tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post3463242777877783036..comments2023-10-20T05:01:10.457-06:00Comments on HIGH COUNTRY ARCHER: Killers!Mike "Hawk" Hustonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029760454601753563noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-47807622290579978222008-06-24T23:44:00.000-06:002008-06-24T23:44:00.000-06:00Yes! You will see us on the good road.Thank you a ...Yes! You will see us on the good road.<BR/><BR/>Thank you a million times for this post, Hawk! This is, as Sandy comments, well said!<BR/><BR/>My husband thinks and walks just as you do in this regard. A very conscientious hunter who has taught his children the same. Yes, it's primal and instinctive in good men and women.<BR/><BR/>But those crazies who kill just to kill infuriate me. I just don't understand. I know of two fellows in particular who have annual events where they go out in the wilds with their friends and shoot everything in sight - sometimes with AK-47s, just for the heck of it. It's wildlife carnage and it makes them giddy. Then, they take photos of the blown-apart, scattered animal parts and post them on blogs!! Something's disconnected in them, methinks. Absolutely sickening. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, glad to read this. It is salve to my confounded heart to read this level-headed truth.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Hawk!Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089859839673632529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-72286468400589605052008-05-29T14:21:00.000-06:002008-05-29T14:21:00.000-06:00Very well written - and thought out. I like that ...Very well written - and thought out. I like that I can come here and read a blog post that is not just spouted off the top of someone's head, but rather is thought about, re-hashed, and thought about some more.<BR/><BR/>Could I link to this article on my blog about "why I love to hunt?" I only will do so with your permission.Tom Sorensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376762648007983014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-25311055980154196952008-05-27T08:16:00.000-06:002008-05-27T08:16:00.000-06:00Well written sentiment. While I don't hunt (love ...Well written sentiment. While I don't hunt (love to fish and eat everything I catch), I have no objection to it when the catch is honored and used. Killing for the sake/thrill of killing, no matter what the target is (except mosquitoes)is wrong on all levels. We had a neighbor who regularly went on hunting safaris here and in Africa and then had the heads stuffed and displayed on his wall. He never ever used any other part of the animal - be it a deer or a lion. (He very well could have been one of the bear hunters in Maine rainforestrobin commented about.) I hated being in his den with all those glassy eyes "looking" at me. Such a disrespect for all living creatures.abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879476262337290531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-83679889123838599802008-05-24T22:22:00.000-06:002008-05-24T22:22:00.000-06:00Hawk, thank you for saying these words.. I wish mo...Hawk, thank you for saying these words.. I wish more people read your blog so that they too would remember what being in the outdoors is really all about, weather it be hunting or spending time with your family.. the bad are making it harder and harder for any of us to go out and enjoy ourselves without restrictions... You are gifted with words and I hope these words make a difference for our childrens futures..Stacey Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14735896924805332261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-75511832139216011452008-05-24T14:28:00.000-06:002008-05-24T14:28:00.000-06:00I have had these thoughts and feelings so many tim...I have had these thoughts and feelings so many times. It's as if you have spoken my thoughts and expressed my feelings. Only more eloquently. <BR/><BR/>When I lived in far northern Maine I saw so many crazed hunters every fall. It was not safe for anyone. There are a lot of lodges up that way that cater to hunters who come up to shoot a bear from a stand that has been baited all summer with junkfood like old donuts, moldy bake goods, bad meat, etc. As you probably know the guide takes the hunter/client to the stand, which is built in a tree and the client waits until the bear comes (like it does each day) to get his food and then the hunter shoots him. Bam! Bam! Whoop Dee Doo! Big brave hunter. It is seriously ill. <BR/><BR/>And then they don't do anything with the bear accept take a photo standing on it and maybe if they are wealthy they stuff and mount the head on the wall. And most of the hunters stay up all night drinking, then get 2 hours sleep, go out (still drunk) and blast away at anything that moves. Fall in Maine is exquisitely beautiful but sadly I often stayed in doors due to these maniacs. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for being a clear strong voice for nature and the wild creatures, Hawk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-57079498724916668622008-05-24T10:00:00.000-06:002008-05-24T10:00:00.000-06:00Well said!Well said!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071236024242050143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412329527528271414.post-22369712536300245112008-05-24T07:52:00.000-06:002008-05-24T07:52:00.000-06:00Hawk: AMEN; you're preaching to the choir. I enjoy...Hawk: AMEN; you're preaching to the choir. I enjoy the hunt so much, but the hunt was the important thing. I hunted with my Dad on his last deer hunt. I posted about it from my brothers and my experience. His joy was in the capture. My joy was in that he did make a capture on his last hunt. I just wanted to be with him as he was winding down. I think I missed the same deer a year before and I thank God that I did miss it to allow my Dad to get it.This Is My Blog - fishing guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826128050970967135noreply@blogger.com