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Loosing the thrill of the hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="KYpatriot" data-source="post: 1027678" data-attributes="member: 48028"><p>Ok. If it makes anyone feel better to think you are being fair with your high power binoculars, 1000 yard rifles, 300 fos razor blade flinging compound bows, using tactics developed by brains many times the intelligence level of our quarry then go ahead. I don't see a need to justify myself or pretend they have a chance. Out of respect for life I kill as cleanly as I can but I personally think the whole fair chase argument is for non hunters, or people who feel guilty or squeamish about it. It wouldn't be fair if we had nothing but spears. We would still figure out how to kill and eat quite handily and there is nothing wrong with it. </p><p>If you got caught out without a weapon by a grizzly, he won't think " is this fair since I outweigh him seven times", he will just eat you, it is just survival for him. We are fortunately in a situation where hunting has become sport because most of us can survive without it by buying meat at the store which was bred, born, and raised to be slaughtered. Nobody gives fair chase a thought when they pick up that styrofoam tray. </p><p>It isn't a moral issue, it is a purely a practical one. We have hunting rules to manage the harvest to endure future opportunities to hunt. Which is smart, because I want my kids to be able to enjoy nature as I have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KYpatriot, post: 1027678, member: 48028"] Ok. If it makes anyone feel better to think you are being fair with your high power binoculars, 1000 yard rifles, 300 fos razor blade flinging compound bows, using tactics developed by brains many times the intelligence level of our quarry then go ahead. I don't see a need to justify myself or pretend they have a chance. Out of respect for life I kill as cleanly as I can but I personally think the whole fair chase argument is for non hunters, or people who feel guilty or squeamish about it. It wouldn't be fair if we had nothing but spears. We would still figure out how to kill and eat quite handily and there is nothing wrong with it. If you got caught out without a weapon by a grizzly, he won't think " is this fair since I outweigh him seven times", he will just eat you, it is just survival for him. We are fortunately in a situation where hunting has become sport because most of us can survive without it by buying meat at the store which was bred, born, and raised to be slaughtered. Nobody gives fair chase a thought when they pick up that styrofoam tray. It isn't a moral issue, it is a purely a practical one. We have hunting rules to manage the harvest to endure future opportunities to hunt. Which is smart, because I want my kids to be able to enjoy nature as I have. [/QUOTE]
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