Comments on: Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/ Behind the Scenes at King's Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:35:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Adam Bedont http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-34114 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:14:11 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-34114 i agree #29 and 24 LONG LIVE OLD DAYS,OLD WAYS,AND HUNTING ALL TO GEATHERE i agree #29 and 24

LONG LIVE OLD DAYS,OLD WAYS,AND HUNTING ALL TO GEATHERE

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Jerry Hedrick http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-21144 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:37:39 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-21144 I read your post looking for comments concerning the future of hunting and the average hunter. First of all, let me say that I am 40 years old and have been hunting since I was 9 years old and deer hunting since I was 11. Hunting is a tradition and sport that was passed on to me by my father and I am trying to generate the interest for my two sons as well. I thoroughly enjoy time in the field with my sons and hope to create memories that will stay with them all their lives. The future of hunting lies with our kids and theirs. My biggest fear in the future of hunting is that the tradition of hunting will diminsh due to the ever growing costs associated with the "business" of hunting. I have lived in Texas for almost 7 years and I can't believe the cost to hunt in this state. It is such big business that the average hunter, like myself, cannot afford to hunt. So, to answer your question about what is an average hunter, I am afraid to say that the costs of hunting is beginning to define what the average hunter is, at least here in Texas. If you can't afford to play the game you are forced to sit on the sideline. I understand that this is not the case in all states where there is a lot more access to BLM and federal land. I grew up having access to local farm land in North Carolina and the only costs that I incurred was my annual hunting license fee and getting permission from the land owner. I am afraid that my kids will not have the same opportunities to continue the great tradition and sport of hunting. Upon my retirement from the military, I plan to pursue a career in Wildlife Management. If I can't afford to support the conservation of our wildlife through hunting, at least I can try to make a difference another way. Hunting is a part of me that I refuse to give up and I will find a way to remain a part of the tradition. I read your post looking for comments concerning the future of hunting and the average hunter. First of all, let me say that I am 40 years old and have been hunting since I was 9 years old and deer hunting since I was 11. Hunting is a tradition and sport that was passed on to me by my father and I am trying to generate the interest for my two sons as well. I thoroughly enjoy time in the field with my sons and hope to create memories that will stay with them all their lives. The future of hunting lies with our kids and theirs. My biggest fear in the future of hunting is that the tradition of hunting will diminsh due to the ever growing costs associated with the “business” of hunting. I have lived in Texas for almost 7 years and I can’t believe the cost to hunt in this state. It is such big business that the average hunter, like myself, cannot afford to hunt. So, to answer your question about what is an average hunter, I am afraid to say that the costs of hunting is beginning to define what the average hunter is, at least here in Texas. If you can’t afford to play the game you are forced to sit on the sideline. I understand that this is not the case in all states where there is a lot more access to BLM and federal land. I grew up having access to local farm land in North Carolina and the only costs that I incurred was my annual hunting license fee and getting permission from the land owner. I am afraid that my kids will not have the same opportunities to continue the great tradition and sport of hunting. Upon my retirement from the military, I plan to pursue a career in Wildlife Management. If I can’t afford to support the conservation of our wildlife through hunting, at least I can try to make a difference another way. Hunting is a part of me that I refuse to give up and I will find a way to remain a part of the tradition.

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Ron Dodson http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-21037 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:04:39 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-21037 I am 57 years old and have hunted most of my life, at least 45 years.I have lived in Oregon most of my life except a few years. I grew up in the good ole days of mule deer hunting. To shoot anything smaller than a four point was unheard of. Now a days a 4x4 or such. I have watched the deer heards dwindle and the population go up. Ore, dept. of wildlife say's we have lots of animals, they stood on this position until our heards were almost gone. Now they realise and admit we have problems. The only problem they acknowledge is to many cougars. Oregon voted to make cougar hunting with dog illegal about ten years ago as did california. Thats where part of the problem lies. The people in the know aren't running the show. Thats the same with federal mismanagement of wolves and bears in the northern rockies. Bears have also reaked havoc on Elk calves andof coarse coyotes do there fare share of damage on deer and antelopes. I think every responsible hunter should spend his off season trying to elemenate preditors until the population is back in order. The game commission could issue extra cougar tags. Orginizations could also offer bounties on preditors, if people need more incentive. The next thing I really disaprove of is public land being over grased by livestock, while private land is closed to the public. This should work both ways. They run their cattle on our land and then charge to hunt on theirs. Also in Ore. they can get Landowner tags. Which in turn they can sell, supposedly for crop damage. Like I said we the public don't get payed for livestock damage. Finally I am opposed to auction hunts. They are only for the wealthy. We all buy our hunting licences, buy general tags ,pay fees and taxes. Raffles are fair because everybody has an equal chance even if you can buy more chances. The little guy still stands a chance. On an auction only the rich wins. The funds from theese hunts should be used for the speices they are bidding on not some commisioners pet speices. As in oregon where the lions share usually goes to sheep. The other problem with this is they are killing off the prime breeding stock. How many ranchers would sell their prize bull. Something has to happen here in Oregon. Seasons are short enough. Maybe less tags, season closers, for acouple of years. Ranching for wildlife like in colorado or something. I don't have all the answers or even all the questions but I know something needs to happen. Like I say I once saw the good old days, when you couldn't drive down the highway through winter range with out seeing thousands of mule deer, sometimes having to stop to run them off the road. Now a days you see several hundred on the same drive if your lucky. I love the west and my only regret is that I didn't hunt more of it when I was healthy enough to do it. The future is to the young and if things decline in the next twenty years as they have in the last there won't be any. So all you true sons of the golden west the future is now and you are the future. I am 57 years old and have hunted most of my life, at least 45 years.I have lived in Oregon most of my life except a few years. I grew up in the good ole days of mule deer hunting. To shoot anything smaller than a four point was unheard of. Now a days a 4×4 or such. I have watched the deer heards dwindle and the population go up. Ore, dept. of wildlife say’s we have lots of animals, they stood on this position until our heards were almost gone. Now they realise and admit we have problems. The only problem they acknowledge is to many cougars. Oregon voted to make cougar hunting with dog illegal about ten years ago as did california. Thats where part of the problem lies. The people in the know aren’t running the show. Thats the same with federal mismanagement of wolves and bears in the northern rockies. Bears have also reaked havoc on Elk calves andof coarse coyotes do there fare share of damage on deer and antelopes. I think every responsible hunter should spend his off season trying to elemenate preditors until the population is back in order. The game commission could issue extra cougar tags. Orginizations could also offer bounties on preditors, if people need more incentive.
The next thing I really disaprove of is public land being over grased by livestock, while private land is closed to the public. This should work both ways. They run their cattle on our land and then charge to hunt on theirs. Also in Ore. they can get Landowner tags. Which in turn they can sell, supposedly for crop damage. Like I said we the public don’t get payed for livestock damage. Finally I am opposed to auction hunts. They are only for the wealthy. We all buy our hunting licences, buy general tags ,pay fees and taxes. Raffles are fair because everybody has an equal chance even if you can buy more chances. The little guy still stands a chance. On an auction only the rich wins. The funds from theese hunts should be used for the speices they are bidding on not some commisioners pet speices. As in oregon where the lions share usually goes to sheep. The other problem with this is they are killing off the prime breeding stock. How many ranchers would sell their prize bull. Something has to happen here in Oregon. Seasons are short enough. Maybe less tags, season closers, for acouple of years. Ranching for wildlife like in colorado or something. I don’t have all the answers or even all the questions but I know something needs to happen. Like I say I once saw the good old days, when you couldn’t drive down the highway through winter range with out seeing thousands of mule deer, sometimes having to stop to run them off the road. Now a days you see several hundred on the same drive if your lucky. I love the west and my only regret is that I didn’t hunt more of it when I was healthy enough to do it. The future is to the young and if things decline in the next twenty years as they have in the last there won’t be any. So all you true sons of the golden west the future is now and you are the future.

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: ARROW7 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-20081 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:47:55 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-20081 PLEASE LEAVE OHIO OUT OF YOUR HIPE , I THINK MOST OF US CAN AGREE THAT YOUR PUBLICITY IS BRINGING TOO MUCH UN-NEEDED PRESSURE AND FLOOD OF PEOPLE TO OUR AREA. IT HAS CHANGED WHAT USE TO BE A FRIENDLY EASY TO GET PERMISSION ENVIROMENT , TO A NOW NOBODY WILL LET YOU HUNT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS FROM OUT OF TOWNER'S NO RESPECT ATTITUDES. GODBLESS OUR HUNTING BUT DON'T LET GO OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS & WAYS PLEASE LEAVE OHIO OUT OF YOUR HIPE , I THINK MOST OF US CAN AGREE THAT YOUR PUBLICITY IS BRINGING TOO MUCH UN-NEEDED PRESSURE AND FLOOD OF PEOPLE TO OUR AREA. IT HAS CHANGED WHAT USE TO BE A FRIENDLY EASY TO GET PERMISSION ENVIROMENT , TO A NOW NOBODY WILL LET YOU HUNT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS FROM OUT OF TOWNER’S NO RESPECT ATTITUDES.

GODBLESS OUR HUNTING
BUT DON’T LET GO OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS & WAYS

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Seth Wilson http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18933 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:41:53 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18933 To all you people writing in whining and crying about the price of hunting: Get over it! Im 22 years old, I have my own house, two vehicles, a wife, one child and one on the way, and payments to go along with all of them. Im not a college grad with degrees and such, I walked out of highschool to my job down the road and have never looked back. I dont have bundles of money to spend on hunting much less anything else. But you know what, I still hunt, every opportunity. I cant afford to go out and pay guides and outfitters to put me on a big buck or bull. So what does that mean to me? It means I have to utilize opportunities I have and use the knowledge I have to the best of my ability. Like I said, Im 22 years old, Ive got 6 deer on my wall that score over 140" B&C(thats not BTR score either, thats net B&C), Ive got 2 deer @ the taxidermist already from this year(one that will gross in the high 150's/low 160's and another that will blow your mind for an 8 pointer), Ive got an elk I harvested last year that scores 320", an antelope with 15 3/4" prongs and has a 14" inside spread. All these I have taken on my own with the best of my ability and using the knowledge I have gained as a hunter. Sure there are TV shows dedicated to taking big bucks on private land with guides and outfitters, and blogs on the internet pertaining to high priced tags, and magazines with the top animals killed in high fenced and strictly managed free ranges. And Im with all you people, it is too expensive for the tags and outfitters and even the opportunity to hunt a big ranch. All that means to me is that you have to use what you have available to you, whether its public land, your own little tract or private land, a hunting club lease, whatever it might be, use it to your advantage. You want to kill big deer? Then let those spikes walk, let those 2 and 3 year old deer walk. Put your time in and study what you are hunting. Get local maps of your hunting area, find out where those deer or elk are working, sleeping, eating etc. If you do this I gaurantee you will be successfull. I like in an area in the mountains of western NC where the deer are far and few between. There might be 8 deer within a 3 mile radius of my house thats surrounded by steep mountains and miles and miles of national forest. I have been hunting one particular deer for 5 years without being successful. I have limited myself to only bowhunting this magnificent animal, but have had countless opportunites to harvest him with a firearm. And whether or not I do harvest this animal, or someone else does, or even if he dies or old age, I wont be disappointed. I'll always have the memory of hunting this buck and thats something nobody can ever take away. I'll always think about the many times Ive been so close, and all the times he has eluded me. Ive been in his beding grounds, at his watering hole, at the very tree he acorns at, and never harvested him. Am I not successfull? Some people would say no, I say yes, because no matter what happens between me and this particular deer, I know that he has helped me become a better hunter. Hes helped me understand to be more cautious, to be more scent-free, hes made me understand him and the way of life for a whitetail. So for all you people out there who feel you are not a good hunter or have never been able to harvest many deer, use those hunts and situations to your advantage and you will become a successfull hunter whether you harvest anything or not. Seth Wilson NC To all you people writing in whining and crying about the price of hunting: Get over it! Im 22 years old, I have my own house, two vehicles, a wife, one child and one on the way, and payments to go along with all of them. Im not a college grad with degrees and such, I walked out of highschool to my job down the road and have never looked back. I dont have bundles of money to spend on hunting much less anything else. But you know what, I still hunt, every opportunity. I cant afford to go out and pay guides and outfitters to put me on a big buck or bull. So what does that mean to me? It means I have to utilize opportunities I have and use the knowledge I have to the best of my ability. Like I said, Im 22 years old, Ive got 6 deer on my wall that score over 140″ B&C(thats not BTR score either, thats net B&C), Ive got 2 deer @ the taxidermist already from this year(one that will gross in the high 150’s/low 160’s and another that will blow your mind for an 8 pointer), Ive got an elk I harvested last year that scores 320″, an antelope with 15 3/4″ prongs and has a 14″ inside spread. All these I have taken on my own with the best of my ability and using the knowledge I have gained as a hunter. Sure there are TV shows dedicated to taking big bucks on private land with guides and outfitters, and blogs on the internet pertaining to high priced tags, and magazines with the top animals killed in high fenced and strictly managed free ranges. And Im with all you people, it is too expensive for the tags and outfitters and even the opportunity to hunt a big ranch. All that means to me is that you have to use what you have available to you, whether its public land, your own little tract or private land, a hunting club lease, whatever it might be, use it to your advantage. You want to kill big deer? Then let those spikes walk, let those 2 and 3 year old deer walk. Put your time in and study what you are hunting. Get local maps of your hunting area, find out where those deer or elk are working, sleeping, eating etc. If you do this I gaurantee you will be successfull. I like in an area in the mountains of western NC where the deer are far and few between. There might be 8 deer within a 3 mile radius of my house thats surrounded by steep mountains and miles and miles of national forest. I have been hunting one particular deer for 5 years without being successful. I have limited myself to only bowhunting this magnificent animal, but have had countless opportunites to harvest him with a firearm. And whether or not I do harvest this animal, or someone else does, or even if he dies or old age, I wont be disappointed. I’ll always have the memory of hunting this buck and thats something nobody can ever take away. I’ll always think about the many times Ive been so close, and all the times he has eluded me. Ive been in his beding grounds, at his watering hole, at the very tree he acorns at, and never harvested him. Am I not successfull? Some people would say no, I say yes, because no matter what happens between me and this particular deer, I know that he has helped me become a better hunter. Hes helped me understand to be more cautious, to be more scent-free, hes made me understand him and the way of life for a whitetail. So for all you people out there who feel you are not a good hunter or have never been able to harvest many deer, use those hunts and situations to your advantage and you will become a successfull hunter whether you harvest anything or not.
Seth Wilson
NC

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Jordan Kempf http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18926 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:11:53 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18926 I"ve been hunting for 17 years and at age 31, I have just taken my first elk- an awesome 7x7 nine and half year old bull. I've been elk hunting for 7 of the 17 years, and all in the same unit. While packing out my bull (6 meat trips & 1 head/cape) I saw a 6 point that would go about 340. I am just an average guy and I work on the drilling rigs in Alberta Canada's oil patch. My time in the field is limited to one week out of a month and whatever money I have left after the mortgage and bills. It would be heaven for me to spend three weeks a month in the field and sleep the other. I hunt during general gun season in an area where elk tags are general for 6 point or better. It recieves a fair amount of pressure. I believe that time and money have a lot to do with success. After only being able to make two 4 day trips to this zone a year, more time and more money would have probably made me find this honey hole a long time ago. My best advice for the average hunter these days, is to choose an area and stick with it. Learn it better than the other guys and get far back off the beaten path. It may mean packing out an animal in several trips, but it's a great wave of pride you feel after you accomplish it. I”ve been hunting for 17 years and at age 31, I have just taken my
first elk- an awesome 7×7 nine and half year old bull. I’ve been
elk hunting for 7 of the 17 years, and all in the same unit. While
packing out my bull (6 meat trips & 1 head/cape) I saw a 6 point
that would go about 340. I am just an average guy and I work on the drilling rigs in Alberta Canada’s oil patch. My time in the field is
limited to one week out of a month and whatever money I have
left after the mortgage and bills. It would be heaven for me to spend three weeks a month in the field and sleep the other. I
hunt during general gun season in an area where elk tags are
general for 6 point or better. It recieves a fair amount of
pressure. I believe that time and money have a lot to do with
success. After only being able to make two 4 day trips to this zone a year, more time and more money would have probably made me find this honey hole a long time ago. My best advice for
the average hunter these days, is to choose an area and stick
with it. Learn it better than the other guys and get far back off
the beaten path. It may mean packing out an animal in several
trips, but it’s a great wave of pride you feel after you
accomplish it.

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Mitch http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18761 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:08:39 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18761 I do not we believe there is such a thing as an average hunter. there are people that hunt and people that don't. Average? How do you qualify that? We all vary in a number of ways. How much time we spend in the field hunting and scouting, how much we spend on equiptment and tags, Ethics, just to name a few. Of course everybody thinks they are the Average Hunter, as do I. I have never put in for a premium tag, However I will be doing so from now on. I believe that the prices are getting out of control. I'm lucky that I have a place to hunt. My family owns a few thousand acres of mountain land. I have hunted there every year for the last 19 years. I've shot a few mature deer there. Nothing to go in the record books, but I've have had some success. There are also elk on the property. I've never harvested an elk because it is a limited enty unit. I really don't like the idea of paying upwards of $500 to hunt on my own land, if I can draw a tag every ten years. Sure I can get a landowner tag but that is upward of $3000. If and when I draw my tag I will shoot my elk and probabally never put in for another premium hunt again. Yes I love to hunt but I don't want to have to morgage my house for it. I fear what the future holds for me and for the next generation of hunters. The cost of hunting goes up evey year and the quality of animals go down every year. I Don't like the idea of the premium Tags. It makes the me think that only the wealthy people are entitled to hunt and that is wrong. I don't have a problem with wealthy people wanting to hunt but it shouldn't be whored out to the highest bidder. Hunting is our ancestry and our right as americans and should not be used by the goverment as a means to extract more money from the people. I do not we believe there is such a thing as an average hunter. there are people that hunt and people that don’t. Average? How do you qualify that? We all vary in a number of ways. How much time we spend in the field hunting and scouting, how much we spend on equiptment and tags, Ethics, just to name a few. Of course everybody thinks they are the Average Hunter, as do I. I have never put in for a premium tag, However I will be doing so from now on. I believe that the prices are getting out of control. I’m lucky that I have a place to hunt. My family owns a few thousand acres of mountain land. I have hunted there every year for the last 19 years. I’ve shot a few mature deer there. Nothing to go in the record books, but I’ve have had some success. There are also elk on the property. I’ve never harvested an elk because it is a limited enty unit. I really don’t like the idea of paying upwards of $500 to hunt on my own land, if I can draw a tag every ten years. Sure I can get a landowner tag but that is upward of $3000. If and when I draw my tag I will shoot my elk and probabally never put in for another premium hunt again. Yes I love to hunt but I don’t want to have to morgage my house for it. I fear what the future holds for me and for the next generation of hunters. The cost of hunting goes up evey year and the quality of animals go down every year. I Don’t like the idea of the premium Tags. It makes the me think that only the wealthy people are entitled to hunt and that is wrong. I don’t have a problem with wealthy people wanting to hunt but it shouldn’t be whored out to the highest bidder. Hunting is our ancestry and our right as americans and should not be used by the goverment as a means to extract more money from the people.

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Seth Wilson http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18758 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:50:31 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18758 To Dusty- I have to disagree with your comments on the doe and cow tags. Its called management. To be able to obtain trophy bulls and bucks you have to manage the females. If you've ever studied conservation and management you would know that it is necessary to thin out does and cows as well as certain bucks and bulls to control the population and get your buck/doe ratio where it is supposed to be. Im an average person with an average paycheck, and if all I can afford is a cow tag in Colorado or a doe tag in Illinois, heck yeah Im gonna take it. Like you said, its all about the memories. The high prices of tags is no different than the high prices of anything else. Its no different than new trucks or houses or land or anything else. Everything is expensive, you have to either accept it and do the best you can or go find yourself another hobby. As I said in my comments before, utilize what you have, use public hunting grounds. You have to go back to the basics, find the game and hunt them. It doesnt have to be fancy, you dont have to have climbing tree stands and Kimber rifles and a five hundred dollar set of camo. If you know what you are doing and utilize what you have you will be successfull. As I always say" If you put your time in, you will be paid". Seth Wilson North Carolina To Dusty- I have to disagree with your comments on the doe and cow tags. Its called management. To be able to obtain trophy bulls and bucks you have to manage the females. If you’ve ever studied conservation and management you would know that it is necessary to thin out does and cows as well as certain bucks and bulls to control the population and get your buck/doe ratio where it is supposed to be. Im an average person with an average paycheck, and if all I can afford is a cow tag in Colorado or a doe tag in Illinois, heck yeah Im gonna take it. Like you said, its all about the memories. The high prices of tags is no different than the high prices of anything else. Its no different than new trucks or houses or land or anything else. Everything is expensive, you have to either accept it and do the best you can or go find yourself another hobby. As I said in my comments before, utilize what you have, use public hunting grounds. You have to go back to the basics, find the game and hunt them. It doesnt have to be fancy, you dont have to have climbing tree stands and Kimber rifles and a five hundred dollar set of camo. If you know what you are doing and utilize what you have you will be successfull. As I always say” If you put your time in, you will be paid”.
Seth Wilson
North Carolina

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: TTRA06 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18730 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:07:51 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18730 THE WORLD NEEDS HUNTERS TO HELP THE ECONOMY BUT WHEN HALF OF THE WORLD THINKS HUNTING IS WRONG HOW CAN THEY JACK UP THE PRICES OF THE TAGS THAT WE AS THE "AVERAGE HUNTER"BUYS? THIS IS MY PREDICTION...WHEN THE TRY TO TAKE OUR GUNS WELL SHOOT THEM WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE ARE TAGS WE'LL MAKE MORE AND WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE HUNTING ALL TOGETHER WE'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST REBELLION IN THE HISORY OF THE WORLD. THE WORLD NEEDS HUNTERS TO HELP THE ECONOMY BUT WHEN HALF OF THE WORLD THINKS HUNTING IS WRONG HOW CAN THEY JACK UP THE PRICES OF THE TAGS THAT WE AS THE “AVERAGE HUNTER”BUYS? THIS IS MY PREDICTION…WHEN THE TRY TO TAKE OUR GUNS WELL SHOOT THEM WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE ARE TAGS WE’LL MAKE MORE AND WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE HUNTING ALL TOGETHER WE’LL HAVE THE BIGGEST REBELLION IN THE HISORY OF THE WORLD.

]]> Comment on Need Your Help…The Average Hunter! by: Dusty Cochran http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18481 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:37:05 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2006/11/15/need-your-helpthe-average-hunter/#comment-18481 I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed,but common sense tells me that just because a doe or a cow doesnt have huge antlers, it doesnt mean the genes for it don't live in that animal.I realize that there are alot of people that like to hunt. I would personally wait at a chance to kill a trophy animal than kill a doe or a cow.I am afraid that if they keep killing cows and does the trophy genetics are going to die.Last year alone they put out over 300 cow tags in units 3a and 3c. To the aveage Hunter there thinking heck yea an easy tag to draw lets go hunting.Today the draw is so tough that people would put in for cow just so they can hunt. How the heck is the average hunter on the average paycheck suppose to be able to afford to put himself ,maybe his wife, and kids in at the price of the recent tag price increase they did in arizona.So what if you have the internet if you get luky enough to get drawn your in debt for a couple of years.I believe that when my 2 year old is oldenough to hunt, the average person will not be able to afford to put in on the draw,and I think that they are managing for money not game,so we will have to hunt with the expectations of not filling our tags.Remember how hunting is and how it was, because if things keep going the way they are all we will have is are memories, and magazines full of rich people hunting in mexico or on private ranches killing big animals.All we will be able to do is tell are kids about when we where kids and the big trophy animals that used to live on public land.No matter what happens its all about the MEMORIES for us and the kids. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed,but common sense tells me that just because a doe or a cow doesnt have huge antlers, it doesnt mean the genes for it don’t live in that animal.I realize that there are alot of people that like to hunt. I would personally wait at a chance to kill a trophy animal than kill a doe or a cow.I am afraid that if they keep killing cows and does the trophy genetics are going to die.Last year alone they put out over 300 cow tags in units 3a and 3c. To the aveage Hunter there thinking heck yea an easy tag to draw lets go hunting.Today the draw is so tough that people would put in for cow just so they can hunt. How the heck is the average hunter on the average paycheck suppose to be able to afford to put himself ,maybe his wife, and kids in at the price of the recent tag price increase they did in arizona.So what if you have the internet if you get luky enough to get drawn your in debt for a couple of years.I believe that when my 2 year old is oldenough to hunt, the average person will not be able to afford to put in on the draw,and I think that they are managing for money not game,so we will have to hunt with the expectations of not filling our tags.Remember how hunting is and how it was, because if things keep going the way they are all we will have is are memories, and magazines full of rich people hunting in mexico or on private ranches killing big animals.All we will be able to do is tell are kids about when we where kids and the big trophy animals that used to live on public land.No matter what happens its all about the MEMORIES for us and the kids.

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