SniperP1

Ok. I did some "research" on this "group" & checked their web site, it looks to me that they are just about as bad as P.I.T.A.! I guess were all just a bunch of senseless killers according to them!? We no longer need to kill for food, & according to them.. "hunting is done solely to acquire trophies or to see who can kill the most." & "In all cases, sport hunting inflicts undeniable cruelty—pain, trauma, wounding, and death—on living, sentient creatures." So, I guess a Bow & Arrow is a "inhumane" method of killing an animal!?

I have a request? Who want's to let me shoot them in the chest w/my Bear: Black Panther Hunter Recurve 45#'s @ 28" & my 100gr Rocky Mountain Gator XP broadhead?? This will be done just to prove their point, that it is "inhumane" & will probably take you hours to die w/a 2" hole in your chest! Heck, I'll even help them out some.. I'll just shoot you in the thigh!? That way, it'll take you day's to die!

1) I DO NOT HUNT FOR "SPORT!"
2) I'M A MEAT HUNTER!
3) SURE, IF A NICE BUCK WALKS BY.. HE'S GOING ON MY WALL. BUT, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M LEAVING THE MEAT TO WASTE!
4) THESE GROUPS CAN SU............................... NEVER MIND!

In 2001 I shot a buck that field dressed out at 220lbs, I ended up w/close to 100lbs of meat from that deer. I had most of it made into hamburger, the rest was roast, a few packs of summer sausage & some steaks. Cost: $60.00! Go to your local meat market & buy 100lbs w/$60.00. You do the math.. Beef Burger, Average $2.00 a lb x 50lbs! BUT WAIT.. you still have to buy 5 5lb roast, 10lbs of summer sausage & 15lbs of steaks! What do you mean you can't?! OH THAT'S RIGHT.. you spent over the amount just on the burger!

I guess if they are successful at getting bowhunting banned, I'll just be POACHING!!
And that's all I got to say about that! Phil B.

cowdog1742

Does anyone have any info on companies that support these anti hunting groups. I would hate to think that i am spending money with a company that is supporting them.

recurver67

Nothin would break the government faster.97 million is a lot of money, but thats nothing compared to what they would lose over a few years. These people would't give up a good living to fight there cause and thats what it would take to get it from me!!!

GSPsnFORDs

Groups like this make me really wonder if they've done research on how hunting impacts wildlife (i.e. how hunting can prevent over population, reduce the # of car accidents, etc.). I guess they will implement the very "cost effective" birth control for deer and relocation measures already tried and then come screaming and crying as to why deer are starving to death and why there are so many car accidents once hunting is banned. Just my thoughts!

But, just like the NRA we have to unite!

Red Hawk

I have a baseball bat and the whole team to go with me on that one

dws

I also think they are wasting their time and money. I also think they are wasting our hard earned tax money to deal with this stupid idiotic assenine way of thinking. I can only hope and wish to read in the newspaper that the head people in these types of groups wreck their car into an elk or moose or a deer, get ejected through the windshield, and harpoon themselves on some sharp object in the ditch. I hope that picture brightens everyone's day.

kevin1

Fellas ,
97 million is their total revenue , not what they have available to commit to a single project . In reality their pointless and stupid campaign to eliminate bow hunting is doomed to fail for the simple reason that bow hunters spend more on hunting in one month than HSUS takes in all year . The loss of revenue that states would have to face by banning bow hunting is the biggest reason why these twits won't get what they want . Sure , they'll chip away at hunting , but they will never get it banned because we are the single most cost effective game management tool , and the only self funded one , that any state has to control game populations .

If you want to irrationally fear the ARFs then fear the reproductive eggheads they support who are looking for an effective contraceptive for game and an effective way of dispensing it . If they achieve that goal then you'll have something to worry about .

muzzyman88

See these groups make me sick. I'm all for animal rights within reason. Hunting is not one of them. Its been said before, which is worse, suffering or a humane kill? To me, these groups are all hipocrits. I really hope none of them eat any meat of any kind. How would you like to raised in a pen then marched into a plant to be slaughtered? We just choose to kill out own animal and use its meat. I also hope none of them live in houses. It took trees to build that house and trees are what the animals they are fighting for use for shelter and food.

Join up with as many groups as you can fellas, we're gonna need everything we've got to fight these idiots.

long_round_tip

[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@] GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!![:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]I hate groups like this!!!!![:@][:@][:@][:@]

adams

Bwhunter,

The best thing to do is get organized at a local level. Joining you local bowhunters assoc is a good start. They'll keep you up to date and your money will be well spent and it also may open up some doors for you. Both Maine and NH have similar programs and you can get certified to hunt damage permits and residential areas with deer problems on tags that don't effect your regular hunting seasons.
I found a couple of links you may want to check out.
http://www.illinoisbowhunters.com/
http://www.unitedbowhuntersofillinois.com/

We had a post going of bowhunter organizations to support but it quickly dropped of the board. Hope this helps.