houndsmen of Today

[Terry L. Zink]

Today concerns of Houndsmen here in the West and upper Midwest. I have news paper reporter coming out here tomarrow to do a article on todays houndsmen. I'd like to here your concerns.
My number one would be the wolves. Please share your concerns and ideas.

[mn. deep dark blues]

My number 1 would be WOLVES also 2.The taking away hunting wrights on all game animals 3. To short of kill seasons and training season. 4.To much goverment red tape all the time when something should be taking care of or changed. The list goes on and on but being HOUNDSMEN were always going to be kick in the short hairs. Good subject Terry thanks Buck

[rhromm]

Too much government control. One could start with what I see as a major wolf problem out west. Then work into banning hound owners from training year round. Then get into the increased regulations that appear every year. It is a constant cycle and only a matter of time before the hounds become unnecessary and are no longer bred.

[red river hounds]

Hey how ya doin Terry, its Joe Ejnik over in Wisconsin. Not a big fan of these computers but while i'm waiting for snow been checking out this site.
I would say here our number one enemy in the woods is the wolf, and ofcourse out of the woods the liberals in Madison. I will say our new governor Walker has been good overall for the sportsman though, you'll never keep everyone happy but he has passed some bills in favor of houndsmen and hunters altogether. He's got the liberals and unions pissed off too, puts a smile on my face, its time everyone takes their cuts like everyone else has. Anyway enough politics, i'll have to give ya a ring and see how them blues have been doing, and how the families been. We treed 42 bear this year hunting mainly weekends and some fridays and got some nice bear during kill season, nothing huge but some nice ones. Talk to ya later

[Doogie]

this going to be in Thursdays issue of the Daily Mistake?

[LDB]

Wolves are certainly a big concern. Loss of habitat and loss of access to hunting areas are a major concern. Anti hunting sentiment in the public is also a concern. Unscrupulous slob hunters that continually do things both illegal and unethical that reflect poorly on all hunters concern me. I wrote the following to address any anti hunters that may be looking at our posts to get ammo to try to get the wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Idaho and Montana stopped, or any hunting season stopped. It was originally posted under Wolf Trapping in the US in the Trapping section. You may or may not want to be associated with this statement, that my friend is up to you, but maybe it will give you some ideas on how to address these freedom stealing fanatics. Thanks for doing something to get some good press for hound men and women, we need all we can get.

I have no doubts that there is more than one anti hunter who has accessed this site and will be reading this so to you I will say I am not a bloodthirsty killer, I am nothing more than another predator, as natural as the wolf himself, I do not kill for a thrill, I do it for one simple reason I am a natural predator. There is very little separating me from the wolf, we both do it for the same 3 fundamental reasons, to feed ourselves and our family (pack), to limit competition for the resources available, to teach our young the traditions of all predators. Your continual efforts to stop us from limiting the competition for the resources available will never change this fact. I have four canine teeth and I am not in denial of this, the thing that does separate me from all the other predators is that I feel compassion and apply reason to where, when and how I harvest from the resources available.

Wolves will exist as long as man will. The reason for this is that man has gained control to a degree in this eternal struggle. Left without human predation the cycle of wolf predation is not feasible, it will be long periods of very low deer, elk, moose & even black bear numbers until wolves disperse to other areas looking for food. They will move back in as soon as deer, elk & moose populations recover. Within a few years the cycle starts all over again. Soon the western states will be completely inhabited and there will be no more game rich areas to disperse into, at this point packs turn on one another, and even kill pack mates to limit competition for the resources available. Like the wolf we have a brain, central nervous system, heart, lungs, four appendages, four canines but we have more right to be the predator at the top of the food chain because we do feel compassion and apply reason to where, when and how we harvest from the resources available. This will result in a healthier ecosystem in the long run period. The wolf was never meant to be the apex predator, man was. In order to have a free state you must let others be free to be themselves. I am a predator.

There is a storm brewing in this country and it is being fueled by the liberal agenda to control others and remove the freedoms that have made this the greatest nation to live in that there has ever been. You people just don't seem to understand that. I am not going to be the one to champion a movement, political or otherwise. I have a family to raise and feed and have no interest in becoming a politician or a martyr. I am actually a rather passive person who enjoys solitude and nature but just keep in mind we are predators by our DNA composition. No law that the masses of completely out of touch with nature people in the cities passes will ever change this fact. Peace has always been a great slogan for the liberal agenda so I will say to you, if you really want peace then quit trying to cram your ideals down our throat. If your compassion is so uncontrollable that you can not bear to see an animal die, then don't participate or watch others participate in hunting and trapping. I think you will find that by not constantly visiting subjects that you do not like you will find more personal peace and harmony with your fellow countrymen.


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[Terry L. Zink]

no not the interlake doogie

[Nolte]

Wolves has to be number 1. We must avoid areas now because of their presence.

Loss of hunting area. Many landowners now have this fascination with horns and have pretty much blocked off all access. This land creep continues and will only get worse. It is nearly impossible to keep a long hard running chase in an area that is completely OK to hunt. Most of us do our best 99% of the time, but the other 1% it becomes a problem.

Houndsmen ourselves. Simple stupid actions can ruin the good will that others have done to build up. Once it's gone, it's gone and gives us all a black eye.

People, more people equals more problems. Many hunting areas are bordered by well traveled roads and people can't seem slow down for 5 seconds. Our hounds are the ones who take the brunt of this.

State Agencies, State agencies (at leats in WI) seem to be closing off roads and putting up gates all the time. There are also trails for Sleds/Atvs where trucks can't go. It is a big hodge podge of places you can/can't be and it's ridiculously confusing. Many of these trails were around before there even were Sleds/ATVs but now those users think they have free reign on them. This wouldn't be an issue if some of these users obeyed the speed laws or drove under control, but a fair number don't. This situation is a ticking time bomb that eventually goes off. And then everybody loses.

[anarchy kennels]

Good ideas on the above posts. Man if only most houndsmen werent hermits that dont like to talk much some really well spoken stuff there guys.