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Posted: 15 Sep 2006 11:45 AM
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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/OPINION/60 ... Hunt tactics explained As president of the United Bowhunters of New Jersey, I would like to respond briefly to Stuart Chaifetz's Aug. 29 commentary "Hunting isn't about the ecosystem, it's about killing animals." Chaifetz, director of the Animal Protection Political Action Committee in Cherry Hill, wrote that he "discovered horrifying video footage of bowhunters shooting cage-raised pheasant on a New Jersey farm. The video of bowhunters, shown laughing as they kicked the docile birds and shot them at point-blank range, was so disgusting that the editors of the Asbury Park Press called it "barbaric' and that the hunters' actions "violate any civilized standard of behavior."' Chaifetz "discovered" the video on the New Jersey Hunter Web site. In addition to his baseless accusations of cruelty, Chaifetz has accused UBNJ members of drugging the pheasant before shooting them. For the record, the birds were not drugged, nor were they abused prior to being harvested. The video showed hunters "flushing" the pheasant into flight, a common practice since no ethical hunter would shoot a bird on the ground. Since the hunters were using bows and arrows, the birds were shot at close range. The commentary correctly notes that the pheasant were raised on a game farm specifically to be hunted, but fails to mention that UBNJ members paid for the release of an additional 35 pheasant in order to help revive New Jersey's dwindling pheasant population. The Animal Protection PAC's opposition to hunting of any kind is a matter of record. While we can agree to disagree on that subject, Chaifetz would do well to stick to the facts and refrain from colorful hyperbole clearly geared to garner additional media attention. Jack Spoto FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP PRESIDENT UNITED BOWHUNTERS OF NEW JERSEY __________________ http://www.nra.org http://www.kriskrause.com http://twitter.com/dragthor http://twitter.com/newjerseyhunter The List - http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html The Lies of Tet - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120226056767646059.html

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 11:59 AM
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Quote: Chaifetz "discovered" the video on the New Jersey Hunter Web site. Quote: The Animal Protection PAC's opposition to hunting of any kind is a matter of record. __________________ "...but to protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not soundness of heart." TR A1202 is Bad! Shame on you Anthony Chiappone!

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 12:09 PM
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nicely done Jack __________________ Capitalist - Pro Staffer

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 12:18 PM
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Well said, Jack __________________ "Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have been disarmed have lost their liberties in less than forty years." -- Nicolo Machiavelli

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 12:23 PM
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Perfect. __________________ "Hunters across America must wake up to the awareness that they stand a good chance of losing their sport because of their own inaction and lassitude." Fred Bear 1975

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 12:24 PM
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good response __________________ redneck white trash

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 12:35 PM
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Very good. Short, fact filled, to the point. __________________ "To be unarmed and therefore helpless in the face of evil is irresponsible and in fact complicit to said evil. If you knowingly and intentionally go forward incapable of stopping evil, you assist in its progress. Only a person free to choose to protect himself is truly respecting God's gift of life." Ted Nugent

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 1:30 PM
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Well done __________________ "Well, if it isn't Mister Chain Blue Lightning himself" Proud Member of NRA, ANJRPC, B.A.S.S., Muskie Inc.

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 1:32 PM
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very nice

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 1:47 PM
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just right

Posted: 15 Sep 2006 2:02 PM
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Good job. __________________ It isn't the catch or the kill that makes for a great outdoor experience but enjoying all that God has created for us. Email me at birdmanmike@verizon.net instead of using PM's Official Hunt and Fish NJ Pro Staffer