we are a dying breed

[tdscpa]

NW Kansas has had drought conditions for the last five years or so. Lakes have been drained to irrigate unneeded corn sold for ethanol. Not enough water to maintain fish populations. Nearly all farmland has been leased for fee hunting. Hardly any hunting or fishing open to the public.

 

[MtHam]

The required fees for hunting licenses, tags, etc is necessary because of the out of control growth of government. Stop it all! Government is becoming the major employer in our country. Stop It Now!

 

[pitw]

Stop It Now!

You got a plan? We're all ears[eyes].

 

[dave1949]

Thirteen year old with her buck on Youth Day (today).

Youth deer hunters take to the woods | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

 

[dave1949]

Not so happy hunting:
Maine hunter forced to shoot his trapped dog | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

 

[Jstpssng]

Not so happy hunting:
Maine hunter forced to shoot his trapped dog | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

That's a sad story which could have had a happier ending. Sans a lunge stick a simple way to help a trapped dog without getting bitten is by throwing your coat over it's head.

Note to self: google "hunting dog"... until reading this article I would have defined it as "any dog which accompanies one while hunting."

 

[300UGUY]

Same reason tractor collecting and collection of pre 1960's vehicles is dying out. Kids raised by single Mothers in town and cities don't take their boys out hunting fishing or working in the shop.
Competition for time is also reducing the ranks of volunteer and service groups. Such as Lions, Rotary, Kinsmen, Masons, Orangemen, Odd Fellows etc.

As the working class wages have fallen, ability to participate in different organizations has falle. Our lodge has had a bunch of folks that dropped out due to lost jobs or less income from their jobs.

 

[300UGUY]

When I joined the Model A Ford Club in 1974 I was the youngest member in my chapter... nearly 40 years later I am still the youngest member.

Cars are seen mostly as throw-aways...

When I hired into my department at GM, in 79, I was the youngest guy there. 30 years later, I retired, still the youngest guy there. GM simply stopped hiring in the early 80's.

 

[dave1949]

That's a sad story which could have had a happier ending. Sans a lunge stick a simple way to help a trapped dog without getting bitten is by throwing your coat over it's head.

Note to self: google "hunting dog"... until reading this article I would have defined it as "any dog which accompanies one while hunting."

Yah, I would think a dog that isn't trained and has the instinct for birding, is worse than no dog. Never hunted grouse with a dog though, so what do I know?

My Dad's Brittany years ago would get out in front of pheasants (they will always run ahead rather than fly if allowed) and that would make them take a set because it didn't seem safe to go forward toward the dog, or backward toward the hunters. Then the dog would point them and (usually :laughing wait until given the command to flush the bird.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yah, I would think a dog that isn't trained and has the instinct for birding, is worse than no dog. Never hunted grouse with a dog though, so what do I know?

My Dad's Brittany years ago would get out in front of pheasants (they will always run ahead rather than fly if allowed) and that would make them take a set because it didn't seem safe to go forward toward the dog, or backward toward the hunters. Then the dog would point them and (usually :laughing wait until given the command to flush the bird.

I was actually referring to the trapper's comment, but I know all too well what you mean. ;-)

My last lab taught herself to find lost grouse, and would often bring back live cripples or birds which I thought I had melissed. My current dog was great at crushing and eating them last year... hopefully this year he'll catch on.