BuzzH
Well-known member
Your grievance should be against the exotic game farms.I agree about the exotics. I also believe that the second half of your statement is what the anti hunting crowd is using to fight against hunting. And we need support from the non-hunters who have not picked a side. Now read through this whole thread and think about what kind of opinions a non hunter might get based on the different comments. And I can guarantee you that a lot of the “lurkers” here are looking for information to use to draw those non hunters to their side.
If you're trying to justify having exotic hunting, because its for conservation or to feed the family, I think that's a cause you lost from the get-go.
I think most nonhunters aren't as dumb as you make them sound. They realize Texas in an anomaly and that what goes on there in regard to exotics/feral animals is largely different than conserving (and hunting) native species like elk, deer, pronghorn, wild sheep, moose, caribou, mountain grouse, waterfowl, etc.
Again, for the record, I've shot a bunch of stuff in Texas, hogs, sika, fallow, axis, blackbuck, aoudad, etc. I don't leave any of it, its all good table fare. In particular the hogs.
But, I won't be brow beating others that want to leave it.