Being a Hunter

Proud to be a hunter, fisherman, and overall lover of the outdoors.

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Proud to be a hunter, fisherman, and overall lover of the outdoors.

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I am a hunter, I will not apologize!!

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Here, Here!!!

Mark

My grandfather was a hunter. My dad is a hunter. I am a hunter and my 5 year old grandson is a hunter. No apologies from any of us….

With that said, we must all be ethical hunters and lead by exmaple. No need giving the antis any unnecessary leverage.

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With that said, we must all be ethical hunters and lead by exmaple. No need giving the antis any unnecessary leverage.

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Well, I think you’ve put your finger on the crux of the issue, right there. “Ethical” is a loaded word. Ethical by whose standards?

IMO, the taking of any animal purely for the trophy of having done so (hide, head, claws, horns, etc) is one of the most problematic situations and it exposes all hunters to critisim.

I’m not sure how on-board I am with the situation in Canada. My understanding was that in Alaska you better pack out 100% of the edible portion of EVERY game animal including bear or you’ll get socked for a wanton waste violation so quick it’ll make your head spin. Lack of easy access to truc/pack/fly out meat is NOT an excuse for waste.

Grouse

All I’m talking about is staying within the law. Maybe “ethical” is a loaded word. I get upset every year when I hear the stories about gut piles being dumped on private property, road side ditches and public areas. Then we get the baiting stories,and the tresspass issues and hunting without permits, not tagging game properly. Leaving trash behind on public and private property. These are examples of things I was refering too. Everytime someones does these things they get lumped onto hunters as a whole and it hurts how the non hunting public percieves “hunters”. Trophy hunting vs meat hunting and the bigger issues are going to be there but we should do all we can to help foster a positive image for ourselves.

I could be wrong, but in Alaska, there are certain times of the year you are not required to keep the meat even off black bears. The risk of disease is too great. I don’t believe you are ever required to keep grizzly meat. I’ll ask my alaska buddy to confirm this.