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I second the motion!! In south central PA and central MD, where deer populations are out of control, and where hunting is needed, landowners are pissed off!! They will not let anyone near there land. I am strictly a bowhunter and have been doing so for 15 years. My father, who is in his late 60's, introduced me to it and would KICK MY ***** if he found out I hunted illegally and unethically. Ethics and tradtion are what hunting is all about! It is why we take our children hunting, to show them not only the outdoors, but respect responsibitly and tradition. I do not own 1000 acres so my hunting is limited to where owners will ALLOW me the privledge to hunt. I would also like to see more people punished more severly for breaking game laws.
I am sorry to hear about your problems with idiots trespassing on your land and I hope you catch them. If it were me I would not allow anyone to hunt there either. And unfortunately I have seperated myself from a few people who I considered friends over the years for just this reason, they were so desperate to kill a P&Y buck that they were willing to break the law.
Good Luck, and fellow hunters, one last point. If we do not police ourselves it just gives ammunition to all the Animal Rights and Community Groups to remove our precious rights in the outdoors.
I second the motion!! In south central PA and central MD, where deer populations are out of control, and where hunting is needed, landowners are pissed off!! They will not let anyone near there land. I am strictly a bowhunter and have been doing so for 15 years. My father, who is in his late 60's, introduced me to it and would KICK MY ***** if he found out I hunted illegally and unethically. Ethics and tradtion are what hunting is all about! It is why we take our children hunting, to show them not only the outdoors, but respect responsibitly and tradition. I do not own 1000 acres so my hunting is limited to where owners will ALLOW me the privledge to hunt. I would also like to see more people punished more severly for breaking game laws.
I am sorry to hear about your problems with idiots trespassing on your land and I hope you catch them. If it were me I would not allow anyone to hunt there either. And unfortunately I have seperated myself from a few people who I considered friends over the years for just this reason, they were so desperate to kill a P&Y buck that they were willing to break the law.
Good Luck, and fellow hunters, one last point. If we do not police ourselves it just gives ammunition to all the Animal Rights and Community Groups to remove our precious rights in the outdoors.
