Proposed Ballot would Ban “Captive Hunting” in North Dakota
This is something I feel very strongly about and I would gladly sign any petition to enforce this ban. If this ban does not go through than we might as well throw whatever ethics we have as sportsmen right out the window.
Let me put it this way, to shoot an animal in a fenced in area would be like holding something against it’s will and killing it without it having a chance to get away or defending itself. I firmly believe in 100% Wild and 100% Fairchase, I would rather not hunt if it was any other way.
In my opinion anyone who goes to one of these preserves to shoot an animal does not have an ounce of ethics in their body and if they can do that and sleep at night than they have serious issues.
The following is a short article that I found from the KXMC.com news:
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) A proposed ballot initiative would ban private hunting preserves in North Dakota.
The preserves allow hunters to shoot game within a fenced area for a fee. North Dakota has more than 100 registered farms that advertise opportunities to hunt deer or elk.
Opponents of private hunting preserves say they’re unethical, because animals don’t have a chance to run away from hunters.
Secretary of State Al Jaeger must approve the petition for circulation before its backers may begin getting petition signatures. They need at least 12,844 signatures to put the idea on the ballot next year.
The Legislature defeated a proposal to prohibit game farms that charge hunters a fee to go on their property. Lawmakers decided a ban would infringe on landowners’ property rights.
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