tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post113168275402647677..comments2023-05-15T06:06:33.543-06:00Comments on Arcol-o-Gist: Know the costarcolaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1132509041904179872005-11-20T11:50:00.000-06:002005-11-20T11:50:00.000-06:00Hunting season is a pain because it makes it unsaf...Hunting season is a pain because it makes it unsafe for me to do my work in my own fields and woods. Hunting is not the issue. What I don't like is the 'sportsmen' and poachers who hunt on our farm without permission and shoot into our fields from the road, who dump trash including whiskey bottles and deer guts. They are not hunters. They are trespassers. These jerks who do it without permission are endangering me, my children, my livestock and my guardian dogs. They break down and leave open our field gates. That is vandalism pure and simple. The laws need to be much harsher on those people who are hunting unsafely, who trespass, who vandalize. Hunting on someone else's property is a privilege, not a right.<BR/><BR/>I give permission to some people who ask to hunt in our woods but I want to know who is out there, where and when. I want them to observe some basic rules like do not shoot towards the house and fields. <BR/><BR/>I kill my own food, slaughter and butcher it. Killing and hunting is not the problem. Disrespect is the issue.Walter Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720110642967540506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1131906191624766642005-11-13T12:23:00.000-06:002005-11-13T12:23:00.000-06:00Not sure about ducks, around here - I haven't been...Not sure about ducks, around here - I haven't been out much, but I haven't noticed any when I have. That's strange, because we had plenty of water, and at midsummer, it seemed that the ducks were numerous. Maybe our <A HREF="http://arcologist.blogspot.com/2005/08/day-on-moose-mountain-creek.html" REL="nofollow">canoe trip</A> killed them all off...arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1131905977300742022005-11-13T12:19:00.000-06:002005-11-13T12:19:00.000-06:00Thanks mum and deb!Deb, I sure understand having m...Thanks mum and deb!<BR/><BR/>Deb, I sure understand having mixed feelings about deer season. We hear about some awful things around here, both in and out of season. I know people who have switched to the black powder season just to avoid the insanity of some regular season hunters. My sister has seen people shouting and <I>running after</I> deer; their shooting was so haphazard that she actually lay flat on the ground and waited until they moved on.<BR/><BR/>What bothers me is that it seems there has been a big drop-off in the number of hunters since gun registration, and it's not clear to me that it's the irresponsible hunters that have quit. I fear it may be more the other way around.arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1131854179057976132005-11-12T21:56:00.000-06:002005-11-12T21:56:00.000-06:00I like it too. I may be one of the blogs you're ta...I like it too. I may be one of the blogs you're talking about, with the things I've said about deer season. Very mixed feelings there; we're still considering trying to get a deer just for food. <BR/><BR/>Yes, geese are late, and there are no ducks here. We took a 200 mile round trip ride past some excellent bogs, wetlands and lakes, where given the conditions we should have seen at least some ducks. Nothing. We also noticed that most of the little ponds would have been frozen up by now, ten or fifteen years ago.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1131712195786351902005-11-11T06:29:00.000-06:002005-11-11T06:29:00.000-06:00Oh, I LIKE that! Great song - I could hear the "bl...Oh, I LIKE that! Great song - I could hear the "bluesiness" of it.<BR/><BR/>The geese <I>have</I> been late this year, haven't they? I noticed that too. <BR/><BR/>People live too far away from their food, I think. Why is it a problem to shoot a wild goose out of a flock that's trampling grain fields, but not a problem to raise one and eat it, out of sight, out of mind?Madcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966173518099250557noreply@blogger.com