Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014I agree 110% with you jim! no apologies needed. I have had people call me a hillbilly, killer, etc and I say I'm sorry but your mistaken I'm an outdoorsman! in todays age when you walk into a Wal-Mart wearing camo head to toe you get looks of disgust. I seldom do this but there's always the time when your heading out or coming home and its easier to stop on the way.
Apparently the folks in Walmart have higher standards in Ohio than they have elsewhere.
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/category/location/oh/ --- Not!!!
Here in North Florida 75% of the people wandering around Walmart are wearing something camo, if they don't have it on, it's in their vehicle, or on their vehicle. Half the employees are wearing something Camo. And, that's all year, not during hunting season. During hunting season, even the little old ladies wear camo.
Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014I've got a buddy that will talk to non hunters about hunting, try and change their mind etc and yes we should be proud of it but don't push the issue. I was taught at a young age hunting is a privilege not a right. do I agree with this statement somewhat. your right we are not the majority and we must lurk in the shadows to keep the sport alive! went to McDonalds by our hunting land and I take my bibs and camo coat off and my buddy decides he's going to walk in wearing camo head to toe, orange vest, and a knife hanging on his hip. out of 10 people in the restaurant 8 of them kept looking at us so I grabbed my food and went to the truck. I don't plaster my truck with deer stickers etc cause it draws unwanted attention.
You know, the more you talk about all this the more it sounds like your problem would appear to be that you're a closet PETA member looking to bust out and tell all of us how terrible we are for hunting. While I and many of us would agree with maturing as hunters and growing away from blood lust, no one else is here worrying about what any [beeep] body in Walmart or McDonalds thinks of their attire. If you are that ashamed of your hunting heritage; are that fearful that someone might mistake you for a hunter; are so scared that you might be identified as someone that kills little animals, that you have to remove your camo clothing every time you go in a store, lurk in the shadows, hide your feelings, and apologize for speaking of killing anything in pursuit of the sport, maybe you should give up the sport altogether.
Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014the internet is forever as jim stated anything can be copied and posted and used against us. if someone calls me a killer I say we are all killers I know that deer I HARVESTED had a decent life and not pinned in a corral and beaten and poked etc until it was killed. in the hunting world down low is the way to go cause there are more non hunters than hunters. go up to a co worker and say I killed a deer and see what kind of look you get.
Boy you do live in a f....ed up world, don't you!! All of my co-workers have pictures of them with their deer kills posted all over the internet! If I go up to one of them and tell them, "I killed a deer.", they're all gonna smile, and ask how many points he had first, where'd you kill him second, what gun you use and how far away was he third, then ask how much sausage I'm having made, and who I'm having make it. Then I'm going to have to listen half a dozen people talk about the one they shot last weekend, and look at all the pictures on their cell phones.
Your opinion of livestock sounds very PETAish as well. While I have seen a few penned animals in my 57 years existence on this earth, there was typically a reason they were penned, and no one pokes and prods at a penned animal on the farm all day, they have better things to do. The fact that you may have seen them penned and being poked or prodded, does not mean it goes on all day, it means it goes on at the instance you saw it. NO ONE, and I will repeat, NO ONE is so bored in life that they go out and wade around in knee deep mud and cow [beeep] poking critters all day for amusement.
Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014people ask me when I come back from vacation and they know where I go and what I do and I say yeah we got a few or yeah I got one. I hear other guys oh man I Killed this buck and he was walking through and I was 30ft up my tree stand and I dropped the hammer on him and he ran 100yards and I had to track him for 2 hours. not something non hunters understand.
So you would rather lurk, letting the antis describe that scenario as cruel, heartless, and inhumane to the unknowing, rather than point out, in nature kills are often chased for miles, ran until they can go no more, then torn apart mercilessly, screaming and kicking until they bleed to death, are strangled, or disemboweled.
Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014 here's a scenario at work a co worker was described as the old guy by someone and the "old guy" thought It would be funny to joke with the person about it and it caused some issues, you really gotta watch whats said because even though the old guy didn't take offense the other guy did. upon talking to him about it he says well I didn't mean it that way and sent out emails cause you gotta cover your butt and watch what you say and do in todays society.
Yep... that's exactly the way the liberals want you to feel. Apologize for your existence on the planet, you worthless dweeb, sit the corner, in the dark, do not speak you unintelligent lifeform you are not worthy of inhabiting this planet, the mere gases you exhale are causing the planet to warm at an exponential rate, only liberals and animals are entitled to an opinion on anything.
You don't have a hunting problem dude, you're too busy lurking and apologizing for existing to blame it on hunting. Either grow a set of Cajones and get on with your life, or move to an environment that is more friendly and accepting of the things you do.
