Bowhunters unite and voice your opinion!

[bobcat]

Well if hunting is a right then why do we need to purchase a license?

[bowhuntin]

You can say the same thing about buying a gun. We have the right to bear arms right? It is just how things work these days.

[bobcat]

Huh? We don't need a license to own a gun.

[bowhuntin]

I used to think the same way you did until I read the treaty that the Yakama Indians signed and in that it said they only had a privilege but the court ruled it meant the same thing as right.

[bowhuntin]

yeah but you have to buy one and have a background check done on you. I am  not trying to compare you needing a license I am just saying that because you have a right doesn't mean everything is going to be given to you because it is a right.

[Tom Tamer]

Licensing came in I beleive to conserve what game we had left at the turn of the 20th century, becuase so many hunters were killing to kill, money and a host of other reason, if we had always conserved we probably wouldn't need to control them. ANd no you DO NOT need a license to buy a gun in this State. Only if you want to carry concealed. As a hunter who uses a bow I am happy to see we can now pack a pistol for self defense while hunting. gave us an inch while they were taking a mile didn't they. Also I think they felt compelled seeing how some were threatening to envoke the 2nd amendment on them over that one.

Back to licensing. Now if you were without a job and could not afford food for your family or a license would you still hunt? I would my family's( Wife & Kids) preservation is more important than any law.

And to bowhuntin's point you are correct just because you have a right does not mean you have the right to expect someone else to give it to you, i guess I do't understand the context in which you mean that statement here?

[bowhuntin]

And to bowhuntin's point you are correct just because you have a right does not mean you have the right to expect someone else to give it to you, i guess I do't understand the context in which you mean that statement here?

What do you mean "I guess I don't understand the context in which you mean that statement here?" 

Is that a typo because in your first part of the sentence you agree then the second part of you sentence contradicts the first part. 

[Tom Tamer]

No, just that the statement is true in and of it's self but where in stating my opinion it's a right did I ask for someone else to give me anything?