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Jungle Work wrote: Maybe somebody can explain to me how a man or woman of average means is suppose to take their sons and daughters and expose them to the joy of hunting.

And folks wonder why there is a reduction in the number of hunters.

Me, I beleive that my grandchildren will see it come to pass where the only Hunting in US and Texas is done by the "Royality" as it is in Great Britian.

And that will be the end of the Second Admendment for the US.

Jungle Work

Exactly!! And the sad thing is now you can't get a LEASE just to get a LEASE. It has to be per person. Meaning I couldn't get a Lease a for say 1200.00 an d go with my son or daughter etc and both of us hunt.

It's all just bull. I'm very lucky in that I have family land. 100 acres that I can hunt dove, quail etc on. It was an ok place for Deer as well meaning that I could harvest at least a 6pt every season. However the idiot land owner to the North decided to put a Game Fence and it has screwed me over. Now I'm lucky if I even see a Doe.

I also have other family members with little pieces of land throughout Texas and they invite me for a weekend hunt etc so that is fine with me. I really feel sorry for those that want to hunt but don't have private land.

I guess theres always Fishing.

flintknapper wrote:

ScubaSigGuy wrote:Not CHL related, but it is 2A related. this part got my blood boiling a little.

One rift involves hunters disenchanted with the National Rifle Association, which runs major hunting programs and lobbies vigorously against gun control. A Maryland hunter, Ray Schoenke, has formed a new group, the American Hunters and Shooters Association, primarily as a home for hunters who would support some restrictions on gun and ammunition sales.

"The NRA's extreme positions have hurt the hunting movement," Schoenke said. "Soccer moms now believe hunters have made things more dangerous."


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Saw the same article printed in our local (news?) paper.

Of more concern to me... was the drop in number of hunters over the last 10 years. This is probably true of most shooting sports as well.

The article suggested (hunting) was on the decline because of urbanization gobbling up hunting lands.

I personally believe it has more to do with an aging hunter base dropping out....and a new generation of kids more interested in video games than doing anything outdoors.

I think you are right.




But heres my take. I am a die hard hunter. Well i used to be. I was the type that would go with my dad at 1pm to start hunting doves out in the middle of a field sweating bullets till the sun went down. We would go every single weekened of the season then kick off deer season and it was non-stop hunting all fall.

Now days we're lucky if we even go out there 3 times in the total season. For Deer hunting I'll go just to relax actually and I've noticed that as I age I really don't feel like or have a need to Kill a Deer.


Another reason I have pretty much stopped is because I have yet to take my damn Hunters education class. I honestly just don't have time to waste a whole 2 days for it. Heck I barely was even able to take my CHL class lol. The whole sport of hunting just seems to be filled with laws, money, business. It's just gotten so business oriented it kind of turns me off the sport. All the high fences ruining it for us smaller land people etc. etc.


I think theres just stages in our lives that hunters stop for whatever reason. Let me run down my life recently to give an idea of what may be going on with some hunters. I'm 26 btw and will be 27 this November.


From the time I was able to hunt to about 1yr ago I was always hunting. Then I meet a girl who I date a lot :) she becomes my fiance as of Feb 14 2007. Since then it's been nothing but planning for a wedding, furnishing a house, buying things for wedding, etc. I just honestly hardly have time to hunt. Our Wedding is Nov 10, so that pretty much ruins my Deer season opener. Then 1week honeymoon after that. Then comes building a fence for our house, Thanksgiving, Xmas decorations etc. I may get to squeeze in a few weekends of deer hunting in there but not many.


But I do plan to have kids within a year and I PROMISE myself, Them that they will learn the sport of hunting like my father taught me. I will always love the sport and I hope my Children will love and appreciate it as I do.