nh houndsmen

[shawn cole]

wealth

[Bow]

i know of one that made it to hibernation.

[Borderpond]

Thats a cool pic Bow. How did you find it ?

[Bow]

just out snooping around and came across it in a brush pile

[J.R.]

did u climb in and look for the marking hairs on it lol,u may have just shot a sow and not a boar with that there camara lmao

[Bow]

i will bet that it is a sow

[JIM HARRIS]

I HAVE BEEN READING THIS POST AND FOR MY MONEY BOS IS RIGHT ON THE MARK. IT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS AN ISSUE, AND IT NEEDS TO ADDRESSED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINS I HAVE NOTICED IN MY BEAR HUNTING CARRER.
1. THEREARE SOME THAT CARE, SOME THAT DON'T CARE AND SOME THAT DO NOT EVEN CARE AABOUT THEMSELVES
2. THERE ARE HOUNDSMEN WHO ARE IN IT AS A LIFE ENDEVOR AND THOSE THAT ARE JUST TRIGGER MEN.
3. A LOT OF ONE'S PERSPECTIVES AND HOUND HUNTING ETHICS COMES FROM THEIR UP BRINGING AS A CHILD AND LATER ON AS A HUNTER ONE EXAMPLE . AS A YOUNG FELLOW I TREED THREE COON IN ONE TREE. I SHOT THE BIG ONE AND TOOK IT HOME PROUD AS A PEA COCK. I GOT MY AXX CHEWED BIG TIME. I HAD KILLED A SOW AND LEFT TWO KITS IN THE TREE. INSTEAD OF PRAISE I GOT SCORN. I NEVER DID THAT AGAIN.
4. IT HS BECOME OBVIOUS TO ME THAT WHEN A PERSON STARTS OUT THEY THINK THAT THE WAY TO RESPECT IS TO HANG ALOT OF GME FROM THE POLE. IF THEY HAD A FULL UNDERSTANDING THEY WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HAVING THE GAME TO RUN AND TREE ANOTHER DAY. MISS PLACED EGOS AND NOT ENOUGH THOUGHT. WITH THIS COMES THE CONCEPT OF "INSTANT GRATIFICATION" OF PULLING THE TRIGGER AND NO THOUGHT OF THE RAMNIFICATIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
5. ANOTHER BIG FALACY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE GAME TO MAKE THE DOG. WHAT MAKES THE DOG IS REPEATEDLY TAKING THE DOG TO THE WOODS AND TREEING GAME. IF ALL THE DOG MEN & WOMEN TOOK EVERYTHING THEY TREE'D THERE WOULD NOT BE A CREATURE LEFT IN THE FOREST. THE PUBLIC OUT CRY AND THE STATE WOULD SHUT US DOWN.
6. WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING SOWS. IT IS PRETTY FOOLISH TO KNOWINGLY TAKE SOWS. WITHOUT THEM WE WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS. TELL ME, DO FARMERS SHIP THEIR HIEFER CALVES FOR THE SHORT TERM MONETERY GAIN. THIS BUSINESS OF INTENTIONALLY SHOOTING SOWS OR TAKING BIG NUMBERSIS JUST A SHORT TERM HIGH, "INSTANT GRATIFICATION" FOR SOME ONE WHO IS NOT INTOUCH WITH THE REALITIES WE ARE IN TODAY. READ NEXT POST

[JIM HARRIS]

SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL TOMMAROW ? MOST EVERYONE IS TREING ENOUGH GAME THAT THEY SHOULD BE SELECTIVE. WALK AWAY AND KNOW THAT THE REPRODUCTIVE UNIT WILL PROBABLY MAKE A DOZEN MORE. WEHAVE ALL MADE MISTAKES, SELF INCLUDED, JUST DO NOT MAKE A HABIT OF IT. IN STATES LIKE VT. & NH WHERE TRHE BEAR HARVEST IS REALTIVELY SMALL, SEVERAL HUNDRED, COMPARED TO BIG STATES WHRE THEY TAKE THOUSANDS THE IMPACT IS VERY LARGE. EVEN THE BIG STATES PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE HARVEST NUMBERS AND THE RATIOS IF WE ALL DO SOME THE STATE WILL WILL NOT HAVE REASON TO SHUT US DOWN.
6. WE WHERE HUNTING OUT OF STATE THIS PAST FALL AND TREE'D A SOW AND THREE 40 POUNDERS. THE OUTFITTER SAID TO MY SON. "HOW ABOUT WE TAKE ONE OF THE SMALL ONES ?" MY SON SAID, " I WOULD NOT BUT YOU BETTER SPEAK TO DAD." WHEN HE ASKED, I SAID, " I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT IN MY LIFE." YOU HVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF. WE ALL WALKED AWAY AND THE MAN, HHIS WIFE, AND 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHERE TICKLED AT WHAT THEY HAD SEEN AND HAPPY THE FAMILY UNIT WAS TOGEATHER. THE OUTFITTER LEARNED SOMETHING TO.
7. WHEN IT COMES TO TELLING THE SEXES APART. THERE IS AS MUCH DIFFERENCE IN BOARS AND SOW BEARS AS THERE IS IN CATTLE.
8. I HAVE HEARD ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES FOR TAKING A BEAR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT. THEY ARE JUST THAT EXCUSES. JUST WORDS SOME INDIVIDUALE SPITS OUT TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS.
YOU KNOW THAT BEAR WAS HARD ON MY DOG !! I HAD TO TAKE IT. I'LL BET YOU TREE'D A BOAT LOAD OF BEARS DURING TRAINING SEASON AND YOU DID NOT TAKE ANY OF THEM. I'LL BET DOLLARS TO DONUTS YOU DID NOT NEED TO TAKE THIS ONE EITHER.
YOU NEED TO TAKE THE BEAR FOR THE DOGS. IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WE WOULD NOT ALL CHERISH TRAINING SEASON SO. WE WOULD GIVE IT UP, IT IS HOT AND BUGGY THEN.
HERE IS ANOTHER. THE STATE SAID I CAN DO THIS OR THAT. I CAN THINK OF QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT THE STATE SAYS FOLKS CAN DO THAT LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED.

[JIM HARRIS]

WE NEED TO USE OUR OWN HEADS, SET OUR OWN STANDARDS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE LONG TERM RAMNIFICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE TO OUR SPORT.
I WANT TO MAKE MYSEF VERY CLEAR HERE. I AM NOT AGAINST HARVESTING BEARS. I AM FOR FULLY AWARE AND SUPPORT SMART BEAR HARVESTING. WHAT IS AM SAYING IS USE YOUR HEAD, BE SELECTIVE, KEEP THE HARVEST NUMBERS DOWN, DO NOT BE GREEDY, BE RESPECTFUL, DO IT RIGHT SO WE CAN KEEP OUR SPORT ALIVE. TAKE SOME PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO, WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE STAND FOR. KEEP IN MIND THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND MINIMIZE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WAKE UP CALL. GET ORGANIZED. WHAT STARTS IN ONE STATE WILL SOON BE IN THE REST. WE HAVE ALL MADE MISTAKE, SELF INCLUDED. LIVE AND LEARN AND DO NOT MAKE A HABBIT OF POOR CHOICES. HOPE TO SEE YOU UNDER THE TREE.

[Bow]

thank you Jim well said.

[Jason Waterhouse]

Yes well said Jim.

[shawn cole]

now just hope people listen very well said

[Bow]

we can only hope that some will get it. but some think that they have to kill to make a dog they are the same ones that think that you cant teach a old dog new tricks

[Bow]

Good job hounds men and i use that lightly 78 bears so far 32 males 46FEMALES glad we said that we would try harder this year. SAD SAD SAD

[Bow]

total 742 396 m 346 f