| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
I caught a short blurb on ESPN saturday morning about how Field &
Stream supports a National Hunter Act. Duncan Barnes said you would
have to accomplish three things. 1. Hunter safety course 2. Show
proficency with a firearm 3. Show an ability to track wounded game.
All to paid for by hunters. DB said licenses are fairly cheap so a
few more dollars wouldn't hurt us.
This stuff sounds good but I'm against it for several reasons. One
is that we shouldn't put forth any restrictive bills because of an
already anti-gun movement in Washington. Who knows what kind of crap
they'd ammend to this.
Next is that hunting licenses aren't really that cheap. In MA it is
as follows.
Hunting license $12.50
Fishing " $12.50
Land stamp $ 5.00
Turkey permit $ 5.00
Bear permit $ 5.00
Doe permit $ 5.00
State duck stamp$ 5.00*
Fed duck stamp $10.00*
*probably more
So you're looking at already @$60 plus more if you trap. That's not
cheap and now these guys want us to pay more.
Gun safety/use. Good idea but who is going to teach it and make the rules?
F&S or an anti-gun congress?
An ability to track game? Good idea. What game? What terrrain? What
weather cond.? How badly hurt is animal? Lots to look at here.
I think all of these are good idea's but we need to keep the Feds
out of it. They just cannot be trusted. There is also a reply in
::FIREARMS about a National Hunter Safety Act that this could be
ammended to or vice versa. There is way too much to type in so I'll
look for it and try to post it here. If it's true you can prety much
kiss hunting good bye.
Walt
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| 1378.1 | yes and no... | 57298::LAFOSSE | semi-auto assault crossbows ;^) | Mon Aug 22 1994 12:13 | 19 |
don't forget the $5.10 primitive arms stamp necessary for archery/muzzle- loader hunting. still pretty cheap when you think about it... regarding mandatory hunter safety, in my opinion it can only make the woods a safer place, and at the same time discourage slobs. After taking 2 of my daughters last year to a hunter safety course (neither of which were old enough to be certified, but passed with flying colors), i'm all for it being a mandatory thing... Especially after hearing some of the people's comments , general knowledge (or lack thereof) of hunting, woodland creature habits, woodsmanship, not to mention balistics knowledge... It is a scarey thing knowing some of these people have been in the woods and others were soon to be... JMHO, Fra | |||||
| 1378.2 | 24661::LEFEBVRE | PCBU Asia/Pacific Marketing | Fri Aug 26 1994 03:49 | 5 | |
Actually, hunters could gain some badly needed positive press and this
could be a nice pre-emptive measure against legislation filed by the
anti movement.
Mark.
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| 1378.3 | be careful what you wish for | 38114::BING | Fri Aug 26 1994 06:58 | 30 | |
While I can agree that a hunter safety course is an excellent
idea I just can't agree that the Fed's should be involved. Leave
it up to the states to do it. An anti-gun congress just passed the
crime bill, now some folks want to put another restrictive bill
in front of them. I can gaurentee you they will put even worse
ammendments to a bill like that. I looked for the Nat'l Hunter
Safety act in ::FIREARMS ( been looking all week) and can't find
it. Somepoints by memory are:
1. Pass a Federal Firearms course (then)
2.Pass a state hunter safety course (then)
3. Get DAILY permits for where you plan to hunt. (permit good
only for specific area. Must check in and out with a game warden/cop).
4. Must be able to call home within 24 hrs if on an extended trip.
5. Must be able to be home within 36 hrs if on an extended trip.
Those are just a few of the points that I can remember. Do they sound
far fetched? Are you sitting back saying it will never happen? People
said the same thing about the Brady Bill too. Remember AL Gores wife
is EXTREMELY anti hunting, and animal rights groups have been invited
to the Whitehouse many times. When was the last time the NRA was
invited? or how about the bill in Arizona that would have all but
banned all hunitng/trapping in that state. Look at all the bans that
have come about in recent years on bear and mountain lion hunting.
Don't think they wouldn't submit trash like this or ammend it to
another bill and as a compromise say "Well we wanted X but we'll
take only y". Then we'll see when/where and how we can hunt.
Walt
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