we are a dying breed

[downsizingnow48]

Re: we are a dyeing breed

California freshwater fishing regs - 82 pages not including supplements and references. Saltwater regs over 100 pages excluding supplements and references. I got dizzy trying to figure it out.

 

[BethelHntr]

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I have stopped hunting and fishing altogether, My last license purchase for deer elk bear and cougar with tags was around $130. Of coarse these are conservation dollars and I have no problem supporting our wild life and habitat but when those dollars were used to reintroduce the wolf it left a bad taste in my mouth. They will never see another donation from this guy.

 

[Professor Marvel]

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YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE DYING BREED

 

[txdon]

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There is no need to hunt anymore with the abundance of meat available everywhere (even pre-cooked). Economically it does not make much sense. You can't even impress girls by bragging how you killed the cute little animals of the forest, in fact you would be better off not bringing the topic of guns at school unless you are talking to the gang.

The fact that millions of people are living just fine without animal protein kind of negates the necessity of it in our diets.

The Cardiologist and the American Heart Association discourage meat eating.

I could go on and on but I agree "Sportsman" is a drying breed and numbers will decrease with each generation.

In the local rural paper each year there are always several pictures of a kid next to a dead deer. I guess it's suppose to be news, but how much effort was made to squeeze a trigger at a deere you have been feeding all year long.

 

[gwdixon]

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How about this for a twist...the mainstream media is becoming more and more tabloid by the day. Kidnappings, murder, rape, massacre, or the like are the lead news items.

As a percentage of the population these occurrences have likely not changed but since we have more people we have more events.

Parents now are afraid to let their children out of the yard, take a trip to the park unescorted, have an solitary exploratory walk through the woods, or anywhere that might expose the child to even the most remote possibility of danger. They are called "helicopter parents" for the hovering they do over their child.

Even a walk to the school bus stop is monitored. Under those circumstance, paranoid parents want their child at home watching TV or playing video games in the safety of the house.

As an example, when I was a kid (60 years ago) in our housing area we used to play "Kick the Can" until well after dark. I used to leave the house after breakfast, show up for lunch, leave again, and show up for dinner. (I did live in a rural area.) Pretty rare to hear of such nowadays.

 

[BethelHntr]

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Yes sir

 

[ultrarunner]

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Anyone remember the game of "Red Rover Red Rover send some one over."
And who tried was blocked by others holding hands.
Merry go rounds and swings ,slides , races running bare footed on cinder tracks.

Or children allowed to ride there bike what ever distance they wanted just be home by supper time. and be gone all day .

ken

Yes very much so and I'm not that old...

Where we lived there was a construction site whistle that blew at 5 PM every day of the week for years.

I bet Eddie Walker remembers the 5 o'clock whistle.

We could go explore just about anywhere as long as we were on our way home when that whistle blew.

The school grounds were a popular place to shoot hoops, swing, plus all the other playground equipment...

Most of that equipment is long gone because it was deemed too dangerous for kids...

 

[ultrarunner]

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California freshwater fishing regs - 82 pages not including supplements and references. Saltwater regs over 100 pages excluding supplements and references. I got dizzy trying to figure it out.

I was going to mention this... it's just not the cost it's the problem of wanting to abide by the law and still breaking it.

 

[NoTrespassing]

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More fish for me and mine if others stop fishing Back in the early 70's we could take a boat out on a Wisconsin lake and fill 2 stringers with big bluegill with 2 people fishing. Can you still do that today? I haven't been up there in over 30 years. We fish locally mostly for fun. Sometimes we'll eat what we catch but most of the time it's catch and release.

 

[charlz]

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I stopped hunting for many years as I lived where there were no game animals and to hunt elsewhere prohibitively expensive. Now that my son is old enough he wanted to go and that got me started again. But 'expensive' barely scratches the surface of what it takes to get up and hunting again. I know when I was a teenager I hunted with my Dad's stuff that he had accumulated over the years and it really didn't cost me any more than tags and gas. But equipping 2 hunters with rifles, clothes, boots, knives etc etc etc could have bought a couple of cows already wrapped up in neat little frozen packages However, I look at it as a teachable skill that everyone should be at least basically familiar with and besides, he wants to do it. Never know when it might come in handy.

We ride and race dirtbikes. I have had more than a few conversations with people around getting 'stuck' on the trail for a night (not making it out before dark). Most bikes do not have headlights and they don't help much in the mountains even if your bike is equipped. To me the thought of having to hunker down for a night in the woods doesn't even make me blink. Cut some pine bows, snuggle in with your foil blanket and go to sleep. If it is cold and you have a good enough saw or are packing a chainsaw for trail clearing, make a long-log fire. For most people this is totally unthinkable. A single night in the woods== near death experience in their minds. And these are people who regularly ride this type of terrain.