Islander57
Well-Known Member
57 and Cali do yourselves a favour and read the hunting regs, you are making yourselves look uneducated, "'wiping them out, cull, trophy hunting" ( as for trophy hunting there is no such thing, just an anti catch phrase), again READ THE HUNTING REGS, get educated before you make these comments, and again show me in the article where Jim says CULL. What have you done for wildlife, Shockey has done more in a year than you both will do in your entire life, what you huggers don't get is us as hunters want healthy populations of game in the bush and we donate a lot of money and time for habitat restoration, not like yourselves who just sit behind your computer sipping your lattes and think you are saving the world, probably why you both voted for PR representation. Oh and answer my question to shutting down the entire coast to fishing, take your time do some research. Do you both eat any meat, chicken, pork, beef etc, if so please supply why this is ok and hunting for your own source of lean organic meat is not. Have you ever had gbear to eat, i have and it was excellent, until you have tried it, or hunted please refrain from saying it is wrong or the meat is no good to eat.
What an arrogant post. So full of BS it's staggering. I never quoted Shockey using the word cull....his words are " a plague of grizzly bears". Fact is, there are very few fatal bear attacks that would warrant the hint of a re-instatement of the grizzly bear, and I will call it what it is, a "trophy hunt". Shockey promotes himself as a trophy guide. His hunting shows are all about trophy hunting, not meat or sustenance hunting.
Calling me a hugger? Seriously? You don't even know me. I have been involved, as a past board member and member of the Calgary Fish and Game Association on many habitat restoration projects. I've donated plenty of money to salmon related causes in this province, and still do. I not longer hunt, but I do support hunting. I've hunted elk, moose, whitetail and mule deer, pheasants, ducks and geese for many of my sixty one years. Seems to me you're the one sitting behind your keyboard acting like the little warrior.
I feel no need to answer your question of shutting down the entire coast to fishing, because that's not a thought I even entertain. Not sure where that is relevant in this thread, unless perhaps you feel that anyone with an opinion that doesn't match yours must make them an anti-hunting, anti-fishing person. Get real. Same goes for PR representation. I have not chimed on that because my opinion is irrelevant to any of this conversation.
Of course I eat chicken, pork, beef and whatever. I also eat venison, elk, moose and whatever other game. Your point? I've always told people I felt wild game was much better than domestic meat. Still feel that way. But, then again, I support hunting, just not the justification of grizzly hunting, because I know a lot of the meat is wasted. Also because the number of grizzly attacks on humans doesn't warrant a need to reduce their numbers. The bears also are not decimating wildlife stocks. The only time I have ever favoured a "cull" was the reduction of the northern wolf population, as they had a direct impact on wildlife numbers.
Finally, yes, I have had grizzly meat. Not a personal favorite, but that's subjective. Not everyone likes everything. Some like to eat liver while others don't. No relevance to this topic.