THOSE GUYS ARE RUINING HUNTING
by Ron Niles
Those guys that hunt for big antlers are ruining hunting! Those guys that shoot any year and a half old buck are ruining hunting! Those guys that shoot does are ruining hunting! Those guys that won’t shoot does are ruining hunting! Same goes for those that buy all the newest products on the market, and the same can be said of those that refuse progress. Oh, and those guys that spend money on leases are ruining hunting, as well as those that hunt only public land, causing over-crowding. You can see where this is going.
What about those rifle guys making the woods noisy, disturbing my hunt, or those bow hunters wounding all those deer. Then there are those crossbows, that ain’t hunting. Let’s not even get into the baiting, using scents, using outfitters, using calls, using dogs, sitting in a tree, still hunting, to deer hunt. How about shooting them at 500 or more yards? Is that ruining hunting? On second thought, let’s do get into it, or at least think about it.
Who hasn’t heard this, or even uttered these words or something similar? So what if there are differences in hunting styles and techniques? So what if someone wants to stick with traditional hunting garb and others want the newest and greatest? Is the hunter that is only after a 150” buck or better any less a hunter than the guy that wants to put meat in the freezer?