Tribal Regs????

[1elkhunter]

Indian regulations are joke. I have hunted and practiced "fair chase" for twenty years. I have yet to shoot a bull elk, not from lack of effort but I guess lack of spotlight.

My father always said our heritage is "heinz 57", a little bit of everything. Some people say I should claim my Indian heritage (Cherokee) for the awesome hunting rights. I think not.

My rights are as they should be, the privelege to with hunt with ethics and honor.. If the season ends and I end up with nothing, I'm okay with that. I know that I followed the rules and I will take as much pride in that as the monster 6 point Bull I Dream of...

[Dan-o]

Well, I have no tribal hunting rights, but wish I did.

On a related note, my inheritance consisted of a beaten up fishing boat worth about a thousand bucks.    I kind of wish my dad had Bill Gates money, but he didn't.   Is that unfair?  Should his kids get something that my dad's kids didn't?   

Is it unfair that some people "inherited" something I didn't?   

I don't know, but I do know that something about just seems wrong.

I've thought about this some over the years and have concluded (as already mentione dpreviously) that perhaps the best way to "break" the hunting inequity is to force the tribes to live with ALL of the treaty regulations.... not jsut the ones they like.   

As I recall, there are some pretty draconian restrictions in some of those treaties....

I'd lvoe to see it fixed, but I;m not holding my breath.

[pods8]

On a related note, my inheritance consisted of a beaten up fishing boat worth about a thousand bucks.    I kind of wish my dad had Bill Gates money, but he didn't.   Is that unfair?  Should his kids get something that my dad's kids didn't?   

Is it unfair that some people "inherited" something I didn't?   

There is a big difference between something technically any parent could pass onto their children by amassing it through life and something that no mater what two non-Indian parents could never ever pass on to their children.  One is equality of opportunity and the other is racism.

[BlackRidge]

what a bunch of little cry babys get out and hunt be thankfull you can quit bitchen about the indians most of all poachin is done by white people in  this state you can see it in our court systems white poachers kill about 10 times the number of elk in this state than indians do

....Natives just call poaching, 'entitled hunting'. What magical docs are you getting you're numbers from?

[coachcw]

If we new the number of elk and deer poached every year I think we would puke. It would stand to reason that the whites by shear numbers would poach more , but how and if we will ever know is beond me .

[wildbill100]

just a bunch of bitches    is life as a white hunter just not good please all you little bitches go some where else to hunt you all are sick get out and hunt get a grip on life live it 

[runamuk]

just a bunch of bitches    is life as a white hunter just not good please all you little bitches go some where else to hunt you all are sick get out and hunt get a grip on life live it 

OMG ....  he called me a bitch...teacher teacher...

ok sorry I found this rather funny having been called that a few times in my life  ..... still trying to figure out how calling names does anything to further his side of the issue 

[Legacy]

Looks to me like all tribes don't view their wildlife heritage and resources in a like manner. Tribes in AZ (white mtn, san carlos, hualapai, havasupai, etc), in NM (acoma, zuni), in Utah, etc. are just smarter than some of our own and recognize their wildlife resources (mainly elk, deer, bear, antelope, etc) as something NOT to be killed and taken at will or made available to all tribal members on a kill 'em-at-anytime-anywhere basis. These tribes take a pro-active and long-term view toward wildlife management and limit hunting opportunities for both tribal members and non-tribal members selling that group a limited number of trophy hunts and then they use those funds to help the tribe increase tribal employment and enhance investments and practices that improve their wildlife resources. Sad to see that many tribes and tribal members in Wa and Or tend to see wildlife (game and fish) as an in-your-face opportunity to make whatever points they feel need to be made based on their beliefs that they were disenfranchised on reservations (rightly or wrongly) by anglo Americans in the long ago past. 

[Wea300mag]

There has not been anything new added to this thread and what is getting posted is  so it's time to lock it up.

[bobcat]

just a bunch of bitches    is life as a white hunter just not good please all you little bitches go some where else to hunt you all are sick get out and hunt get a grip on life live it