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<blockquote data-quote="upstaterider2003" data-source="post: 190834" data-attributes="member: 9630"><p><strong>seems to me "we've" missed the point</strong></p><p></p><p>Does anyone remember Darwin?</p><p> </p><p>Fair chase, in my opinion, is no longer defined as fighting a tiger with a knife, or chasing a deer on foot and killing it with your bared hands, or climbing trees to catch squirrels...</p><p> </p><p>With human intelligence, the ability to reason and our somewhat more "evolved" methods of hunting, fair should not be defined by any organizations rules.. but more about common ethics, humanity and morals. Our society needs organizations to help people work within a framework of what can be termed acceptable behavior.</p><p> </p><p>Integrity is required as well, since using good judgement and humane "hunting practices" requires integrity. (remember Integrity is doing the right things when no one is looking)</p><p> </p><p>Fair chase, In my opinion is about harvesting an animal legally, with the least amount of anguish to the animal. Fair means taking the animal as humanely as possible, not jumping from a tree to stab it becasue that makes it an even playing field.</p><p> </p><p>Remember, an animal will be in stress if it smells you, sees you or otherwise detects danger. Imagine being stressed all day long thinking someone is in your house, trying to kill you, just out of sight, you can hear them but not see them, but you know someones there...</p><p> </p><p>(remember wild animals are pretty simple in terms of their thinking.) If I am being chased I run or fight for my life. If I am not being chased I am eating or sleeping, all the while being sure nothing is trying to kill me...</p><p> </p><p>My point with all of this is simply this:</p><p> </p><p>Fair chase is what we do to humanely harvest an animal, legally, ethically and with good moral judgement. Not if can be scored and called a trophy. I know people that have BC winners that never submitted because they do not want strangers poaching on their land. I know others who have taken "trophies" too small to consider worthwile to many "hunters". For them a trophy was a hunt that posed a challenge for them...maybe becasue they tracked it for hours or because it was wounded and bleeding slowly for days becasue of an unethical hunter...and harvesting tha animal was saving it from a long painful death...</p><p> </p><p>My intent was not to be long winded but to provide an alternative to what is considered fair when you think about humans vs. animals logically.</p><p> </p><p>Animals have advantages we don't. We have the ability to create tools to overcome those advantages.</p><p> </p><p>What we do with the tools and how we treat the hunt determines what's fair.</p><p> </p><p>Someone else said it already.... no such thing as EQUAL. Otherwise a lion would have the same chance at eating as a butterfly...nature created checks and balances. Strong slower animals hunt faster smaller animals...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upstaterider2003, post: 190834, member: 9630"] [b]seems to me "we've" missed the point[/b] Does anyone remember Darwin? Fair chase, in my opinion, is no longer defined as fighting a tiger with a knife, or chasing a deer on foot and killing it with your bared hands, or climbing trees to catch squirrels... With human intelligence, the ability to reason and our somewhat more "evolved" methods of hunting, fair should not be defined by any organizations rules.. but more about common ethics, humanity and morals. Our society needs organizations to help people work within a framework of what can be termed acceptable behavior. Integrity is required as well, since using good judgement and humane "hunting practices" requires integrity. (remember Integrity is doing the right things when no one is looking) Fair chase, In my opinion is about harvesting an animal legally, with the least amount of anguish to the animal. Fair means taking the animal as humanely as possible, not jumping from a tree to stab it becasue that makes it an even playing field. Remember, an animal will be in stress if it smells you, sees you or otherwise detects danger. Imagine being stressed all day long thinking someone is in your house, trying to kill you, just out of sight, you can hear them but not see them, but you know someones there... (remember wild animals are pretty simple in terms of their thinking.) If I am being chased I run or fight for my life. If I am not being chased I am eating or sleeping, all the while being sure nothing is trying to kill me... My point with all of this is simply this: Fair chase is what we do to humanely harvest an animal, legally, ethically and with good moral judgement. Not if can be scored and called a trophy. I know people that have BC winners that never submitted because they do not want strangers poaching on their land. I know others who have taken "trophies" too small to consider worthwile to many "hunters". For them a trophy was a hunt that posed a challenge for them...maybe becasue they tracked it for hours or because it was wounded and bleeding slowly for days becasue of an unethical hunter...and harvesting tha animal was saving it from a long painful death... My intent was not to be long winded but to provide an alternative to what is considered fair when you think about humans vs. animals logically. Animals have advantages we don't. We have the ability to create tools to overcome those advantages. What we do with the tools and how we treat the hunt determines what's fair. Someone else said it already.... no such thing as EQUAL. Otherwise a lion would have the same chance at eating as a butterfly...nature created checks and balances. Strong slower animals hunt faster smaller animals... [/QUOTE]
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