that our destruction of habitat has made necessary. We live in an age of game management by voter initiative. They have the potential to deprive us of any sporting PRIVILEGE that they consider undisney-like. We need to police ourselves. Humans have demonstrated since the time of Hamarabi that a certain segment of society is unable to behave within socially acceptable limits. "Hunters" totally exterminated the passenger pigeon because the law did not protect it. Wholesale slaughter of bison reduced their numbers from an estimated 60,000,000 to 150,000 in 25 years because it was not protected by law. Deer, elk, turkey all were killed off to the point of endangerment before they were protected by law. Because killing a species at all times of year, parents and puppies alike is not illegal does not make it socially acceptable. Those that will not police themselves are destined to have it done for them.
EDIT Mike I did not see your postbefore I typed in mine, or I would not have repeated what you had already stated so clearly.
ChileRojo. You crack me up. You skewered with one sentence what I had to run on about for an entire page. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
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