Ethics are Ethics Right?
01-29-2008, 05:50 AM
#1
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
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Ethics are Ethics Right?
Did ya ever ask a question that ya know the answer too? Well anyway....
I ran into this old acquantince yesterday. A friend? Well sure I'd call him that, even though we never hung out or anything. We once worked together and always talked hunting. He has a kennel and raises some of the best rabbit dogs around.
He says man, wish I had your number, me and my buddy went out yesterday and couldn't find anyone else to go with us. You wanna go with us sometime? Hey, I enjoy chasing the bunnies especially behind a good set of dogs. I said sure and gave him my number. He goes on to say we got 16 rabbits yesterday. I said 16? He said yep. I said the limits 4 per hunter. He said I know, but they were everywhere. RED FLAG!
Are ethics, ethics ? or are there Deer ethics and Rabbit ethics? Like I said I know my answer, but when he calls do I decline? Go and abide by the guidelines the State has set-forth? Go and urge that everyone abides by the guidelines? What would YOU do?
I ran into this old acquantince yesterday. A friend? Well sure I'd call him that, even though we never hung out or anything. We once worked together and always talked hunting. He has a kennel and raises some of the best rabbit dogs around.
He says man, wish I had your number, me and my buddy went out yesterday and couldn't find anyone else to go with us. You wanna go with us sometime? Hey, I enjoy chasing the bunnies especially behind a good set of dogs. I said sure and gave him my number. He goes on to say we got 16 rabbits yesterday. I said 16? He said yep. I said the limits 4 per hunter. He said I know, but they were everywhere. RED FLAG!
Are ethics, ethics ? or are there Deer ethics and Rabbit ethics? Like I said I know my answer, but when he calls do I decline? Go and abide by the guidelines the State has set-forth? Go and urge that everyone abides by the guidelines? What would YOU do?
01-29-2008, 05:54 AM
#2
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: River bottoms of VA
Posts: 60
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
Again, decisions made by your local game dept. and if we want to keep hunting without even more stipulations, people need to obey these laws. No matter how far fetched or undesirable they are.
Rabbit and potatoes and gravy is a good meal............
Rabbit and potatoes and gravy is a good meal............
01-29-2008, 06:01 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Oklahoma
Posts: 367
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
Go and abide by the guidelines the State has set-forth? Go and urge that everyone abides by the guidelines? What would YOU do?
01-29-2008, 06:04 AM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Posts: 21,043
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
"Me"?.....lol
I'd tell him the same thing I tell everyone.
"If you don't wanna get turned in.....you'd best keep your mouth shut about game infractions around me."
I know guys who used to catch a limit of trout.....go home...clean 'em....and go back. No difference in my book.....and just as brazen. Same thing with doves.
What bother me most, I guess......is the attitude that some think they are above the law....or that game laws shouldn't apply to them.
Why?
I'd tell him the same thing I tell everyone.
"If you don't wanna get turned in.....you'd best keep your mouth shut about game infractions around me."
I know guys who used to catch a limit of trout.....go home...clean 'em....and go back. No difference in my book.....and just as brazen. Same thing with doves.
What bother me most, I guess......is the attitude that some think they are above the law....or that game laws shouldn't apply to them.
Why?
01-29-2008, 06:35 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
I agree, I don't think I'd go with him either, and I might remind him there is a bag limit for a reason. I've never been accused of holding back what I think or feel, anyway. I don't think I'd run to the game warden and rat him out, that's not really my desire, but I'd "remind him," that's for sure.
01-29-2008, 06:38 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 1,559
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
Guys like this give the anti-hunters all the fuel they need. Me, I will never do anything that the anti's any ammunition they can use for their cause. It is always best to take the high road.
01-29-2008, 06:42 AM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
I'd go in a heart beat, I would drive my truck and if by chance things happened that I don't want to do I'd tell them why and I'd go home.
I'm not the watcher of the worlds rules,how many of you guy's friends cheat on their wives? Do you rat them out. Are you on your cell phone when some one speeds past you on the highway? Ever seen anyone smoke a joint? [
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Lighten up Barney ,put the bullet back in your pocket...............
I'm not the watcher of the worlds rules,how many of you guy's friends cheat on their wives? Do you rat them out. Are you on your cell phone when some one speeds past you on the highway? Ever seen anyone smoke a joint? [
]Lighten up Barney ,put the bullet back in your pocket...............
01-29-2008, 06:42 AM
#9
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 233
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
I wouldn't either, and I also wouldn't turn him in. But I would be honest with him and tell him why your not going. (ethics) You have them , he doesn't. And I'll just bet thats why he couldn't find but 1 other person to go with him yesterday....just guessing...
01-29-2008, 06:49 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Erie, Colorado
Posts: 1,530
RE: Ethics are Ethics Right?
I would go. I would make it crystal clear why the rules are in place for everyone to follow-no exceptions. If they cannot abide by the rules, they're not friends. They're theives! I would drop a dime.
If you teach, they will learn...
If you teach, they will learn...