This week, we’re discussing what creates hunting culture and how it changes over time and by region.
This week, we have just a few headlines, including a bill that, if voters approve it, could impose an additional tax on firearms and ammunition in Colorado.
Boulder County implemented a hunting ban that the Forest Service argues is unauthorized, and researchers across the West have put out a new volume of Wildlife Migration routes.
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It's unconstitutional to tax a right. It's not about hunting.
I believe that one day , hunters will look back and say,"cant believe trail cameras were legal". Kinda takes the "hunt" out of hunting.
As a kid – dad and uncles influenced my hunting. Deer hunt – we made drives and walked for miles (seldom successful). As a young adult I started to hunt alone and started using stands – the deer were relaxed and shot placement was by far more assured. Now dad's camp and his brothers camp all use the sit and wait system (stands). My guess is that a majority of the camps now use stands in NW MN. So my generation influenced and changed how an older generation pursued deer.
Want to see you guys hunt. Im too poor to hunt where y'all are. Lotterys and such. Please show hunts and less jabber
Sounds like states around CO. Will be selling more guns & ammo ..
Stepdad used to call it "arkansas" to shoot them on the ground.
I'm half way through this video and I'm going to comment at risk. I'm no spring chicken. In the past it was more about meat than sport. Camp was more about hunter and family fellowship as a collective. And what a camp achieved together more important than individual performance. And an individual that "got it done" was celebrated by the whole camp! Mighty Hunter! And it kept some from going without valuable wild meat including the older and less able. They counted on that. Today game numbers are not what they were. A lot of hunting culture change has to do with that. Party hunting a shrinking mule deer population doesn't make the sense it did when they were plentiful. Where I live there are so many turkeys that shooting one out of a tree wouldn't raise my eyebrow. If there were so few then I would see it differently. Like Randy says, "Put more game on the landscape", and these discussions would be less relevant. Thanks you guys
Wtf farming is killing the world not hunting
CO wants to ban guns with a magazine and with a threaded barrel. That is a ton of hunting rifles.
shooting jakes is not OK unless you shoot spike elk 😂😂😂😂😂😂
BTW party hunting for Elk in Manitoba is required during rifle season ie 2 licenses against 1 tag and you have to apply to the draw together. You can form a party of up to six ie 3 tags. You can party hunt for all of the other big game species for the most part.
I owe Randy for teaching me all my public land ethics. I grew up hunting private land in Iowa and knew nothing about anything else until I started watching On Your Own Adventures and Fresh Tracks. His knowledge and ability to voice his ethics has led me to many great times and successful hunts since moving out west to Montana.
Great show. Love how you guys are always looking at everything at different angles. Marcus why wasn't you bighorn sheep hunt filmed? Second question is what is on the front of Jace's hoodie?
Saying "That's unethical" is the hunters way of saying, "That's offensive." Every so often it's legit, but most of the time it's just bi@#hing. In the end it's just someone's opinion and people need to realize we're all on the same side (mostly).
I live in SD and "road hunting" is legal. As a matter of fact it is the best way to harvest snow geese. The wildlife managers want them reduced —- so what is the problem? Is it better to stomp eggs on the tundra? End stage arthritis has robbed me of the ability to walk for pheasants, so if I could not road hunt I would be done hunting them. I can apply for an exemption so I can shoot big game from the road, and I am at that point. I can no longer hunt with a compound bow —- and qualify for a cross bow for archery season. I have not applied yet but if I wanted to archery hunt that would be the only way I could —- from a ground blind. I hope none of the purists get old — and have to face not doing something they love vs quitting altogether! I am close to being old enough to be Randy's dad (73) —- and through a lot of scouting and Onyx I killed a 6X6 bull this year with minimal walking. I want to pursue my passion as long as I can. As Randy said, there is a difference between ethics and legal, and I would add circumstances and inclusiveness ( to encompass the ability to pay).