Palin is a sick piece of work

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Palin is a sick piece of work
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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 3:46pm

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:47pm

"The fact that you can then eat the meat from that animal is a plus for most, not the REASON for hunting. "
It's hard to say. I don't know why other people hunt. I know a lot of city people who hunt for sport alone, but my family were not quite like that. We ate mostly wild game in our family growing up. When I go back home, we eat either wild game my dad killed or a chicken from his own hen-house. (Except for sometimes he will buy a spring pig and butcher in the fall.) Important note: my father (step father, actually) is part native american - so it might be different for him than for even other people of the same area and socio-economic class. I just don't know. OTOH, I do know that he does do some 'hunting' for pleasure. Farmers will let him come (some even invite him) to their farms to pop ground hogs. I don't think he considers this hunting, so much as "shooting at moving targets." We never eat that stuff (I hear it's nasty). There's also year-round season on coyotes in TN. We don't eat those either. (Keep in mind that coyotes are not native to TN and in this case, they are often near human inhabited areas, so it's not like you're tracking down indigenous animals that are 100s of miles from the nearest small town.)

All this said, that would be an interesting statistic to track. Seems like it would be available somewhere.

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Registered: 07-16-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:49pm

This whole thread reminds me of our gator season down here.

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Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:51pm


MONTANA MOM !

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Registered: 08-30-2004
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 1:56pm
As long as they're doing it legally (the right season, with the correct permits, hunting licenses) I have no problem with people hunting, for sport or otherwise.

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Registered: 07-16-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 2:04pm

It absolutely serves a purpose.

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Registered: 10-26-2003
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 2:16pm

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The screaming is not about animal management. The screaming is about HOW it is done. Just because a population needs to be thinned does not mean it has to be turned into an inhumane practice that exhausts and then paralyzes the animal to die a slow death. Until the plane can land so the hunter can cut off the foreleg to turn it in for cash.

Bea

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Registered: 07-16-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 2:21pm

Do you have issues with all aspects of the cruelties of our society?

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Registered: 01-31-2001
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 2:44pm

Just to be clear, the "bounty" is no longer in effect, and there have been no payouts of any "bounty" money. This article shows the difficulties being faced that year with the predator control program, as well as the judge's decision which stopped the program.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/wolves/story/204937.html

The winter of 2006-2007 we had very little snow in the interior.. people couldn't even use snow machines and from what I understand, a lack of snow makes tracking any animal difficult as there are no footprint trails. Last year was somewhat better and we got a little more snow, hopefully that continues this year. As a rule, here in the interior, we do not get large amounts of snow as it does not snow if the temperature gets much below -20, and because we are the coldest spot in the state, we frequently spend large amounts of time below -20.

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VJ-Sig
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Registered: 10-26-2003
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 2:55pm

Actually, the state did not license anyone other than Wildlife Management engage in aerial hunting prior to the third vote. The citizens of Alaska twice voted against this practice but the Governor put it on the ballot a third time and then spent state funds to promote her position with advertising.

i've already covered this if you go back to the beginning of the thread.

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-psmomspol/message.asp?webtag=iv-psmomspol&msg=4123.7

and just because i disagree with this practice does not mean i have to move to Alaska and take a job in Wildlife Management. Did you move to South Africa to oppose apartheid?

Bea

BTW I do have issues with MOST aspects of the cruelties of our society. Mostly the senseless kind. Don't you?




Edited 9/18/2008 2:58 pm ET by queenbea4
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Registered: 10-26-2003
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 4:22pm

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go broke as in spend almost half a million dollars to educate the local Alaskans about a practice they supposedly already understand and accept?

$400,000 approved to educate Alaskans about wolf killing

http://dwb.adn.com/front/story/9253882p-9168881c.html

"My understanding is this program was funded by the Legislature to factually explain game management practices to Alaskans, and I don't have a problem with that," said Palin, who supports the state's predator-control program.

Bea




Edited 9/18/2008 4:31 pm ET by queenbea4

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