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<blockquote data-quote="TexasSportsman" data-source="post: 2232631" data-attributes="member: 115081"><p>A friend asked me about the use of technology to feed their family. He disagreed with how humans used to hunt and how they hunt today. I explained to him that the Native Americans that shared the same grassy fields as the bison used to chase those bison off of a cliff. The woman and children were near the bottom of the cliff to readily kill what didn't die in the fall. They quickly made use of their primitive knives to skin and debone the carcass. The bones themselves were taken to make tools and weapons. If the Native Americans were to use the same technique today they'd themselves would be skewered. </p><p></p><p>If we go back further the humans would jump a deer or elk. They would struggle to bring the animal down and kill it. I am sure that those early humans suffered losses at the hoofs and antlers. I am also sure they were smart enough to realize that losing a human or two to injury or death was not sustainable. Some where they learned to make spears and attach rocks to a short stout branch to make a club by which they were able to incapacitate their dinner without losing members of their tribe. </p><p></p><p>As humans evolved they invented the bow and arrow which mean they didn't have to get so close to their prey to bring home dinner. They were able to grow and expand their tribe. As their hunting tools became more sophisticated they were able to feed a growing population. </p><p></p><p>Then gunpowder was invented and before long firearms came along. The better to bring home dinner and to fend off other humans that wanted to take what the other humans worked hard to accumulate; women, children, clothing, tools and land. </p><p></p><p>You see we have to develop more creative and innovative ways to bring home dinner. Then the lever rifles came. The native Americans were defeated and their source of food, clothing, tools, shelter, etc were slaughtered outright by hunters hired by the US Government. How do you feed a growing nation? Get as many hunters out there to nearly wipe out geese, ducks, deer, elk, etc. They were called market hunters. This was well before raising cattle, pigs, chickens as well as cereal grain on a commercial level large enough to feed the millions. </p><p></p><p>The good ole Teddy Roosevelt came along. The great outdoorsman who was the first president to see the need to protect our wildlife lest we eat every last one of them. Limits were placed, hunting seasons were established in order for the population of the wildlife to become sustainable again. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward to the late 20th and early 21 century. I have heard this time and time again that the population of American Whitetail today exceeds the population of whitetail before the market hunters severely dented the population. If what the experts had been telling us is true about the population of whitetail, how are we going to control that deer population so it doesn't starve itself to death or become a problem on golf courses and suburban neighborhoods...Oh wait! </p><p></p><p>Now lets look at feral hogs. They are a huge problem and getting bigger. So now you cannot use game cameras in AZ? See how foolish the idea is? If you had one and were using it to get a jump on the hog problem how much trouble would you get into? </p><p></p><p>I am glad I live in Texas where we don't have issues like that. I know people that use game cameras to track game, poachers and the occasional punk kid that rides is dirt bike on property that he has no permission to be on. </p><p></p><p>I see the reversal of this law sometime in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasSportsman, post: 2232631, member: 115081"] A friend asked me about the use of technology to feed their family. He disagreed with how humans used to hunt and how they hunt today. I explained to him that the Native Americans that shared the same grassy fields as the bison used to chase those bison off of a cliff. The woman and children were near the bottom of the cliff to readily kill what didn't die in the fall. They quickly made use of their primitive knives to skin and debone the carcass. The bones themselves were taken to make tools and weapons. If the Native Americans were to use the same technique today they'd themselves would be skewered. If we go back further the humans would jump a deer or elk. They would struggle to bring the animal down and kill it. I am sure that those early humans suffered losses at the hoofs and antlers. I am also sure they were smart enough to realize that losing a human or two to injury or death was not sustainable. Some where they learned to make spears and attach rocks to a short stout branch to make a club by which they were able to incapacitate their dinner without losing members of their tribe. As humans evolved they invented the bow and arrow which mean they didn't have to get so close to their prey to bring home dinner. They were able to grow and expand their tribe. As their hunting tools became more sophisticated they were able to feed a growing population. Then gunpowder was invented and before long firearms came along. The better to bring home dinner and to fend off other humans that wanted to take what the other humans worked hard to accumulate; women, children, clothing, tools and land. You see we have to develop more creative and innovative ways to bring home dinner. Then the lever rifles came. The native Americans were defeated and their source of food, clothing, tools, shelter, etc were slaughtered outright by hunters hired by the US Government. How do you feed a growing nation? Get as many hunters out there to nearly wipe out geese, ducks, deer, elk, etc. They were called market hunters. This was well before raising cattle, pigs, chickens as well as cereal grain on a commercial level large enough to feed the millions. The good ole Teddy Roosevelt came along. The great outdoorsman who was the first president to see the need to protect our wildlife lest we eat every last one of them. Limits were placed, hunting seasons were established in order for the population of the wildlife to become sustainable again. Fast forward to the late 20th and early 21 century. I have heard this time and time again that the population of American Whitetail today exceeds the population of whitetail before the market hunters severely dented the population. If what the experts had been telling us is true about the population of whitetail, how are we going to control that deer population so it doesn't starve itself to death or become a problem on golf courses and suburban neighborhoods...Oh wait! Now lets look at feral hogs. They are a huge problem and getting bigger. So now you cannot use game cameras in AZ? See how foolish the idea is? If you had one and were using it to get a jump on the hog problem how much trouble would you get into? I am glad I live in Texas where we don't have issues like that. I know people that use game cameras to track game, poachers and the occasional punk kid that rides is dirt bike on property that he has no permission to be on. I see the reversal of this law sometime in the future. [/QUOTE]
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