RedAllison
Well-Known Member
This has been a sore spot with me for ALOOOOONG time and I am about to get too the point where I might take on an endeavor to do something about it. What is the majority of you hunters view on the issue of dead deer being displayed in public?
I have ALWAYS thought it tasteless, un-necessary, rude and outright REDNECK in the first place. Have I done it? In over 20 years of deerhunting and having taken over 200 deer, I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have ever done it. But even then I was uneasy about it and got off the road ASAP.
I know for alot of hunters it's a pride thing, they want to show off their hard earned trophy but too who? The anti-hunters in society only make up about 10-12% of the general public. Hunters themselves only make up a slightly larger population of appx 15%. That leaves the vast majority, some 75% as being "non-hunters" which are neither pro nor anti hunting, they are just in the middle and don't favor with either side unless proded for one reason or another. Most are level headed and don't side with the far left "eco-nazi" animal rights activists and generally accept hunting because they either are familiar with it through friends and family but they aren't politically allied with prohunters either!
I am considering taking on the daunting task (or at least planting the political seeds) of getting legislation passed in TN that would outlaw the public display of any animals taken while hunting. It just irks me to no end when I see some REDNECK, backwoods, toothless, banjo pickin inbred rolling down the road in his jacked up 4x4 with a dead deer lying in the bed of the truck with the tailgate left down EXPRESSLY for the purpose of showing the world a bloodied animal that was killed at the hands of this "hunter". It REALLY gets too me when I see them tied on the hood, atop the roof or strapped too a trailer or on an ATC which is riding along behind the tow vehicles.
Duck and turkey hunters don't tie their take atop the roof of their SUVs, fishermen don't leave their limits lying gutted on the decks of their boat for the trip home. So why should it be "acceptable" for deerhunters to do the same? I likewise think some "reasonableness" could be incorporated into the matter. If the hunter has a nice SUV or car then sure I wouldn't expect them to have the deer upfront riding shotgun with them. I think a properly wrapped or otherwise contained animal would be acceptable. There are commercial "game bags" for just such purposes and I have several times wrapped by deer up in a simple tarp for the ride home. I don't personally think the rack being visible would be all that bad, but the rest of the animal should be completely out of public sight. Many SUV and car hunters also use the various "hitch hauls" to haul their game on. I have seen many of them wrap their game up like I mentioned so I know it is possible.
It just seems like the most stubborn and "REDNECKED" amongst our ranks have a shortcoming in some other areas of their life and somehow believe they can "make up for their short manhoods" by leaving a blood trail down mainstreet.
What is the general consensus among "da family" here?
RA
I have ALWAYS thought it tasteless, un-necessary, rude and outright REDNECK in the first place. Have I done it? In over 20 years of deerhunting and having taken over 200 deer, I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have ever done it. But even then I was uneasy about it and got off the road ASAP.
I know for alot of hunters it's a pride thing, they want to show off their hard earned trophy but too who? The anti-hunters in society only make up about 10-12% of the general public. Hunters themselves only make up a slightly larger population of appx 15%. That leaves the vast majority, some 75% as being "non-hunters" which are neither pro nor anti hunting, they are just in the middle and don't favor with either side unless proded for one reason or another. Most are level headed and don't side with the far left "eco-nazi" animal rights activists and generally accept hunting because they either are familiar with it through friends and family but they aren't politically allied with prohunters either!
I am considering taking on the daunting task (or at least planting the political seeds) of getting legislation passed in TN that would outlaw the public display of any animals taken while hunting. It just irks me to no end when I see some REDNECK, backwoods, toothless, banjo pickin inbred rolling down the road in his jacked up 4x4 with a dead deer lying in the bed of the truck with the tailgate left down EXPRESSLY for the purpose of showing the world a bloodied animal that was killed at the hands of this "hunter". It REALLY gets too me when I see them tied on the hood, atop the roof or strapped too a trailer or on an ATC which is riding along behind the tow vehicles.
Duck and turkey hunters don't tie their take atop the roof of their SUVs, fishermen don't leave their limits lying gutted on the decks of their boat for the trip home. So why should it be "acceptable" for deerhunters to do the same? I likewise think some "reasonableness" could be incorporated into the matter. If the hunter has a nice SUV or car then sure I wouldn't expect them to have the deer upfront riding shotgun with them. I think a properly wrapped or otherwise contained animal would be acceptable. There are commercial "game bags" for just such purposes and I have several times wrapped by deer up in a simple tarp for the ride home. I don't personally think the rack being visible would be all that bad, but the rest of the animal should be completely out of public sight. Many SUV and car hunters also use the various "hitch hauls" to haul their game on. I have seen many of them wrap their game up like I mentioned so I know it is possible.
It just seems like the most stubborn and "REDNECKED" amongst our ranks have a shortcoming in some other areas of their life and somehow believe they can "make up for their short manhoods" by leaving a blood trail down mainstreet.
What is the general consensus among "da family" here?
RA