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So I won't defend it
Posted by Phil on Feb 07 2006
LET ME FIRST SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT - I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND FENCED HUNTING.
Having said that, let me play "devil's advocate" for a bit. I wouldn't defend hunting in small enclosures, drugging deer, or any other such killing. On the other hand, I wouldn't defend "luxury" boat hunts for spring brown bears either. To me riding around in a big vessel and scurrying to shore to shoot a bear on the advice of a guide just doesn't seem ethical. But (as been said many times before) that is a personal opinion.
I've hunted plains game in Africa within fenced ranches. If you think hunting a 75,000 acre ranch with just one perimeter fence is a sure thing - think again. An acquaintence spent almost 3 weeks trying to take a good Kudu under similar conditions with no success.
There are many examples of hunting ethics that are very personal. I've been amazed for a couple of years at the animosity shown on this forum toward the Steese Highway caribou "slaughter" and the acceptance of March - land and shoot caribou "hunting".
Each fall I go to Wyoming (as well as Alaska - lucky, huh?). Some people ask if I'm going pronghorn hunting. I tell them "No, I'm going pronghorn shooting". Even the public land is fenced with 4 foot high fence. Pronghorns just don't jump fences. So pronghorn movement is limited. Pronghorn hunting is the easiest hunting I have ever done. Ethical? I think so but then in the strictest sense, the pronghorns are "fenced".
It just becomes a real nightmare to "define" ethical hunting. We should continue to try while recognizing that others see the world differently. STILL NOT TRYING TO DEFEND CANNED HUNTS IN ANY FORM.
Sorry for the long post.
Phil
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