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Tue Dec-06-11 07:42 PM
Response to Reply #51 |
| 83. ...for which you are to be applauded! |
| -257 bears killed on first day of NJ hunt |
villager |
Dec-06-11 08:44 AM |
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Insane. |
coffeenap |
Dec-06-11 08:53 AM |
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Why? |
SkyDaddy7 |
Dec-06-11 09:13 AM |
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Bears are very interesting animals |
bhikkhu |
Dec-06-11 09:53 AM |
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Except where there's overpopulation, there's always trouble. |
sybylla |
Dec-06-11 11:06 AM |
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The overpopulation is of people -- not bears. |
The Stranger |
Dec-06-11 11:29 AM |
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Hear hear. |
Doremus |
Dec-06-11 02:46 PM |
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It is a little more complicated than that. The bears are increasing even though there are more |
yellowcanine |
Dec-06-11 06:10 PM |
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Bears were the first medicine men. They taught the Indians. When hibernation was |
zonkers |
Dec-06-11 01:42 PM |
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I totally agree! |
SkyDaddy7 |
Dec-06-11 06:32 PM |
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So right! |
trayfoot |
Dec-06-11 06:28 PM |
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It takes a special kind of person to point a gun at an animal and blow a hole in it's |
rhett o rick |
Dec-06-11 07:29 PM |
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All do respect but |
freethought |
Dec-06-11 08:04 PM |
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Even if your rational is correct, it takes a special kind of person to shoot a bear. nm |
rhett o rick |
Dec-06-11 11:23 PM |
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With that I would probably agree with you. |
freethought |
Dec-07-11 01:45 PM |
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I remember well a very significant point in my life. |
rhett o rick |
Dec-07-11 09:10 PM |
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I am virtually certain that |
freethought |
Dec-07-11 11:44 PM |
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k & r |
red dog 1 |
Dec-06-11 10:56 PM |
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+1 |
Mad_Dem_X |
Dec-07-11 01:54 PM |
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I'm a big hunting advocate but I don't understand bear hunts |
LynneSin |
Dec-06-11 08:54 AM |
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Beside the meat & fur the hunts... |
SkyDaddy7 |
Dec-06-11 09:12 AM |
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I've heard that bear meat was tasty. But I have no firsthand experience. |
mainer |
Dec-06-11 10:17 AM |
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I was able to try it many years ago. |
freethought |
Dec-06-11 01:59 PM |
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It's pretty good |
EvilAL |
Dec-07-11 07:46 PM |
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I am a big anti-hunting advocate and do not understand any hunts. n/t |
RebelOne |
Dec-06-11 01:05 PM |
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well then |
sylveste |
Dec-06-11 02:35 PM |
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Well, let me put it this way: I am 100% against hunting. n/t |
RebelOne |
Dec-06-11 04:43 PM |
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good to hear, |
sylveste |
Dec-06-11 07:39 PM |
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Bears and other awesome animals will be extinct |
Bryn |
Dec-06-11 08:55 AM |
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This hunt is designed to slow an explosive population growth of bears |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:00 AM |
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Isn't there an irony in homo sapiens defining "explosive populations" of other species? |
villager |
Dec-06-11 09:03 AM |
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+1 |
handmade34 |
Dec-06-11 09:11 AM |
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A privilege of being the apex predator I suppose. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:13 AM |
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Like the privilege of eventually destroying the biosphere that sustains you? |
villager |
Dec-06-11 09:15 AM |
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The bear population is still growing - nature is winning this particular battle. |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:25 AM |
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My Father refused to hunt bear..He like wearing clothes when he went hunting |
happyslug |
Dec-06-11 11:02 AM |
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And since the NRA supports the Right to Arm Bears, it can get dangerous in the woods. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 11:50 AM |
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Much like a bank CEO survives and thrives while the less "fortunate" become statistics. |
LanternWaste |
Dec-06-11 10:17 AM |
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Since the bear population is steadily growing, I am not sure what your point is. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 10:33 AM |
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That hasn't done much for tigers nt |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 12:28 PM |
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They aren't at the apex. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 12:43 PM |
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Tigers aren't apex predators? Interesting nt |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 01:06 PM |
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Not in the world of man. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 01:30 PM |
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OK, I've got it. You've introduced your own definition. |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 01:40 PM |
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No - you need to go back to pick up the context of the discussion |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 02:01 PM |
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I didn't know the term was subject to context |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 02:24 PM |
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Misinterpretation is guaranteed when you jump into the middle of conversations. |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 03:26 PM |
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Or when you invent your own definitions |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 06:59 PM |
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You are really sarcasm challenged, aren't you? |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 07:07 PM |
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I'm doubting you know the definition of an apex predator. |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-06-11 07:13 PM |
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So man is not the ultimate predator in the world - got it. n |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:04 PM |
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Look - I gave a smart ass answer to a post |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:07 PM |
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+1 |
yellerpup |
Dec-06-11 09:25 AM |
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+10 |
emilyg |
Dec-06-11 09:30 AM |
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So very true. |
Fair Witness |
Dec-06-11 09:37 AM |
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Yes. The cognitive dissonance is astounding... |
truebrit71 |
Dec-06-11 10:08 AM |
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Agreed. eom |
a la izquierda |
Dec-06-11 10:15 AM |
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Heh. When I lived in northern NJ as a child, I walked through wooded paths to school. |
NCarolinawoman |
Dec-06-11 02:46 PM |
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I live in central New Jersey |
DontTreadOnMe |
Dec-06-11 09:05 AM |
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Huge deer population? You mean because they killed... too many predators? |
villager |
Dec-06-11 09:16 AM |
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With growing bear and coyote populations there are plenty of predators. |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 09:30 AM |
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"the bigger problem is fewer hunters" -- restore ecosystems with more hunting! |
villager |
Dec-06-11 10:37 AM |
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How do you propose to maintain animal populations at sustainable levels? |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 10:41 AM |
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more wilderness -- obviously human encroachment leads to these "problems" |
villager |
Dec-06-11 10:45 AM |
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That might be a problem in New Jersey, don't you think? nt |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 10:48 AM |
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Well, will it stop you from opposing the next subdivision/shopping mall in the next "undeveloped" |
villager |
Dec-06-11 11:51 AM |
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We have an active land trust that I support with time and money |
hack89 |
Dec-06-11 12:02 PM |
#51 |
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...for which you are to be applauded! |
villager |
Dec-06-11 07:42 PM |
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+100 |
Auntie Bush |
Dec-06-11 11:15 AM |
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If there are "plenty of predators" wouldn't the deer population be in check? |
Gormy Cuss |
Dec-06-11 12:38 PM |
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Agreed |
JustAnotherGen |
Dec-06-11 10:55 AM |
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What do they do with the dead bears? |
Glorfindel |
Dec-06-11 09:09 AM |
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Just breaks my heart. |
sinkingfeeling |
Dec-06-11 09:12 AM |
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That is not hunting, it's just killing. Hunting is getting food... |
Fair Witness |
Dec-06-11 09:36 AM |
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Non-violence |
Roy Rolling |
Dec-06-11 09:52 AM |
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Actually the main cause of the increase is deer, is tied in with increase in deer food |
happyslug |
Dec-06-11 11:45 AM |
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A thoughtful and informative post. n/t |
Psephos |
Dec-06-11 10:14 PM |
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Shooting a Bear over a pile of Donuts is not Hunting |
formercia |
Dec-06-11 10:04 AM |
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Don't even get me started |
Highway61 |
Dec-06-11 10:13 AM |
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Plenty of Bears |
Roy Ellefson |
Dec-06-11 10:21 AM |
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I lived in an area of Syracuse, NY that you could not call rural |
zalinda |
Dec-06-11 10:21 AM |
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There were two deer in my back yard on two separate days last week |
FarCenter |
Dec-06-11 02:32 PM |
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jeebus |
Kali |
Dec-06-11 10:22 AM |
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There is wildlife in new jersey? |
Muskypundit |
Dec-06-11 10:25 AM |
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It's interesting how some get their jollies. |
onehandle |
Dec-06-11 10:27 AM |
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+1 |
villager |
Dec-06-11 10:38 AM |
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no worries. think of it as practice .... |
marasinghe |
Dec-06-11 07:21 PM |
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I shot a bear once |
tularetom |
Dec-06-11 10:40 AM |
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Damn that is a lot of bears for a state the size of NJ |
MicaelS |
Dec-06-11 11:10 AM |
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I drove through part of New Jersey the other day. |
onehandle |
Dec-06-11 11:28 AM |
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Here is a slightly different take on the situation on the side of the real hunters |
left on green only |
Dec-06-11 03:16 PM |
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In my area of WV, bear hunters are the most rancid people. |
tabasco |
Dec-06-11 05:38 PM |
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Humanity going too far |
goforit |
Dec-06-11 06:55 PM |
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Do people eat bear? |
madokie |
Dec-06-11 07:19 PM |
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Some do. |
freethought |
Dec-07-11 01:38 PM |
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A bear better get a good look at me before I see him if he wants to know what I look like |
madokie |
Dec-07-11 05:11 PM |
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Ugh |
otohara |
Dec-06-11 07:22 PM |
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Wow, some real polarization on this thread. |
freethought |
Dec-06-11 09:06 PM |
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Sounds bad until you put it in perspective. |
Xithras |
Dec-07-11 12:25 AM |
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Bear meat is excellent, not unlike roast beef - |
lynne |
Dec-07-11 06:53 AM |
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Those poor bears |
Luciferous |
Dec-07-11 06:57 AM |
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Poor creatures. |
lonestarnot |
Dec-07-11 07:40 AM |
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