Sick of Bear Hunting Opposition
Now every time I hear about grizzly bear hunting it is always left wing political lobbiests that are trying to ban grizzly bear hunting and other types of bear hunting. All this negative public image of bear hunting is making me sick, it is just the first way in the door for anti-hunting groups to gain a stronghold in mainstream society. I would like people to use common sense and think of the immense benefits of grizzly bear and black bear hunting brings to our ecological and financial environments. Here is the latest group to push the anti hunting propaganda message: http://www.pacificwild.org/
I encourage all hunters and true outdoors men and women to write to their political parties to issue concern on the above group.
Who else besides bear hunters contribute funds into grizzly bear and black bear conservation and research?
How else are bears going to respect boundaries and urban environments if they lose their fear of man due to lack of hunting pressure?
Just remeber that bear management is better for the herd and only 6% of the grizzly population is taken annualy and if more females are taken or missing that alloted, the tags are decreased the following year to keep numbers up.
Here are some other sites to check out:
March 21st, 2009 at 12:07 am
Today on the radio I heard CKNW 980 am, a BC radio station discussing the grizzly hunt debate again. I have to Applaud Mike Smith from the Province news who made some very educated points and respected bear hunters rights to hunt grizzly bears. He had some humane society bleeding heart crying about the morality of trophy hunting. Meanwhile he was ignoring the scientific facts that hunting improves the quality and health of the herd and that grizzly bear numbers are flourishing.
Mike had a member of the BC guide association http://www.goabc.org/ on to talk about the benefits of keeping the grizzly hunt alive. He said that hunting brings the province of BC 350 million dollars annually in the typically low seasons to rural areas of BC. He also said that a very small percentage, less than 6% of grizzlys are harvested and the herd is on the rise, there is more than ever!
I was very impressed that CKNW had some common sense on this issue, thanks Mike Smith!