I hunt cause I think its fun! The meat is a bonus!

I like the prep, the anticipation , the bs, the comraderie, and most of all the kill! The bigger the better! (220 lbr makes ya more macho than the ones who only got 195 lbr)

Found out when I was about 7 it was more fun to shoot a tweety-bird than a tin-can with my B-B gun. Old man cured me of that though!

I've hunted behind hounds and it's a blast! We were not tryin to thin the cats out, we were havin a good time.

I've shot bear behind hounds too. It's not as much fun but it's productive, and you get to kill something. I enjoy it more than baitin em.

For me, I'd love to be able to stalk a cat and kill it with a jack-knife, or dive into salmonberry patch an kill a Bar with a Bowie knife. I aint that good! And I'd just be doin it to bs about it later.

All of the stuff is fun, even the unsuccessful trips (no kill)

I've caught fish with my hands, with spears, arrows, nets, flies, worms , eggs, spinners, hoochies,flossed em. snagged em,even shot a couple, same deal, FUN!

I've gotten a lot older, and a little wiser, I quit doin a lot of the stuff 20 yrs ago.

Hounds in the woods?, Hell Yes! Bait Bears? if thats your thing, Hell Yes!

I use a hook and line(legal setup) now. And it's a lot more fun.

I don't see the logic in stopping a practice that is fun and doesn't threaten the existence of a resource!

It is legal to spear undersized ling-cod and once you get the first one they come from everywhere to feed on the kill, (real turkey shoot then) I don't hear anybody gripen bout that!

If it doesn't threaten the resource, why do you care how somebodyelse does it? Catch n release has got to be as barbaric as it gets, (next to bow hunting). They are both fun.

If you want to kill a poor defenseless insect so you can tie a flie that matches the hatch so you can hook a fish, put it through a life threatening experience, instill who knows how much trauma to his psychi, run it till it can't resist anymore, take a pic. of it, then release it, and brag about it, it's fine with me!

Just don't get too pumped up about your moral and ethical superiority! Have fun!



herm