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New Jersey Council Approves Black Bear Hunt
Press Release by NJ FW ^
| April 9, 2003
| NJ Fish & Game Council
Posted on 04/09/2003 10:11:45 AM PDT by d-back
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NJ hunters, beware that the antis are already mustering their troops. If you're in favor of the hunt--or at least in favor of "local rule" by letting the folks living in Bear Country in Sussex decide their fate instead of the Soccer Moms in Montclair and Princeton--consider showing up. Or call McGreevy and tell him you're in favor of the hunt: 609-292-6000.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:11:45 AM PDT
by
d-back
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:14:29 AM PDT
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To: d-back
Sounds Racist to me.
Al Sharpton
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:15:09 AM PDT
by
XRdsRev
To: d-back
Oh G-d No!!!!!
Smokey ...watch out!
;>)
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:17:41 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(G-d speed our fighters!)
To: d-back
either sex and any age
wow. coupled with the fact that they can use almost any weapon including vehicle, this suggests to me that there is a real population problem with bears...NJ hunters you know what you need to do!
of course the socialists will likely tell us that they are in fact "endangered"....blah
To: d-back
F* Montclair.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:24:19 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: d-back
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:25:20 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(http://www.politicsandprotest.org/attack.swf)
To: ConservativeDude
either sex and any age wow. coupled with the fact that they can use almost any weapon including vehicle, this suggests to me that there is a real population problem with bears...NJ hunters you know what you need to do! This may also reflect the difficulties involved in aging and sexing bears in the field. Safety first.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:31:41 AM PDT
by
gundog
To: gundog
Plothounds would be an asset for the bear hunters. Maybe the bear hunters will get a few rabbits while they are at it.
To: d-back
Thanks, I'll call/contact the governor and my 3 legislators.
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp I thought after the infant was eaten by a black bear in the Catskills last year it would have woken people up--it didn't. We need to hunt to control the animal population, to keep the animals from starving and to save humans from death and injury and their property and domesticated animals.
I love animals, they taste good.
Genesis 9:3
Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:59:00 AM PDT
by
Coleus
(RU-486 Kills Babies)
To: Calpernia
Silly Wabbit.
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posted on
04/09/2003 11:00:09 AM PDT
by
Coleus
(RU-486 Kills Babies)
To: gundog
good point.
my understnaind of bears is that if they show some spirit, they are male, otherwise hard to say....similarly size, ie, age, is actually very difficult to discern and usual indicators (ears for example) are deceptive...of course if you are close enough to see some spirit and guess at age, chances are it might be too late...oops! you are right this could be a well thought out safety issue.
To: Coleus
Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants.
I think your point was perhaps tongue in cheek, but it is a good one. We are called to exercise dominion and stewardship. Hunting is an unavoidable duty in that regard.
To: d-back
I am in Sussex County and opposed to the bear hunt. I agree with you that locals should decide.
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posted on
04/09/2003 11:05:34 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: ConservativeDude
Yeah...females with cubs can be pretty "spirited" if you get too close.
Banning the use of dogs in the hunting of bears in Oregon was a bad thing for the bears...they would get chased and treed and given the once-over before a decision to shoot or not was made...now they're shot on sight ...with twice as many tags available to hunters.
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posted on
04/09/2003 11:17:20 AM PDT
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gundog
To: Huck
I agree with you that locals should decide.With the undecided being swayed by all those out-of-state PETA dollars, no doubt.
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04/09/2003 11:18:59 AM PDT
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gundog
To: ConservativeDude
No, not really a joke, (I would say the "I love animals, they taste good" was more toungue-in-cheek) it was a quote from the Bible in Genises from God to Noah, it's to prove a point that man has dominion over animals and were placed here for us. NJ was fine with 50 bears, 2,000 is overkill and they need to be thined. There are other aspects to this, more of a religious nature, concerning the activist liberals, regarding man being created in God's image and abortion and how we will do anything to save a bear, spotted owl or humpback whale while allowing the killing 43 million babies since 1973.
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04/09/2003 11:54:35 AM PDT
by
Coleus
(RU-486 Kills Babies)
To: Coleus
we are on the same page, brother
To: hobbes1
I'm in northern Morris County and we need to thin the bear population. This is good news...sorry, Yogi.
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: gundog
"Banning the use of dogs in the hunting of bears in Oregon was a bad thing for the bears...they would get chased and treed and given the once-over before a decision to shoot or not was made...now they're shot on sight ...with twice as many tags available to hunters."
Fascinating. I was reading recently about how people like T Roosevelt wanted to ban the use of dogs in hunting deer, b/c the dogs drove the deer into water, which basically incapacitated the deer, making it too easy...thus violating "fair chase".
The point you are making in the bear context is one that actually is more in the spirit of "fair chase" and not harming cubs.
Is it correct to say, then, that the use of dogs in terms of hunting ethics must be decided on a case by case basis?
I am not yet a big hunter, but it is not out of sympathy, it's really just a time issue. I am fascinated by it and believe passionately in conservation and hunting as a wildlife management tool. Therefore I ask a lot of questions.
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