tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post1833955577236992916..comments2023-07-28T03:31:32.332-05:00Comments on The Thinking Hunter: Cold is baaack and AfricaGalen Geerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-8947840635262400362009-03-11T03:46:00.000-05:002009-03-11T03:46:00.000-05:00I've just been offered a place on a cull of eles l...I've just been offered a place on a cull of eles later this year where they were nearing extinction from poaching. Hunters pay and pave the way for the birdwatchers and photographers.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-59059577837786690772009-03-02T01:08:00.000-06:002009-03-02T01:08:00.000-06:00Lance, Early in the season, when the leaves are t...Lance, Early in the season, when the leaves are turning and there is a fall wetness to the morning is when I love to hunt. The world smells fresh and clean. Later on, when the snow has covered everything, it is a different experience and one of the great days to hunt is when the snow is falling in those big flakes that make that soft plumping sound when they land. <BR/>As I catch up on some of the new reading, sparked by the "Delta Waterfowl" article is that I need to spend more time reading some of the 18th and 19th century philosophers whose thoughts have been incorporated into the anti-hunting agenda. I'm open to some reading suggestions--not just the name but perhaps some specific works or even sections of a text. By the way, have you ever tried to reconcile some of Ortega's "other" writings, especially his Brazil writing to "La Caza." One could, without a lot of effort, use selected parts of his texts to oppose hunting. He seemed to drift in and out of being supportive of hunting per se. glgGalen Geerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-64114736962984915262009-02-24T06:50:00.000-06:002009-02-24T06:50:00.000-06:00Winters in the Plains states are nothing short of ...Winters in the Plains states are nothing short of brutal, and our family lived in close proximity to the Missouri River and some of the creeks that fed into it. Springtime flooding was always a concern for us, and keeping livestock healthy throughout the cold months always presented a real challenge.<BR/>Despite the challenges that Mother Nature presented, there was always a desire to immerse oneself in environments that most would find inhospitable. Where some sought constant shelter from the cold, nothing was more enticing for me than rising hours before sun-up, walking the frozen banks for quail, pheasant and turkey or, a few weeks later, tirelessly combing over fields and into thickets hunting the plentiful deer.<BR/>It goes without saying that hunters and outdoorsman are de facto guardians of the environment: we're born with an intuitive sense of our natural world, and lead through examples of stewardship.<BR/>As a person who's always lived in this way, I find it ironic (almost humorous) that a great majority of self-proclaimed "Greenies" would judge my lifestyle to be the antithesis of responsible environmental stewardship.<BR/>Then again, a great majority of these self-proclaimed "Greenies" have never read, and much less understood, Hegel.<BR/>Great thoughts, Galen.Lance Johnsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945431759667935627noreply@blogger.com