A thought on unity
I'm writing this thread in reference to the differance of opinion between pro xbowers and die hard vert bowers like myself. My stance has always been against full inclusion but for the handicapped,elderly,and everyone after fall bow. Don't get me wrong here,I still believe this would be best however things don't always go the way one wishes and a general acceptance is the path one must follow to move on and keep hunter unity strong. Many of us have taken shots at F&G including myself mainly out of frustration because we feel our voice is not heard. But if we start to draw significant lines between types of hunting our voice weakens which leaves the antis licking there chops. We all know the damage done by our state towards F&G finacially is a "back door" move to bankrupt them feuled by the antis because they couldn't do it thru the front door. With that said,a division between hunters[bow,gun,xbow] and F&G will only strenthen their agenda. Look at the show of unity and how it strenthened our cause in wall township. Hunters,trappers,fisherman,F&G and even a scuba diver,all having some differance in some beliefs but at the same time united on an issue. An issue that some probobly would never have been affected by but still a strong comradery between sportsman showing their support for eachother. We need to move now to the singal most important issue for hunters,bag limits and unlimited does. If we "all" can join forces on these issues and keep after them with a true tenacity we can lead F&G to consider change. Just imagine if the federation,ubnj,ubnxj,njoa,and all sportsman could stand side by side at agenda meetings showing unity,that's power that can't be ignored. The bashing and in your face comments need to stop by all sides now! I myeslf will use my vert bow during bow season wether xbows are in the woods at the same time or not, I will use my shotgun during firearms season and probobly try an xbow during winter bow. Does my use of an xbow during winter bow alter my beliefs of the art and sactity of bow season,NO. But my beliefs can carry on without the need to bash someone else because they don't share the same ones I do. Acceptance is the only way we can stand strong and united. You may say,what brought all this on,well today being 911 we reflect back and remember how our nation showed it's unity against a larger threat. Republicans,democrats,independant,rich,poor,black,white all stood together against those that tried to harm us. As sportsman the antis need to be considered our biggest threat,not eachother. Fire away on me if you'd like but take s second to think about what I've said before you do.
I'm writing this thread in reference to the differance of opinion between pro xbowers and die hard vert bowers like myself. My stance has always been against full inclusion but for the handicapped,elderly,and everyone after fall bow. Don't get me wrong here,I still believe this would be best however things don't always go the way one wishes and a general acceptance is the path one must follow to move on and keep hunter unity strong. Many of us have taken shots at F&G including myself mainly out of frustration because we feel our voice is not heard. But if we start to draw significant lines between types of hunting our voice weakens which leaves the antis licking there chops. We all know the damage done by our state towards F&G finacially is a "back door" move to bankrupt them feuled by the antis because they couldn't do it thru the front door. With that said,a division between hunters[bow,gun,xbow] and F&G will only strenthen their agenda. Look at the show of unity and how it strenthened our cause in wall township. Hunters,trappers,fisherman,F&G and even a scuba diver,all having some differance in some beliefs but at the same time united on an issue. An issue that some probobly would never have been affected by but still a strong comradery between sportsman showing their support for eachother. We need to move now to the singal most important issue for hunters,bag limits and unlimited does. If we "all" can join forces on these issues and keep after them with a true tenacity we can lead F&G to consider change. Just imagine if the federation,ubnj,ubnxj,njoa,and all sportsman could stand side by side at agenda meetings showing unity,that's power that can't be ignored. The bashing and in your face comments need to stop by all sides now! I myeslf will use my vert bow during bow season wether xbows are in the woods at the same time or not, I will use my shotgun during firearms season and probobly try an xbow during winter bow. Does my use of an xbow during winter bow alter my beliefs of the art and sactity of bow season,NO. But my beliefs can carry on without the need to bash someone else because they don't share the same ones I do. Acceptance is the only way we can stand strong and united. You may say,what brought all this on,well today being 911 we reflect back and remember how our nation showed it's unity against a larger threat. Republicans,democrats,independant,rich,poor,black,white all stood together against those that tried to harm us. As sportsman the antis need to be considered our biggest threat,not eachother. Fire away on me if you'd like but take s second to think about what I've said before you do.
