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Quote from: bow4elk on September 04, 2008, 09:24:13 AMIn this context, there's no hunting skill involved in deep pockets, airplanes, and long range shots...may as well be a gopher in my mind. It reduces the meaning of "hunting" when killing is made into a spectacle sport. Hunting/trapping/fishing is a way of life, not a sport. Never liked that term associated with hunting and never will...I agree 110% and yet there are those on this site that will get upset and argue that this is indeed "hunting" just like the guy on ebay raising deer for release so some guy can pay loads to sit and wait for his buck to walk by thinking its finally out of a cage, they post websters definition of "hunting" and compare it to looking for the car keys, all the while defending actions like this. Well said Bow4elk!!!
In this context, there's no hunting skill involved in deep pockets, airplanes, and long range shots...may as well be a gopher in my mind. It reduces the meaning of "hunting" when killing is made into a spectacle sport. Hunting/trapping/fishing is a way of life, not a sport. Never liked that term associated with hunting and never will...