Did someone smoke a couple wolves in the Teanaway?

[Curly]

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

You mean the post with the map of the route that the wolf took?  You don't think there is room for joking?  Or are you talking about a different post???

[pianoman9701]

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

You mean the post with the map of the route that the wolf took?  You don't think there is room for joking?  Or are you talking about a different post???

I also saw that as a joke. Maybe slightly tasteless in light of the publicity we're receiving, but a joke just the same. I did find it interesting that the path he took actually spelled out real words! 

[Wenatcheejay]

I read the article about the WA wolf killed in Idaho.

Its scary to see the comment about how the washington hunting forum condones poaching.... 

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,78064.0.html

(((STOP BEING A TROLL!!!)))   

[Wenatcheejay]

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

Honestly Lowedog, can't you appriciate how there is a stance that supports wolf management? People took the time to write and post Offical Government stances on wolf introduction. Do we really have to attack the site monitors here? Have you ever considered ignoring wolf threads? (Just a thought.)

[Lowedog]

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

You mean the post with the map of the route that the wolf took?  You don't think there is room for joking?  Or are you talking about a different post???

I also saw that as a joke. Maybe slightly tasteless in light of the publicity we're receiving, but a joke just the same. I did find it interesting that the path he took actually spelled out real words! 

Getting non-hunting people to understand and support what we do won't be accomplished by telling them we're going to poach an endangered species whether they like it or not. It's going to be done by educating in a non-confrontational manner.

Even if meant as a joke it reflects poorly on members of this forum and the hunting community as a whole.  We all know that this forum is watched and recorded by those who would love to abolish hunting completely.  If it were ever to come to a public vote on whether or not wolves should remain a protected species in WA don't think for one second that all the SSS and other posts suggesting wolves should be shot on sight aren't going to be used to pursued the non hunting voters to keep them from ever being managed.  It worked to vote out hound hunting by showing videos of bears being shot out of trees and hounds jumping on them.

[pianoman9701]

OK

[deleted BGS]

Some of you so called "hunters" are idiots to say the least. People are joking about poaching wolves, do i care... No not at all. Love the "shoot me" map picture 

[wraithen]

If they bring any hunting initiative to the polls we lose no matter what. They have the funding and the commercials and the majority. Get over out public image. They will find a way that makes us look like drunk a holes that love to act like serial killers in training.

[Lowedog]

Why

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

Honestly Lowedog, can't you appriciate how there is a stance that supports wolf management? People took the time to write and post Offical Government stances on wolf introduction. Do we really have to attack the site monitors here? Have you ever considered ignoring wolf threads? (Just a thought.)

Why should I ignore wolf threads?  I honestly don't see how what I said is attacking the site monitors. 

I have been a member of this site since the beginning and am very passionate about hunting.  I feel I should be able to give my opinion as much as anyone else.  I also support wolf management and feel like those types of post do nothing but undermine our chances of ever achieving the opportunity to ever manage wolves.   

[pianoman9701]

If they bring any hunting initiative to the polls we lose no matter what. They have the funding and the commercials and the majority. Get over out public image. They will find a way that makes us look like drunk a holes that love to act like serial killers in training.

So give up then and don't try to promote a positive public image of something that's really positive? Sorry Wraithen, not going to give up. I like hunting too much and am willing to fight for it. And the antis don't have anywhere near the majority, just the funding. Animal rights activists only represent about 1% of our population.

[Wenatcheejay]

Why

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

Honestly Lowedog, can't you appriciate how there is a stance that supports wolf management? People took the time to write and post Offical Government stances on wolf introduction. Do we really have to attack the site monitors here? Have you ever considered ignoring wolf threads? (Just a thought.)

Why should I ignore wolf threads?  I honestly don't see how what I said is attacking the site monitors. 

I have been a member of this site since the beginning and am very passionate about hunting.  I feel I should be able to give my opinion as much as anyone else.  I also support wolf management and feel like those types of post do nothing but undermine our chances of ever achieving the opportunity to ever manage wolves.

Lowedog, I think you are very educated on the wolf issue. But is a post is made and not stripped in 30 minutes does not mean admistraitors condone it any more than the entire H-W regardless of what it is. I posted the "Offical Wolf Poaching Stance" in the form of a link. I took the post you refer to as satire and don't think we need to start a flame war over it. That was not my intent. There is nothing wrong with using the ignore button for topics that upset a person, that was my point.

[Lowedog]

Why

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

Honestly Lowedog, can't you appriciate how there is a stance that supports wolf management? People took the time to write and post Offical Government stances on wolf introduction. Do we really have to attack the site monitors here? Have you ever considered ignoring wolf threads? (Just a thought.)

Why should I ignore wolf threads?  I honestly don't see how what I said is attacking the site monitors. 

I have been a member of this site since the beginning and am very passionate about hunting.  I feel I should be able to give my opinion as much as anyone else.  I also support wolf management and feel like those types of post do nothing but undermine our chances of ever achieving the opportunity to ever manage wolves.

Lowedog, I think you are very educated on the wolf issue. But is a post is made and not stripped in 30 minutes does not mean admistraitors condone it any more than the entire H-W regardless of what it is. I posted the "Offical Wolf Poaching Stance" in the form of a link. I took the post you refer to as satire and don't think we need to start a flame war over it. That was not my intent. There is nothing wrong with using the ignore button for topics that upset a person, that was my point.

  Got it.  Happy new year! 

[GrainfedMuley]

I read the article about the WA wolf killed in Idaho.

Its scary to see the comment about how the washington hunting forum condones poaching.... 

NOBODY here on this forum condones ANY poaching.  WTF ar you talking about?   

[Bean Counter]

+1. There are a lot of frustrated hunters who took this as a moment to vent with a  joke, pun, etc. 

I think what the antis like the most is to see us infighting for goodness sake, how many pages are we going to argue amongst ourselves about something that appears to never have even happened?

[Sitka_Blacktail]

If they bring any hunting initiative to the polls we lose no matter what. They have the funding and the commercials and the majority. Get over out public image. They will find a way that makes us look like drunk a holes that love to act like serial killers in training.

Then it behooves us to not give them ammunition to use against us for free.  The fact is, most of the public is ambivalent about hunters. There is no reason to give them a reason to change that.  We are in a battle for credibility and yes, every little thing we do or say in public will be used against us.

Let the anti's be the crazy ones. Let them tell kids that hunting and fishing is murder. Most of the public doesn't agree with that because most of the public eats meat and fish.  Give them enough time and they will P O most of the public. We don't need to counteract them with dumbness of our own. We need to be the reasonable ones.