The American pastime of hunting...questions

[turnpike boy]

Originally Posted by CobraEd

There is no skill or challenge. Hunters in USA never hunt predators only defenseless herbivors. Hunting bear with a knife would be a challenge and require skill.

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Yes, it would. With a predictable outcome, too. And since you're devoid of the understanding that man is at the top of the food chain, you clearly will never come to understand how he got there.

(By the way - your bear is a game species, hunted in most states. So much for "only defenseless herbivors.")


-Roger

[CobraEd]

(By the way - your bear is a game species, hunted in most states. So much for "only defenseless herbivors.")


-Roger[/quote]



With a knife ???



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[turnpike boy]

Originally Posted by CobraEd

With a knife ???

Sadly, the wildlife agencies I'm familiar with seek to have the hunter successful in their (the agencies) program of wildlife management. To that end, none that I'm aware of set aside a knife season. Firearm, muzzleloader, bow, some crossbow seasons -yes, but no knife season. Not even in Virginia.

As ethical, law-abiding hunters we seek to comply with the rules and regulations each wildlife agency promulgates, and as such this means hunting with a knife would be a statutory violation of the law.

That means we'd be in trouble. With the law. Not prudent.

Surely you don't recommend we violate the law. Since this is your ideal of hunting, I recommend you petition the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Dept. for just such a license. Please let us know when you're successful and when you're available to show us how to successfully hunt in your preferred manner.

-Roger

[CobraEd]

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[turnpike boy]

Rather than taking on a bear first, maybe you might want to go after a defenseless herbivor - like, maybe, a buck whitetail during the rut? They do only eat forage, and they're only a deer (albeit with antlers - their adaptation of a knife), and they might give you a challenge without worrying whether or not they outweigh you.

Whattya think?

[CobraEd]

I enjoy stepping on ants. That's all it takes for me to feel like a man.

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[Ron61]

Ed,

It really doesn't fall under the hunting category, but if you want a thrill bring your knife and I will take you hiking back up into some of our canyons here where we have some wild boars. They aren't the giant ones, but some people who like to go way back into these canyons have spent several hours up in trees waiting for them to get tired and leave. And they are aggressive.

Ron

[turnpike boy]

Originally Posted by CobraEd

I enjoy stepping on ants. That's all it takes for me to feel like a man.

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You are OK in my book. I'll go hunting with you any time