This Letter To The Editor is a little dated because it’s been trumped by harder news lately, but I’ve been wanting to post it because it makes an interesting argument that’s still plenty valid and timely with Michigan imposing a bait ban last year and Wisconsin now considering the same. Here it is, from the Wausau Daily Herald:
EDITOR: Is this what deer hunting in Wisconsin has become?
YES!YES!YES!
I have been waiting to hear this side of the story being backed by a well-known mag! I couldnt agree more with you! The fact that the wealthy are the ones that seem to benefit out of everything is something that happens WITH EVERYTHING! But the fact still remains that the common man will always be short changed in rules and guidelines, and this is just wrong! Baiting should be on the landowner and what he plans to do with that pile of bait on his/her own property...is there own business, its their property.
Hunters who parent young kids (and I am one) are always seeking ways to get their offspring interested in the outdoors. It is an interesting tight-rope to walk: You want to provide opportunity and encouragement, but not push or force-feed it to them. Some kids are seemingly born with a coonskin cap on their heads (and the accompanying instincts and drive that make a great hunter), others, well…they need smaller, well-spaced doses. It is our responsibility to be sensitive enough to know when our kids are ripe for such experiences, and when they just need to play with a ball in the yard.
I watched this movie first by myself, then I had to get the wife, and then we all watched it with our two boys. I couldnt help but think of how its going to be hunting and fishing with my boys! This was funny as much as it was heart warming!
Well I dont know how many of you actually hunt an EAB Zone or even hunt in WI for that matter, but I do and I can tell you this...I was jumping for joy when they suspended it!
I dont know what the auther was thinking when he wrote "people dont like it because it works"...he must have had his head somewhere else when he was researching for this.
While in EAB, you have everybody and thier uncle in the woods, shooting anything brown and its down! They just want the chance for the buck and they will do WHATEVER it takes to get that chance as early as possible.
I mean I can see why they say it cuts the herd down, its a bloody massacre on deer!
Its sad to think that these nice bucks may have been shot and never found or maybe a poacher...maybe it was mother nature herself, but at least they were found and people get the chance to see some of the wonders of these animals racks.
From the Charleston Daily Mail: In a burial plot that is 19 feet long and nine feet wide, Albert Dancy Jr. lies in a casket in a vault in his 1967 Chevy pickup.
Wearing Realtree camouflage, Dancy, 50, went on to the next life accompanied by a couple of other favorite things: his Old Timer pocketknife and Remington .243-caliber deer rifle.
This is great! To be honest, this would be a great way to go out!
I give alot of respect to the family for doing what they did to fulfill a wish, its great!
This, like many other bogus scandels against hunters, is ridiculus! I get tired of seeing such outlandish things being said/done agianst the hunter/fisherman! Something needs to change!
We're starting a new contest at Fly Talk... "Write the Caption, Win a Prize." The rules are simple: Submit your best caption for this photo by way of comment below. We'll check them out, and reward the best with a little flyfishing swag. For this one, we'll award a Nautilus (reels) baseball hat and XL T-shirt. So give it your best shot, and good luck.
I have never "fly-fished" but I do use a fly-rod. I can say from experience that fly-fishing has taught me alot! From patience to stealth, its all envolved. You have to know a little something about trout and the creek and the process in which you are going to fish. Its sall something that comes with the teachings of going out every chance you get. Its like a text-book that has new pages everytime you open it!
The world’s teetering on depression . . . yet state lawmakers will soon hold three hearings so those who endured a “very disappointing and unproductive season” can condemn the 2008 deer hunts that registered 453,000 whitetails. . . .
I strongly agree that its the DNR here in WI that is causing so much uproar. Think about all the turmoil that has come off of CWD and how the DNR took care of that: kill,kill,kill!
Plus, every year, they respond to questions concerning the deer population with the same answer: kill,kill,kill!
But, the funny part to this is, that for every sentence spoke about cutting down herds or any type of herd control period, there are paragraphs being spoken on all the "new" laws and regulations that will enable us to kill them.
Im not sure the DNR here has its head on straight, or at least its not tightend down all the way. I for one ahve been to SEVERAL meetings and seminars, envolving the WI DNR, and I can tell you this much....
They dodge questions faster then Barry Sanders on a runback! Its terrible!
It seems the only thing we have to really rely on is science and hopefully it can find a way to get things back to the norm a little.
George Nolan used to be an avid deer hunter. But he has given it up, all because of Baby.
The Nolan family has opened their Jones, Mich., home to a wild deer they call Baby. They found her last spring, a newborn fawn that had apparently been abandoned by her mother . . .
Since the Nolans run a wildlife rescue center, they thought nothing about taking her in.
I, 150 times over, totally disagree with this!!
Animals are meant to be in the wild. Things happen in nature that cause young to have to "sink or swim" so to speak, but thats natures way! Who are we to step in and decide different? I understand that in some circumstances where the mother may have been hit by a car or maybe killed another way. But nature has a way to sort things out.
Mother Nature is the only one who should decide what happens to animals. Striping them from what they already know and trying to chnage them into some sort of house pet is just wrong. Its almost cruel!
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Discussion Topic: Food Plots Vs. Baiting28
This Letter To The Editor is a little dated because it’s been trumped by harder news lately, but I’ve been wanting to post it because it makes an interesting argument that’s still plenty valid and timely with Michigan imposing a bait ban last year and Wisconsin now considering the same. Here it is, from the Wausau Daily Herald:
EDITOR: Is this what deer hunting in Wisconsin has become?
YES!YES!YES! I have been waiting to hear this side of the story being backed by a well-known mag! I couldnt agree more with you! The fact that the wealthy are the ones that seem to benefit out of everything is something that happens WITH EVERYTHING! But the fact still remains that the common man will always be short changed in rules and guidelines, and this is just wrong! Baiting should be on the landowner and what he plans to do with that pile of bait on his/her own property...is there own business, its their property.
On the Right Track14
Hunters who parent young kids (and I am one) are always seeking ways to get their offspring interested in the outdoors. It is an interesting tight-rope to walk: You want to provide opportunity and encouragement, but not push or force-feed it to them. Some kids are seemingly born with a coonskin cap on their heads (and the accompanying instincts and drive that make a great hunter), others, well…they need smaller, well-spaced doses. It is our responsibility to be sensitive enough to know when our kids are ripe for such experiences, and when they just need to play with a ball in the yard.
I watched this movie first by myself, then I had to get the wife, and then we all watched it with our two boys. I couldnt help but think of how its going to be hunting and fishing with my boys! This was funny as much as it was heart warming!
Opinion: Is Earn-A-Buck Really So Bad?18
From the Wisconsin State Journal:
Well I dont know how many of you actually hunt an EAB Zone or even hunt in WI for that matter, but I do and I can tell you this...I was jumping for joy when they suspended it! I dont know what the auther was thinking when he wrote "people dont like it because it works"...he must have had his head somewhere else when he was researching for this. While in EAB, you have everybody and thier uncle in the woods, shooting anything brown and its down! They just want the chance for the buck and they will do WHATEVER it takes to get that chance as early as possible. I mean I can see why they say it cuts the herd down, its a bloody massacre on deer!
BuckTracker: Bittersweet Finds15
Its sad to think that these nice bucks may have been shot and never found or maybe a poacher...maybe it was mother nature herself, but at least they were found and people get the chance to see some of the wonders of these animals racks.
WV Man Buried With Chevy Truck, Realtree Camo, and .24337
From the Charleston Daily Mail:
In a burial plot that is 19 feet long and nine feet wide, Albert Dancy Jr. lies in a casket in a vault in his 1967 Chevy pickup.
Wearing Realtree camouflage, Dancy, 50, went on to the next life accompanied by a couple of other favorite things: his Old Timer pocketknife and Remington .243-caliber deer rifle.
Sound like your kind of send-off?
This is great! To be honest, this would be a great way to go out! I give alot of respect to the family for doing what they did to fulfill a wish, its great!
Neighbors Feud Over Backyard Deer Butchering49
From Dallas/Fort Worth CBS 11 News:
A Lewisville family is angry that their neighbor is skinning game animals in their back yard.
"I don't want to see it. I don't want to see it at all," Frank Hlatky said. "You can't get rid of that stench."
Santos Garcia is a long-time hunter and says he's been processing meat in his back yard for years. . . .
This, like many other bogus scandels against hunters, is ridiculus! I get tired of seeing such outlandish things being said/done agianst the hunter/fisherman! Something needs to change!
Write the Caption, Win a Prize183
We're starting a new contest at Fly Talk... "Write the Caption, Win a Prize." The rules are simple: Submit your best caption for this photo by way of comment below. We'll check them out, and reward the best with a little flyfishing swag. For this one, we'll award a Nautilus (reels) baseball hat and XL T-shirt. So give it your best shot, and good luck.
KD & TR
"And they said I wouldn't catch anything"
What Does Flyfishing Teach Us?21
After watching this repurposed commercial for the San Antonio Express-News, via Moldychum it got me thinking, what does fly fishing teach me?
I have never "fly-fished" but I do use a fly-rod. I can say from experience that fly-fishing has taught me alot! From patience to stealth, its all envolved. You have to know a little something about trout and the creek and the process in which you are going to fish. Its sall something that comes with the teachings of going out every chance you get. Its like a text-book that has new pages everytime you open it!
Wisconsin Hunters Hot Over Last Fall’s Harvest24
From the Wisconsin State Journal:
The world’s teetering on depression . . . yet state lawmakers will soon hold three hearings so those who endured a “very disappointing and unproductive season” can condemn the 2008 deer hunts that registered 453,000 whitetails. . . .
I strongly agree that its the DNR here in WI that is causing so much uproar. Think about all the turmoil that has come off of CWD and how the DNR took care of that: kill,kill,kill! Plus, every year, they respond to questions concerning the deer population with the same answer: kill,kill,kill! But, the funny part to this is, that for every sentence spoke about cutting down herds or any type of herd control period, there are paragraphs being spoken on all the "new" laws and regulations that will enable us to kill them. Im not sure the DNR here has its head on straight, or at least its not tightend down all the way. I for one ahve been to SEVERAL meetings and seminars, envolving the WI DNR, and I can tell you this much.... They dodge questions faster then Barry Sanders on a runback! Its terrible! It seems the only thing we have to really rely on is science and hopefully it can find a way to get things back to the norm a little.
Michigan Man Gives Up Hunting Over “Baby”—The Pet Deer29
From AOL News and WSJV-TV:
George Nolan used to be an avid deer hunter. But he has given it up, all because of Baby.
The Nolan family has opened their Jones, Mich., home to a wild deer they call Baby. They found her last spring, a newborn fawn that had apparently been abandoned by her mother . . .
Since the Nolans run a wildlife rescue center, they thought nothing about taking her in.
I, 150 times over, totally disagree with this!! Animals are meant to be in the wild. Things happen in nature that cause young to have to "sink or swim" so to speak, but thats natures way! Who are we to step in and decide different? I understand that in some circumstances where the mother may have been hit by a car or maybe killed another way. But nature has a way to sort things out. Mother Nature is the only one who should decide what happens to animals. Striping them from what they already know and trying to chnage them into some sort of house pet is just wrong. Its almost cruel!
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