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Vendaval -> "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/30/2008 10:04:52 PM)
"Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" By DAVE GRAM, Associated Press Writer Sat Mar 29, 1:39 PM ET " Shannon's challenge reflects a larger problem plaguing many state governments: Revenue from hunting and fishing license sales is plunging because of waning interest in the outdoors. "We're losing our rural culture," said Steve Wright, a regional representative for the National Wildlife Federation. "There are so many distractions, and we're not recruiting young people into hunting and fishing." " http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080329/ap_on_re_us/hunting_s_decline;_ylt=AkY0sY8OexHYgkyr4VKfwYRH2ocA

RazorJAK -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 1:53:35 AM)
I see that and the first thing I think is ... "You'd think, with how expensive food is going to be in the upcoming years, that hunting and fishing would be MORE popular." Of course, the thoughts immediately following that are ... "People have become gentrified ( read as wimpified ) and can't handle the thought of actually seeing their meat while it's still living." and "Fuck em! Welcome to the foodchain, bitch! Too weak to hunt? Don't come crying to me when you're starving."

mistoferin -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 6:32:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RazorJAK "People have become gentrified ( read as wimpified ) and can't handle the thought of actually seeing their meat while it's still living." and "Fuck em! Welcome to the foodchain, bitch! Too weak to hunt? Don't come crying to me when you're starving." Yup! I do my part on the hunting end. However, I don't fish nearly as often as I used to. My reasons have nothing to do with a waning interest in the outdoors. I don't fish as much because I live in Michigan and I DO read the DNR fish advisories. There really aren't many places left here that have fish that are safe to consume. Not much point in fishing if you can't eat what you catch. Sure, there is catch and release but I believe that you shouldn't kill something you aren't going to eat....and even when you are careful fish die.

Aneirin -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 6:47:40 AM)
I fish from time to time, my favourite catch being the mackeral, a pleasingly easy fish to catch and so healthy too. I take no more than four, enough for myself, and the cat. And suffer, they do not, their stress relieved with hook still in mouth, their neck is broken. The japanese have some ideas on the best fish. But there are those here who wish to curtail the natural hunting for the food we need to live, the thoughts that with a rod and line we take too much ??? Or is it yet another cynical attempt to control and extract wealth, some of us enjoy the arduous exercise in freezing temperatures and foul weather to spin lures for the occaisional passing fish. A fish that will be ours to eat and ensure our health in a country often complaining the bad health of the nation.

pahunkboy -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 7:38:47 AM)
In some ways this small town area has become a suburb with out a city. That may sound nice- but Im in no hurry for a town the looks like cookie cutter towns. There is a certain unique flavor to the olden days, it shows in this house. It is a gracious and marvolous past. So- even when I visit $400k houses- when I come home- the old place has a charm that money cant buy.

MissHarlet -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:00:52 AM)
I can hunt and fish ... tho I am no longer able to butcher what I would kill if I hunted .... but if need be could do so for survival .. ..... but I realize that fewer and fewer can do either .. and those that do are mostly looking for throphies not food

mnottertail -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:02:44 AM)
Other than fishing, hunting is damn expensive with bullets, guns, licenses (around 150 for a deer in minnesota) and duck stamps and whatnot. more interactive than xbox tho, I agree. Ron

angelikaJ -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:06:17 AM)
I_first_read_it_as_hunting_and_fisting... oops!

pahunkboy -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:06:44 AM)
Gee- this is making me hungry for possum stew. When money gets tight-set out the sqirrel traps- grind up the meat into hamburger patiies. maybe, ?????

MissHarlet -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:08:45 AM)
hunting has become very expensive ......

mnottertail -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:08:49 AM)
fish drop soup

angelikaJ -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:11:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pahunkboy Gee- this is making me hungry for possum stew. When money gets tight-set out the sqirrel traps- grind up the meat into hamburger patiies. maybe, ????? just_skip_the_squirrel_brains: http://www.greysquirrel.net/brain.html "...Two Kentucky doctors last month reported a possible link between eating squirrel brains and the rare and deadly human variety of mad-cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease."

Aneirin -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:16:01 AM)
That's easy, hunt the red squirrels

DomKen -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:21:35 AM)
Not a big fan of squirrel. Not a big fan of any of the 'varmints' for eating except rabbit. I've got the same problem as mistoferin. The waters close to Chicago are too polluted for fishing except catch and release. I do get down to my relatives along Guntersville lake once a year or so and usually get enough bass and catfish to fill a cooler to bring home. CWD has appeared in the area of southern WI where I did most of my hunting so I now get all my venison from my cousin the taxidermist who gets far more than his family wants each year. He's trying to talk me into going hunting turkey in Texas this coming winter but that sounds more like trophy hunting than it does anything that will fill the freezer.

domahpet -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:33:43 AM)
here in norcal, the fishing industry has been the mainstay for so long that theres barely anything left for commercial profit. on a smaller scale, for private use its still allowed. hunting is also a big deal, and some people take great pride in filling their own freezers for the winter- deer, hog, and elk are very popular here.

nohalo -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 8:45:40 AM)
I'm not sure what I would do if there weren't some sort of venison in my freezer. I get a bit squicked until the butchering process is down to the quarters, but I can hang in there to get it done. Then it's just meat. I absolutely love to fish. I like fishing for bass, panfish, walleye, etc. And have had a blast every time I've gone deep sea fishing, especially in the Gulf Coast regions where our "prey" is red snapper. Yumm I live in Central Illinois - home of some record big buck whitetails. There are many, many outfitters just starting up around here. A lot of the out of state hunters are from Pennsylvania...and are willing to pay big money to hunt around here. We like it - it helps the local hoteliers, restaurants and such. With the new chapters of Ducks Unlimited, Whitetails Unlimited and Phesants Forever, I have yet to see anything but MORE interest in hunting and fishing in these parts. susan

DomKen -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 10:47:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: nohalo I live in Central Illinois - home of some record big buck whitetails. There are many, many outfitters just starting up around here. A lot of the out of state hunters are from Pennsylvania...and are willing to pay big money to hunt around here. We like it - it helps the local hoteliers, restaurants and such. With the new chapters of Ducks Unlimited, Whitetails Unlimited and Phesants Forever, I have yet to see anything but MORE interest in hunting and fishing in these parts. susan Let's hope CWD stays north of there or you guys will be out of business like the ones up in WI are. Wouldn't be shocked if some of those outfitters are guys who've moved down from the affected parts of WI.

MissMorrigan -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 10:53:45 AM)
Thank you! That gave me a damn good laugh... I expected the next post to be from Domiguy! quote: ORIGINAL: angelikaJ I_first_read_it_as_hunting_and_fisting... oops!

philosophy -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 11:13:59 AM)
FR ..since coming to Canada i have had the opportunity to learn at first hand more about hunting. i hope to learn how to can and smoke fish this season..........and given some of the salmon i've had the luck to eat while here my mouth is drooling at the thought [:)]

LilMissHaven -> RE: "Interest in hunting, fishing dropping" (3/31/2008 11:22:08 AM)
I haven't noticed a drastic decline in the interest young kids or even adults have in hunting or fishing here in Nebraska or South Dakota. In fact this year the public hunting grounds were so over run that we had to pool our money and rent privately owned land to hunt on in order to fill our licenses. A meal without venison? is that even healthy?

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