A Must Read From National Geographic
Not often that a major magazine that is not a hunting or fishing magazine takes a balanced look at the role sportsmen play in conservation.
The great irony is that many species might not survive at all were it not for hunters trying to kill them. All the wings provided to Norman Saake and his colleagues throughout the country come from hunters, who fold them into prepaid envelopes, record the date and place of harvest, and mail them in. It is but one example of how the nation’s 12.5 million hunters have become essential partners in wildlife management. They have paid more than 700 million dollars for duck stamps, which have added 5.2 million acres to the National Wildlife Refuge System since 1934, when the first stamps were issued. They pay millions of dollars for licenses, tags, and permits each year, which helps finance state game agencies. They contribute more than 250 million dollars annually in excise taxes on guns, ammunition, and other equipment, which largely pays for new public game lands. Hunters in the private sector also play a growing role in conserving wildlife.
The entire article is a worthwhile read so check it out. The numbers in our ranks is certainly on the decline and we need to take action to reverse this trend. Introduce somebody to our great sport and preserve our heritage.
[...] did the story last night about the balanced story that National Geographic did on sportsmen and now Tom over at the Black Bear Blog has found another one. This is great and we [...]
Pingback by Moose Droppings » Two Postive Stories About Hunters in Two Days Who’d a Thunk? — October 24, 2007 @ 9:27 am
As I said on Tom’s post on this subject, it is great to see hunters portrayed in a positive light by the mainstream media. I hope we start to see a lot more of this sort of thing.
Comment by Kristine Shreve — October 24, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
This article was obviously funded by hunters. Type “extinct animals in the 21st century” into your search engine and read the horrors of hunting that even in this modern age hunters are STILL driving hundreds of species to extinction.
The kid in this picture looks like a vile piece of trailer trash human waste as ALL of you hunters are.
Your unethical hunting methods such as bow hunting and snaring are an abomination.
Most of you have a shoot to injure policy and not a shoot to kill policy! Well it is the preferred method of trailer trash!
Comment by craig — January 29, 2008 @ 10:48 pm
[...] Craig I’m glad you stopped by my little piece of the blogging world even though you are very misguided. I did take your challenge, Type “extinct animals in the 21st [...]
Pingback by Moose Droppings » “Craig” Thinks Us Hunters Have “Driven Hundreds of Animals to Extinction” — January 30, 2008 @ 1:17 am
Wow, “Craig” is a little off balance. Mis-information and name calling doesn’t make me want to even respond to his type.
Comment by Mike Weekes — January 30, 2008 @ 10:33 am
[...] } )() Fellow blogger Moose over at Moosedroppings has had an apparent anti-hunter drop a comment on his blog claiming that hunters are responsible for the extinction of certain animals in the 21st [...]
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