I just caught part of the National Geographic special on hunting. Although I did not see it from the beginning and I missed the part about taxidermy, I did see enough to be disgusted. This was certainly straight out of the PETA hand book. Our business has a grim future if it is going to be portayed by this type of journalism.
At one point while the narrator was interviewing a NJ game officer it seemed as if he might just break down and cry looking at a dead nuisance bear that had to be destroyd.I especially "liked" the part where the "hunter" said that anyone hunting for sport or a nice pair of Elk antlers should get another way to build his ego.( meanwhile his cabin was full of large racks)
I used to have a lot of respect for National Geographic specials,well, now I know that they are bias when they report. What a shame. I just finished writing my letters to our Govenor, Senator and Representitives in support of Bill Yox and at least I can feel good about that tonight!
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Thank you so much, and feel good that you helped your family too by doing so. All the best, Bill.
Did you notice that that guy that was hunting elk was bad mouthing other hunters for what they do & then he says he does feel using all the updated optics was not right so he hunts with Iron Sights.
Then he shoots at an elk & doesnt know if he hit it.
If he had a scope on his rifle he might have known where his bullet was going in the first place.
As for being an Expert with a rifle in the Marine Corps, I was also in the Marines & a range coach & taught hundreds of guys like him to shoot, & ANYONE who was ever in the military will tell you, optics is for making sure its going down NOT to just wound it.
Oh ya then he pulls the small binoculars out of his pocket to look at the animal.
Sounds to me that that guy needs to quit patting him self on the back & be fair to the animals Use a scope & be sure of the shot.
Then the guy is not a trophy hunter But yet he takes the camera to his house where he has a nice bull Elk European mount on the wall.
This guy needs his butt kicked for even trying to talk about ethics.
As for the Environuts, That was actualy one of the milder shows that I have seen Usualy they give the hunter about 3 lines to say & thats it.
Even I dont agree with the Pigion shoot part. But as for the rest, I felt the Becoming an out doors woman speaker handled her self ok.& the first time hunter even handled herself ok with good out come SHE WENT BACK OUT HUNTING. Remember the jerk that was asking her the Questions was trying to manipulate the moment & get her imotions to show. Hell I get a little emotional every time I kill a big game species & give proper thanks to God for supplying me the animal.
The antis will always be portraid as the crusaders that are going to stop all so called poaching in the world.
It is up to you & I to set the example for the hunting organizations & handle our selves accordingly.
Just my thoughts
RJ Simington
I also watched the National Geographic special and all it did was make me mad.They had one anti claiming that the use of hunting as a way of controling the population was a scam.There have been numeruos studies involving the contraceptive devices and they were found to be unsuccessful in the long run.I have the deepest respect for the wildlife I hunt,and I do my best to quickly and humanely kill that animal.It seems to me that a well placed bullet is better than being pulled down and eaten alive by coyotes,when the animal is starving,due to the fact the population has exeeded the carrying capacity of the land. Greg Clark Ozark Nature Images Taxidermy