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#41 ·
Enkriss said:
Nuisance bears have been getting relocated to northern NJ for decades. It became over run by bears in the north. After a long hard fight a bear hunt was enacted.

Hunting in general has been under close scrutiny lately. The publics view is important to hunting and its future. We as hunters need to think about this before we release that arrow or pull that trigger. It might be unfortunate but its the world we live in.

You guys can try to defend this person who "allegedly killed pedals" but honestly you have gotta be one sadistic prick to shoot this bear. Legal or not!

This guy could have single handedly ended bear hunting in NJ. Like bear hunting was not getting enough critism to begin with...smh...back to being over run by bears I guess.
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Your first sentence is untrue because the population started to expand from North Jersey years ago and when they were found in other areas and had to be relocated, there were no other areas in the state with: A. The habitat and townships that would accept them. B. No other states wanted them. The overpopulation issue occurred because of the lack of a season and ideal conditions for them to survive. We didn't have to fight for a bear season, the complaint reports, damage to agriculture, home break ins, livestock attacks etc..did that for us as the victims of what I mentioned had had enough and demanded the state do something to control them. You must be new to hunting or have lived under a rock for a while, as the opposition to it started a long time ago but there was no internet or SM to provide an instant platform for the wackos.

What do we need to think about? How many non-hunters have been injured or killed by a hunter in NJ? We all had to take a hunter safety course before we got licensed. Some hunters may not be ethical but you can find people like that in any activity or profession if you look hard enough. Just look at our political leaders.

The public's view of hunters is only influenced by the media which does not report the truth, they report the news. It's the constant drumbeat of comments like yours that they use as gasoline to put on the fire of scrutiny. You may not like the size or type of animal another hunter takes but if they did it legally and honestly why would you call him out? The sadism is wanting to see the bear in a zoo as compared to its natural environment and knowing what happened to the guy from Rutgers and the anti's are completely silent about it or claim it was foul play.
The criticism will never end, you need to understand and get used to that. In 1976 PA opened its bear season and the anti's were there and predicted that all the bears would be killed. Today there are 15,000. The only place where animals have names is in the Disney movies and if you saw bambi you know the image they have been portraying of hunters for a long time.
 
#44 ·
Sugar said:
I'm still trying to understand the clowns that think it's ok to think that if the bear was taken the hunter did something wrong.

They may as well sell their bows guns and fishing poles and go get a seat at Whittingham in advance for next years bear seasons protests
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Oh, shit. Clowns? Bears that walk on 2 legs and now clowns? I'm never going in the woods again....
 
#45 ·
hongo9999 said:
If you wanted to do a real story, it would be about the over population of bears in New Jersey. It would discuss how hunting is widely agreed, by state biologists and other professionals, to be the most effective method of population control. It would quote scientific journals that show how birth control doesn't work. It would describe how the most densely populated state in the US can only support so many bears. It may even mention how a bear killed a rutgers student and an investigation proved it was predatory behavior and not some error made by the victim.

Or, you can do the story every other anti is doing about how this "beloved" bear was killed. You might fail to mention that the reason he was so beloved was because he was injured in a unique way that, although it increased his suffering, seemed to delight certain people. They liked to watch it.

PS. You don't need to talk the hunter that killed "Pedals" to do such a story.
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I dont want to diss this Jason Nark guy, but you are 100% correct. Nothing is to gain by contributing to the sensilization of this situation. There are better, informative, and productive topics, like the ones you mentioned.
 
#47 · (Edited)
You can write that without imput from the hunter. Common sense would dictate the storyline. I don't see why that is so hard to figure out. The data and the words are out there. Like the dentist and whatever the lion's name was. That man didn't need to go through all of that for doing something legal.
 
#48 · (Edited)
If you get out to hunt and fish like you have said, then you have your story write it. If you truly enjoy the outdoors then write it In a thoughtful educated way. Not in the current trashy, biased, witch hunt, way the media writes things. I've watched it first hand how the news manipulates a story. I had a guy a work with get interviewed over a football game with the eagles and giants. He loved the giants through the power of editing he was an eagles fan after the story ran. I don't watch the news and for the most part don't read the paper a whole lot, why? The media doesn't tell the truth. All you have to do is look at the election right now how they villanize one person for things that have been said on every job site, bar, club, hair salon,etc. but a person that should have lost her job at the very minimum for their actions at their job is put ons pedastal. This is why you are getting the answers you are. If you want to direct quote me in a article with my previous statement about the bear being a wild animal you have my permission. It's about educating people and bringing them back intouch with the reality the world around them. Chris
 
#51 ·
Dunno about Pedals, But I did kill Slinky, Brutus, Muddy Bill, and Betty the breeder among others. And I can honestly say, they were all delicious.
 
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#54 ·
narkj said:
I'm still lingering.
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Do your due diligence, and confirm a kill. While your at it, assist the victims that have had their lives, as well as the lives of family members threatened.... assist law enforcement in the prosecution of these terrorists.... then you could anticipate some degree of participation from this community. Until then, go screw....
 
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