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I take it your not a hunter. Thats ok. All anti's don't care if you use eveything or not, they just feel that hunting/fishing/Trapping is wrong. I don't know how that could be. HUmans have been hunting/fishing/trapping for years... 1,000's of years. They also think if you don't hunt them they will live longer, That is far from the truth. We ( hunters ) do more for the wildlife then any anti can think of doing. Sportsman/woman give more money and time to help wildlife, Can't say that about U.S.H.S. ( Union States Human Socity ) or anyother Anti-hunting group.
Just like the Bear problem here in Jersey, the Anti's don't want us to hunt the Black Bear, but they say we should use birth control to bring down the population. Doing that will bring more Bears and would the Anti's pay for it all... NOPE, they want the DEP and Fish & Game to pay the bill for all that work...
If I or anyone else came off the wrong way with your request we are sorry. Like others have said WE (Hunters/Fisherperson/Trappers are under fire every day 24/7. I use as much of the game I hunt for to make things. Like a knife I made ( it is posted under neck knife ) pelts, buckskins, and anything else I can thing of at the time. There are somepeople that use 100% of the game they hunt.
Your a teacher right? You should know that in history, people have tried to tell others what they can and can not do. If I remember That is how the USA came about.... TEA anyone... ALso if you look in the Holy Book, it talks about hunting, and that God gaves us the animals to survive.
Hunters Helping Hunters.... What A Wonderful Thing
Hunters have also helped out non-hunters and hunters Like, Hunters helping the Hungery, Hunters & Farmers Feeding the Hungery, Make a wish foundation to name a few.
OK I'm rambeling on now.