Posted on 09/10/2007 10:01:55 AM PDT by skeptoid
Many fear effort to legalize new hunt may be derailed
NEAH BAY -- One day after a group of frustrated Makah tribal members asserted treaty and historic rights by harpooning and killing a protected gray whale, tribal leaders condemned the hunt and vowed to prosecute the men.
"Their action was a blatant violation of our law, and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," said Debbie Wachendorf, the Makah Tribal Council vice chairwoman.
"The Makah Tribal Council denounces the actions of those who took it on themselves to hunt a whale without the authority of the Makah Tribal Council or the Makah Whaling Commission."
The tribal council acted swiftly amid concerns that the unauthorized hunt could damage chances that the federal government --
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.460 Weatherby Magnum is a whole lot of kaboomyow but did not ever before hear of using it on sea mammals.
It used to be the most powerful of the Weatherby belted magnums.
Dang, those are high class whale hunters, if we belive Fox News, they must have used a Weatherby MACHINE GUN. Apparently Fox has some producers who are stuck on stupid.
It doesn't sound like these guys were hunting like their ancestors did. Since the tribe has violated the treaty, the US should declare it void.
From the article: “the authority to hunt as their ancestors did”. Don’t recall many rifles being used by the Injuns 1000 years ago or motorized watercraft.
This is a completely disgusting group of people. Humans had a tradition of buy and selling other humans for thousands of years too. It doesn’t mean that it should continue just because they had always done it.
I watched a friend fire a .458 Win Ruger #1 from a standing position. It spun him around about 90 degrees, he was stunned for a few seconds, and then he said “That wasn’t so bad”. We never did let him live that down.
I fired the .460 prone with ear plugs and cups. It moved me back a couple of inches. No black and blue mark, tho. Just good instruction.
If they were from Russia he'd have said Vodka-
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