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Default OT- VOTERS` VIEWS ON FIREARM OWNERS` RIGHTS AND HUNTING

Gunner wrote:

Ah..wayne..if you are close enough to see the 'camo kids" and to talk
to them..are you not close enough to get a license plate number?
If they were littering, tearing up "your" road etc etc..its obvious
that they are scoff laws and you really need to do your civic duty and
have them arrested, testify at their trial and see them convicted and
punished.


I love it. First you figured that I was clueless about who was leaving
the trash behind, so you turned into Gunner for the defense - "if you
did not see them commit, then you must acquit". When that didn't pan
out, yet still supremely confident that Gunner-knows-all, you've
transformed into Gunner the hall monitor - "get the plate number, take
it to the jury". LOL

Here's the deal - road hunters cause me three main headaches. 1. I get
to pick up their trash 2. Even though I have to stay home when it's wet
to save having to fix up the mess caused by driving on a soggy road,
hunters refuse to be so inconvenienced 3. Most of them don't care if
the deer are cleaned out of yet another area, but I do. How to solve
these problems... well, proving which truck left which trash is not as
easy as you make it sound. The only practical way is with remote video
cameras. If I was to go to that trouble and expense and follow up with
the deputy, I might get the satisfaction of hearing that a $25 fine was
levied. As for the road, much of it is public access. I've gated off the
part we own, and added signs to the other parts that are privately owned
but not fenced. Which leaves a big chunk that's only "mine" in the sense
that I built it and maintain it. If an inconsiderate maroon wants to
tear it up, there's nothing I can do about it. To help you get the idea,
imagine if it was you in a four-wheeler, having driven 35 miles out of
town to go hunting, and some guy asked you not to tear through the mud.
You'd rationalize your position in a heartbeat exactly as you do every
day in these newsgroups, and probably give me the finger to boot. So I'm
limited to signs, encouraging the problem to move somewhere else, and
ranting on Usenet, which I'd think that you of all people would
understand.

Or..hummm are you simply blowing hot air out your butt? Again.


Ah yes, the same attitude that's made me so sympathetic. What the hell,
you're living your reward, which seems about right. Likewise, our local
hunters are being rewarded for their attitude - tales of trash,
trespassing, shooting up signs, leaving gates open, cutting locks etc.
hardly started with me. Even though forty-acre parcels leave the land
largely open, owners are putting up no-hunting signs faster than ever.
Check out the future of hunting around here http://tinyurl.com/3dk3t,
fresh off the pages of Cabelas catalog.

Wayne