Good news for hunting

[David Petersen]

#6330

Though it often must seem that way, I am neither a cynic nor a pessimist, much preferring hope over hopelessness. Here’s a link to an article out of MN discussing some very good news for hunting and hunters’ public and self image. While I feel the Duda report (link posted here some weeks ago) is less than reliable due to reporting error, the locavore love affair with hunting is a true budding romance we all should embrace and nourish.

http://www.northernwilds.com/pages/Explore/perich/locavores-are-a-welcome-addition-to-huntings-rank-.shtml

[jpd]

#50175

This was a good read. The only real thing that I would commit on is the point made about new hunters. I believe it is not just new hunters but also those of us older hunters that have been doing our own thing for years but have chosen to stay out of the light of todays money baised reporting.

[grumpy]

#50388

Also staying “out of the limelight…” Been in the dark most of my life, and it hasn’t been all that bad.

[Ptaylor]

#50409

I especially like the last two sentences. Definitely good to have more ethical hunters.

[paleoman]

#50427

I enjoyed reading that. I think anyone on this site for 2 yrs or more ought to get an A.A. degree cuz you sure learn a lot and my head ain’t even sore from it:D

[Anonymous]

#50992

There is quite a bit in that article that provides as much food for thought and work to be done as the deer taken from the field do provide food for the table.

The author is right: the marketing machine that drive hunting doesn’t depict hunters. It depicts a stereotype and a fundamentally flawed “ideal”. This is much in the same way that toy companies depicts stereotypes of women and men through some of our more famous “toys”, and with equally disastrous results. The author is further correct in stating that the hunting community and F&G agencies are doing a terrible job welcoming and equipping new hunters with the skills and tools to actually be successful and to NOT become victims to the hunting gear “industry”.

There are problems here to be addressed and work to be done.

[Stephen Graf]

#51078

I think too that locavores and the like are more into family, friends, and nature than average. So hopefully the surveys will go full circle in the future and “being close to nature” and “friends and family” will again top the charts just above “for the meat” Locavores and hunters are a very good match!

[Mathew Carothers]

#51307

I feel like this article has illustrated my experience fairly well. I didn’t grow up hunting, though I did go a couple of times. As an adult I have gained a serious interest, and though I haven’t been big game hunting yet, I have been out for small game. I love rabbit, and love that I can eat a healthy meal that I gathered myself.

Like most here, I am turned off by the whack em and stack em attitudes on the tv hunting shows. I agree that they are market driven, and don’t represent normal people.

The anti’s often seem to use the aggressive militaria of the current batch of tv hunters as proof that hunters are regressive knuckle-draggers who get “thrill from the kill”. I think the folks that the writer was talking about are good for hunting as a whole; If more attention is paid to the ‘hip young urbanite’ who hunts for the healthy diet aspects, perhaps they will have a little less ammo.

[skinner biscuit]

#51624

Good article.Brings me back to the days when I was in my 20s in the working poor class.I bought a 303 British no4 for $50 with a cut forend held to the barrel with a pipe clamp.Went to a gun show and bought the metal forend piece and made a fit with a handsaw and chisel.Ejector spring and front sight protector were purchased as well(cheap).Made quite a handsome sporter.Old timer sharp finger(bi mart $12) and army surplus wool(goodwill).I brought home many of blacktails with that old gun, mainly does. Cut them up myself and used a hand crank meat grinder.Those were good days.

[paleoman]

#52102

skinner biscuit wrote: Good article.Brings me back to the days when I was in my 20s in the working poor class.I bought a 303 British no4 for $50 with a cut forend held to the barrel with a pipe clamp.Went to a gun show and bought the metal forend piece and made a fit with a handsaw and chisel.Ejector spring and front sight protector were purchased as well(cheap).Made quite a handsome sporter.Old timer sharp finger(bi mart $12) and army surplus wool(goodwill).I brought home many of blacktails with that old gun, mainly does. Cut them up myself and used a hand crank meat grinder.Those were good days.

I did more or less the same thing. Picked one of those right out of a barrel as that was all I could afford. Thanks for bringing back a memory.

[grumpy]

#52114

Started hunting with Dad’s single shot .22, and double barrel .410. Then bought second hand guns, and traps. Didn’t know there was any other way. lol

I see a parallel here. Bassmasters is trying to get out of the southern hick image and attract more flyfishing. The dicomity of hick fishermen and elitist fly fishermen has been around a long time, but is gradually merging. Some of this stuff takes generations to change.

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