Buckstop
Senior Member
I may wright my own article "why I couldn't care less if he hunts anymore"
Speckled trout and black drum...come on man, thats a no brainer!! Trout wins!
once you go white, you know it was fished right.Most folks who eschew the black drum have not eaten many of them.
But once you go black, you never throw back!
Those big, chewy parasitic worms in the flesh are the best part.Most folks who eschew the black drum have not eaten many of them.
But once you go black, you never throw back!
My son passed away that year so I just didn’t want to deal with all the aggravation.
It was hard to leave it after hunting for 42 years, but now I can at least take my grandkids fishing.
I wander how long it will be before he stops fishing? I see just as many "tricked out trucks" with fishing stickers in the back window pulling high dollar boats and seems to be fishing has gone the way of the trophy fish. Seems like he just wants to bash hunters, not that I am bashing fisherman I hunt and fish. I feel as long as you abide by the laws set for us and you not hurting anyone you should do what makes you happy. Quitting isn't helping anyone or anything. Just tells you something about his character and he is probably bitter he has never killed a good buck lol.
Smoked him, took dirt nap etc... totally turns me off. It blows away any spiritual connections to being part of this cycle of life. Being thankful to whomever created this wonderful creature and thanking the creature for its sacrifice is how I show my respect for the animals. I don’t take killing an animal lightly. I too raised hogs and chickens. I never mistreated them nor showed them anything other than care and compassion. Yes we still carried out the butchering, but with great care to ensure their wasn’t any suffering. My focus was always take care of the animal completely first then celebrate the harvest later. It’s more of a reverent celebration. A celebration of thankfulness. It keeps me well grounded and allows me to feel my connection to this earth. It definitely isn’t a thing to turn into a spectacle. Just my two cents.I don't think having a respect for life has anything at all to do with "elitism." It just shows that you are a person with some empathy and compassion. And, you realize the hard truth that you are alive because you take the life of something that wants to be alive just as much as you or I. I also don't subscribe to the "dominion over the animals" concept. I think we are a part of the overall picture, no more important than any other part to anyone except ourselves.
And, yes, I do have mere respect for a wild deer that belongs here than a domestic chicken or some invasive exotic species that is destoying our environment. I have killed a lot of all three. Killing a deer brings out very different emotions in me than axing a chicken or killing a carp. Whether or not that's good or bad, that's just how it is. Respect for life extends to domestic animals, though. If you've ever spent a year raising a hog or steer, feeding it and tending to it every day, that moment when you're standing there with the .22 and a bead between its eyes isn't easy; even though you know that's the way it works and that you and your family rely on this meat.
I will not apologize to anyone for respecting the life of animals and honoring their death at my hands with some respect. If that makes me some kind of "elitist" in your eyes, so be it. But nothing makes me more nauseous than watching one of those hunting shows where the feller shoots a deer and starts hollering "I smoked him!" at the top of his lungs, dances a jig, and then goes over there to where it's laying and hollers some antler number and keeps carrying on and doesn't even notice or give a flying durn about the dead deer under the antlers. I'm just wired up differently than you, I guess.
You are probably correct, I am a die hard bass fisherman and I love fishing tournaments and it is very addictive. Luckily my wife supports all I do, she knew it before she married me and encourages me still after 17 yrs of marriage.You could probably same some money if you took up drinking and drugs and going to the shoe show instead of hunting and fishing.
Also bass fishing doesnt seem bad but it is like the “gateway” fishing. If you aren’t careful it will lead to striper fishing and then saltwater and Then it’s all over