Why Are Fewer People Hunting?
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunting’s popularity has been waning across the country as suburbs consume the countryside, hunters age out of the sport and kids plug into texting and Facebook instead of bows and rifles.
Fewer hunters mean less revenue for state conservation agencies. Now officials nationwide are scrambling to preserve hunting traditions — and the billions of dollars they generate — before they fade away for good.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates 33 states saw declines in hunting license sales over the last two decades. The sharpest drop was in Massachusetts, which has seen a 50 percent falloff in hunting license sales during that time. Nationwide, the wildlife service estimates that overall hunting license sales fell about 8.5 percent nationwide between 1990 and 2009.
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Comments (182)
Commonsensical
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:48pmI don’t need “official government permission” to put wild meat on my table, anymore than I’d need it to gather berries or fruit from non-privately owned land. I have a fundamental, GOD GIVEN right to feed myself and my family, and I wholeheartedly reject the government claim to 100% ownership of every deer, elk, and rabbit in the United States. Especially when the government IMPORTS wolves to keep the deer population down, while restricting deer hunting! It’s not cheating if you REFUSE to play their games!
Report Post »tanker
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:05pmGov claim’s 100 % ownership till you find one of their critters in your grill then it’s- 0- round here they brought in coyote’s – [although denying it] – trouble is they seem to like pheasants best- -= no pheasants[ I combined 100 acres of corn and saw 1]
Report Post »TOSKIMAN
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:12pmAmen!
Report Post »And would someone take care of the government owned mosquitoes here in Michigan. My cat kills rabbits and birds without a license. Why isn’t it good enough for me?
Pocono Countryboy
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:48pmAlways have hunted and always will. My daddy and his daddy before him hunted.. My daughter got her first buck two years ago and is hooked. My son is itching to take his hunter safety course so he can get a license.
Things have changed over the years for sure. Tighter land restrictions and HOA’s make for challenging hunting conditions, but there is a solution.
Crossbows. Silent and deadly accurate. My personal experience since I went from rifle to crossbow is 4 bolts = 4 whitetail.
In fact I cooked up a batch of Venison spaghetti tonight and we all pigged out. Gotta love the harvest!
Report Post »Pa7sy
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:41pm“Come on kids. Get your guns cleaned & bundle up. We’re going out for dinner.”
Report Post »TAKOMASAK
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:37pmIf the right targets were available, I’ll betcha the hunting numbers would explode!
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:40pmno, NO, TAKOMASAK,………..
LEFT targets!
LOTS of ‘EM!!!!!!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:36pmI don’t hunt. Never learned. For the first time in my life I’m looking into lessons. I fear that the days of being able to get whatever food I want from the grocery store may be coming to an end sooner than I think. All the little brainwashed, hypnotized youth, as well as the happy little yuppies (of which I used to be), are in for a rude awakening. They are going to look up from their electronics when they go dead, and say what happened?
Report Post »Pocono Countryboy
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:48pmDon’t spend money on lessons.. get a mentor!
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:54pmAlways a good skillset to have, you may never know when you might need it.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:37pmJust buy a decent savage axis rifle scope combo in anything from .223 to .308.
.270 would probably suffice for most hunters, I like .223 just cause thats what I’m used to, ammo is cheap and plentiful, and I know where to place a shot so a solid copper hollow point weighing 65 grains will take down large game like 200lb whitetail without any running. Anyway, a savage combo will run you $400 and its a good gun. Then just find a good place to shoot it with at least a mile or two of field or a large hill back stop and mark out 200 yards and get good at hitting paper from firing positions ranging from standing to prone. If you can hit a 10 inch target at 200 yards you‘ll do okay hunting as long as you wait for the animal to get close in and don’t take stupid shots. If you aren’t sure that you will hit and kill, then don’t pull the trigger. You don’t need classes, learn for yourself for the fun of it and you’ll learn fastest and with the most enjoyment. Remember to write down every change that you make to your scope and keep track of how different things effect your shooting (wind, light level, head position, trigger squeeze, and so on). Last point…
NEVER, EVER, use full metal jacket when hunting. Those are made for maximum penetration (stock up on some for the zombie apocolypse cause they’ll work fine for that), meaning they will fly straight through game making a temporary cavity that will cause the animal to bleed out slowly and die (not all the time, but it is more likely). Use a hollow point, it will be just as or more accurate, it will mushroom or fragment and cause a larger wound that will kill the animal quickly and more humanely than any other method. Bonus, it will usually stop in the animal, so if you are a good shot you don‘t have to worry as much about a shot flying way down range and somewhere you didn’t intend (as long as you hit your mark), and you can keep it as a souvenir if you like.
Report Post »murphytavern
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:33amhey heres alittle advise learn how to shoot a weapon safely and try to find hunters in your family to show you how thats how i learned oh yeah and go to the “hunter safety”class if that is required byyour state
Report Post »FloridaEagle
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:25pmI agree hunt licenses outpriced the market. Still lots of people hunting. Today, Archery is trending as preferred to the loud and traditional hunting with guns. The Archer is silent and is unnoticed by G&F or the landowner. I’ve crossed Mexicans in our region hog and deer hunting with bow & arrow.
Report Post »Florida’s overreaching “conservation” land grabs have removed tens of thousands (close to 110k) taxable land acres from Florida’s State Property Tax Roll. Leaving homeowners & private landowners to make up the difference. With F&G running the “conservation” areas hunting has declined. Turkey Permits, Deer Permits, Hog Permits, Quail Permits……. VERY Expensive and based on Quota Lottery Draws!
Too much regulation, too many fees, too many govt employees on the Parks Payroll. F&G spends so much money for instance: cutting, improving, paving shell roads throughout the Conservation Areas. Most Game Officers are issued fully outfitted ATV, Airboat or 15′ center console boats. All of this on the taxpayer! Thanks Govt!
tanker
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:47pmright on- [whats wrong w/ this picture]- I can PURCHASE my free land owners deer tag- after I feed them all year long-DRN has a good scam going- pasture their herd for free & gouge not only the hunters -but also farmers who feed their stock-
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:21pmHog permits? Where I live (OK) you can shoot a wild boar on sight, without a permit, on your property. Otherwise all you need is a standard license and there isn’t a limit on pig, nor is there a tagging requirement.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:21pmI don’t hunt but It seems like a fun sport. I hike off trail a whole lot and it always amazes me when I see shells way out in the mountains where it would have been extra hard work to get there. I don’t see how it can be cost effective to hunt for food. If you don‘t live in the forest it’s gotta be $20 just in gas to drive there. Seems like most hunters have big trucks, big RVs, ATVs, guns and ammo can’t be that cheap, the time involved to get game is time lost earning wages, the time to clean small game like birds. I guess if you live in the country and can just shoot game close to home it is cost effective. I‘d do it for fun but I bet if you work out the cost per hour to get game it’d be cheaper to live on cheap cuts of beef, chicken and beans.
Report Post »plumber
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:15pm“There they go again” . Reagan’s fomous phrase, when are these liberal government bureocrats going to
Report Post »realize that higher license prices don’t mean more money? , on the contrary some if not states all are charging north of 200 dollars for a hunting lic, add a management stamp,and different species stamp.
Result hunter gets offended (piss) and says the hell hith them and stays closer to home,NO SALES TAX ,BED TAX, GAS TAX, TOLLS,EXISE TAX ON AMMO an on and on .they are DUMB, stupid libs never learn. And what about the hunter’s safety requirement? . A 30 year old person don’t need it, that cuts down on a bunch of people who decide to go and didn’t get around to do that crap bs course.I learned by MYSELF and gained experience by doing it over the years, not required to get it( old) ,this year wanted to take my 21 year old son and teach him, no can do so canceled the trip. i said f them.
olddocotis
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:13pmOr,…Take Whitetail hunting in my home state. The DNR has handed out permits for quotas that have all but devistated the deer population.
Report Post »SonsOfLiberTea
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:11pmAs a lifelong hunter, I am doing my best to “replace myself” within the hunting ranks.
Report Post »Both my sons hunt, and I always speak out in favor of hunting when I hear a poorly informed non-hunter discussing it.
My experience is that most of the non-hunters respond favorably to factual education on the subject.
murphytavern
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:35amas the child of alifelong hunter thank you for teaching your children how to hunt
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:11pmLess hunters have resulted increased game encroaching on liberals .
Report Post »PreserveLiberty
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:00pmThere are a few reasons. First, landowners have become pretty stingy with letting people on their land to hunt. Unfortunately, they have four reasons they do this. One, they want to keep the game to themselves. Two, they have figured out that they can charge HUGE fees just for permission to hunt on their land. Three, they are themselves, anti-hunters and are against hunting. Four, they are justifiably pissed with a few bad apples who cause harm to the land and property. So, these reasons make it somewhat more difficult to gain access to good hunting lands, forcing more and more people onto overly pressured public lands. This sours many people who would hunt.
Next, hunting has become a sport and a fad for many hunters, rather than a way of life and a way to keep food on the table. This, in a way, has soured many hunters too.
Also, the state game and fish departments have convoluted much of the application processes, making them pretty complicated and time consuming. They have some good reasons for doing what they have done, though. But, this has soured many hunters.
Another reason that hunting has dropped off as much as it has is because it has become, in many parts of the country, so expensive to actually go and hunt that many hunters have learned it is actually cheaper to buy the meat at the super market than it is to hunt. That is provided the hunter is actually successful at his hunt, too! Ha Ha!
I also believe that laziness has something to do with it too. We, as a nation, simply are not as physically tuff as our forefathers were. Hunting can be a lot of work to be successful.
There is also the disagreements on the home front. Men are no longer considered the head of the household. At best they are considered an equal voice. So, if the man’s wife is against hunting, which is becoming more and more common, or she doesn’t like to see a dead animal hanging to cure before butchering, the man is going to have an argument on his hands if he wants to go hunting. That one is a cold hard fact of America today. Yes, he can take it to a wild game processing company to avoid the argument, but there again, money comes into play.
So, with all of my points, young kids are not learning to hunt from their fathers as much as they used to. The incidence of kids learning to hunt will gradually decrease over time as more and more fathers say to heck with hunting or never learned themselves to pass it on. It will be a snowballing effect.
Sad.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:48amReally good post. I agree with all your points.
I would just advise men to marry well if they are hunters. You’ll be glad you did!
I might also add that maybe part of the decline is the fact you mentioned about hunting being a fad. A fad for the urbanites and city dwellers. Fads have a tendancy to fade away. Therefore, declining numbers.
Report Post »Sentry45
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:59pmHunting is not being passed down to the generations like it used too. I bow hunt deer and stopped gun hunting with exception of private land invites. Too many idiots out there think deer walk up right and wear orange. It is very concerning during gun season here in the Buckeye state. Talking to friends this year, many people could not afford the time off work.
Report Post »gasman
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:58pmI got tired of all the permits. You have to have hunting, fur bearer, deer, waterfowl, trapping and on and on.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:57pmMaybe they don’t hunt in NYC, but everyone around here hunts & fishes.
Report Post »Raul
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:56pmA license has never been a consideration in South Georgia. When I want pork a wild boar is going down, When I am need of duck, I fill my quota, again my quota. When I want fish I use M80′s and collect what I require. Life is good!
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:56pmFor me, it’s a matter of time! I haven’t had a vacation since 04. I know if you don’t use it, ya lose it.
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:14pmI think that’s true for most. Hunting is something people used to do all season. Now many just plan a weekend hunt with the boys. If they are not successful, that’s it. Seasons over. If that’s all the time you have, a hunting license is a pretty bad deal.
Report Post »GoodnCool
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:55pmWhen stationed in Wyoming I hunted and had great skills. Moved back to Florida – got rid of all my guns – have not hunted for food for 40 years. In 2008 I started buying guns again and have been working on my skill levels all over again. Survival may depend upon it and I am happy to report that I have not forgotten all I learned in the military.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:38amI enjoy shooting competitions. Both rifle and pistol. I have always considered it a skill set that was necessary.
Report Post »My wife just told me yesterday that she wants to come with me to the pistol range when I go Wednesday evening. She has never shot a pistol or rifle in her life. This will be fun.
KEA
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:51pmPlease note this is not a very good journalism. License sales may be down but I assure you MORE people are hunting! Many of them cant afford the license but that doesnt mean they are not hunting. People are out of work and need to survive and they hunt to put the food on the table. I know quite a few locals that took deer this year to put meat on the table and did so without a license. Times are tough and people will do what it takes to take care of their family.
As mentioned, guns and ammo sales through the roof since Obama took office and a lot of it is for self preservation!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:03pmAgreed 100%.
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:11pmExactly, I ride dirt bikes and the state is stealing our licensing funds for the general fund. Our funds are supposed to be used for trail maintenance, but they’re shutting down areas, because of a lack of funds. I’ve also heard stories about the Dept. of Game and Wildlife Officers issuing tickets for riding on the dirt roads that are actually connectors between the trails. You don‘t have a choice and they’re sitting there like vultures just waiting for you, so I can imagine a point and it’s here, that people say screw the state and their BS!
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:01amIn the piney woods of East Texas, The majority fo whitetail deer killed are taken “illegally”. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember. Lots of subsistence hunting goes on. From Tyler, east into Louisiana. the deer are plentiful, but there are few“trophy” grade bucks taken. It is a way of life and difficult to regulate and manage..
Report Post »firenate
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:59amIf the focus of the DFG was to catch and pross. criminals who purpossly choose to disobey the laws of hunting I would gladly pay a higher fee but unfortunately the govt robs peter to pay paul so any extra money in the budget will most likely go elsewhere… Prob to pay the legal fees to fight the damn environmental groups who just want to cause havoc! grr… This country needs to be rebuilt from the ground up!
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:28amThere were more guns and ammo sold in 2009 then in 2008. And our future dictates that you hide those guns and ammo because the IRS will, eventually, be assigned to take your guns at tax time. In order to avoid this don’t file but know the consequences of that move.
Report Post »addie
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:25pm@crossdraw – I think everyone who owns guns seriously has at least one the government doesn’t know about. I do and it’s my favorite.
Report Post »EMM1969
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:49pmThe sale of liscences has declined. It will continue as inflation begins to explode and food prices skyrocket. Hunting will most certainly flourish.
Report Post »garylee123
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:48pmIt wouldn’t be because of supporting 2500 agencies to prohibit hunting and making the licenses so freaking expensive!!!
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:07pmI don’t think resident licenses are expensive but non-res sure are. When a res buck tag is around $23, a $300+ non-res buck tag is ridiculous! I used to hunt WY every fall (I live in MN) but it got too expensive with gas, motel and food on top of the hunting license. Had to stay home this fall because of that.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:55pmJBaer,
Yes, that’s totally rediculous!
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Report Post »BlueCollared
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:46pmI know in our area, hunting has become more of a sport than a heritage or tradition. Use to the whole community got together for deer season. Now we make sure nobody is hunting our deer. Funny how it changed in the last two decades.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:06pmSome of us are looking for jobs and don’t have the time or the money to go hunting! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:53pmwalkwithme1966,
But hunting could put food on your table and a lot cheaper than you can buy it for! And remember, one of the things people spend their paychecks on is FOOD!
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Report Post »Tony
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:43pmHunting may be down nationally but the sale of guns and ammo is way way up …. sport hunting may be fading in some parts but not efforts to retain and build skills needed to put meat on the table in other parts.
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:01pmAnd the number of women joining the hunting ranks is going way up every year. Especially in bowhunting… which is my passion.
Report Post »~Janice Baer aka DancesWithArrows :-)
spendthrift
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:02pmGovernment is at fault. Why is it that we have prices on Gods food he supplied for us to substain ourselves?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:37pmJBaer,
You and my Daughter-in-law would be good hunting partners. She only hunts with a real bow, and not a cross-bow.
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Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:40pmI will never buy another hunting or fishing license. I used to support the F and G. Now they put wolves back in and don’t let us control the population. They use our money for union dues. Kiss my butt. I hunt therefore I survive.
Report Post »threedoor
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:11pmI hear you. The regulations have gotten too onerous, fees have in some cases doubled or more and it seems as if its just politics as usual. After a 6 year hiatus from hunting I’m back though.
Report Post »firenate
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:50amI dont mind paying fees just as I dont mind paying taxes… HOWEVER, I do have a problem with HOW my “Fees” and “Taxes” are spent! The problem is how the Liberals have infultrated the DFG and now they are off focused on BS projects(pot gardens) and not on Protecting my right to L, L, and HAPPINESS! My happiness comes from the great outdoors and unfortunately my dollars aren’t being spent in a way that makes me happy! To the men who work for the CADFG my hats off to you for risking your lives and not getting paid jack for being a govt employee! Oh, and for never being able to hunt on opening day!
Report Post »jmparrish
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:56amI love hunting…30-06, i need a better scope and a reloading kit though…i got millions of acres to hunt in n.e washington st. but, it seems there are so many people bagging deer there are just not enough to go around…then again in the off seasons they like to jump out in front of your car just about every night…so maybe they just go hide during hunting season i dont know. I did manage to get one this season though.
Report Post »dawgPound
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:15amgo shoot yourself and thin the ****** herd
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:33pmI hunt. I eat. I survive.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:25pmReal soon we will all have to get back to the basics of hunting for survival. Its called preparedness. Pity all the city dwellers that think everything comes from the grocery store. Hey! Only the strong survive. The herd needs a little thinning anyway.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:30pmI have no place to hunt.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:53pmWith all the anti-hunting sentiment out there, it’s becoming almost impossible to find anyone who will let you hunt on their land.
Report Post »notserspb
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:00pmFinding a place to hunt here in the east, like socialist md where I live, is like pulling teeth. there are lots of reasons why people don’t want you hunting on their land. You can go pay someone to hunt on their property however, if you pay someone to hunt their land, it makes more sense to go out and buy a couple hundred dollars worth of meat from a butcher. while the state of md sits on tons of state owned land, very little is opened to hunting. what is opened is generally a pumpkin patch during rifle. it’s almost a waste of time. most of the farms around my area are owned by people from out of county/state or developers.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:02pmI don’t hunt, nothing against it. I fish and have taught my son to fish also, where I live those licenses have gone up too. Not only that but most of the lake access has been turned into fee areas, no permit no park. Even places where you used to be able to pull off the road to throw in a line is marked as a fee area.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:03pm“The sharpest drop was in Massachusetts, which has seen a 50 percent falloff in hunting license sales during that time.”
No kidding, have you ever tried to buy a gun or ammo in that socialist moron state, I’m sorry “Commonwealth”.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:17pminblack,
Just curious… would you mind explaining why you have no place to hunt?
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Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:34pmCemoto78,
You put your finger on a big problem. Progressives have taken over areas where there are large populations in and around metropolitan areas and the hunting mindset is washed away by the moronic attitudes of the Regressives. Oooops, I mean Progressives.
I’m very proud of my Daughter-in-law the way she provides for her family. She only hunts with a Bow, never a rifle or cross-bow, and she always bags more deer than any men we know. We are trying to get her to open an archery range for the Ladies and also trying to get her to do her own Hunting Videos for the Gals. Her husband provides the income they need, but she provides the meat on their table. One of the things on her wish list is to go on a hunt with our future president Sarah Palin.
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Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:49pmIf any of you watched Sarah Palins Alaska tonight you saw part of the problem. When Kate Gosselin saw the rifles laying on a table I thought she was going to throw up. Someone has evidently taught her to hate firearms at some point in her life, and an easy bet would be… she was taught by a liberal!
Sarah on the other hand is a natural with a rifle.
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Report Post »Donald30
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:05amI started to hunt to learn to survive. I mainly hunt with my bow and I am a great shot. My wife is getting use to deer but she loves knowing we will be okay if we have to grab our bug out bag. I am proud I am a hunter but I do get some looks from people who don’t know where this country came from. All of a sudden we shouldn’t hunt. The food in the store has been handled by too many underpaid workers who could care less about personal hygeine. I even do all my own butchering
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:05amPlenty of hunters and patriots down here in Texas…..When does the Commie hunting season start?
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:48amI have read every post here. I am now asking every hunter and gun owner to please go to Wal-mart and buy a book to read…..“HOME INVASION” by William Johnstone. Cost me $5.24 and tax. The title is about a Texas town called HOME. [not about home invasions] It is a novel, but all novels IMO have a grain of truth in them. It is a fast read, at least for me it was. Took me 5 hours, but I tend to devour books. :)
Report Post »Once you read this book, you will first find a place to hide your weapons.
oldoldtimer
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:21amHere in Tn just buying the license to deer hunt cost more than 35 pounds of beef. We can hunt out of state in Kentucky or Virginia for less money. On top of that Tn has the most confusing hunting areas and seasons and rules in the country.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:45amFar from anti hunter, but I hate the modern hunters, the ones in the south at least, a large % of them spend most of their disposable income on 4 wheelers, $1500 rifles, 4 wheel drive trucks, leasing land, tractors, seeds to plant their bait fields. Money that they could and should spend on their kids and their kids education, but instead spend on hunting, forcing their kids to get sports scholarships or take out huge loans. And in the mean time we have a ill deer population that is 5x the number as before the white man came living on 1/3 the land, due to the “hunters” planting bait fields only during the breeding season where the deer produce like it‘s a time of plenty when in reality it might not be and most end up starving or being forced to forage in the city or on highways where they shouldn’t. Now we have the states ******* away tons of money running ad campaigns to keep people doing this evil so the revenue stream they have gotten used to doesn’t dry up.
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:58amI‘d shoot deer off my porch if my horses wouldn’t spook so bad. BEWARE – there are LOTS of anti-hunting NAZIs like PETA, etc. that buy up hunting licenses so that the common hunter can’t get premium licenses (like buck tags, etc.). One other thing to consider is many land owners now charge fees for hunters ($200-$500 per gun per day is not unusual) if the land is known for excellent hunting.
When we experience total economic collapse, the PETA Nazis can revert to cannibalism but I’ll still have thousands of deer, antelope, etc. to shoot and eat.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:30pmNo loss in hunting here. If they don’t hunt and eat the deer, they will be in our windshields.
Report Post »addie
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:14pmUmm Swampy, most hunters need 4 wheel drive to get into the hunting grounds. duh…
@PatriotDave – you daughter seems really cool. A friend of mine’s mother at 82 years old, just got a buck. She’s shot more deer than most men too. Very impressive! I hope your daughter gets the opportunity to hunt with Sarah!
Florida has several free management areas for hunters with thousands of acres. I was in one last weekend just riding around the trails and couldn’t believe the number of women I saw hunting, even very young girls. I personally don’t hunt but I certainly would if I had no choice and I respect their right to hunt. I think it’s great to see more women hunting!
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Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:27pmI agree. I hunt and I eat what I kill.
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