Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: trap master]
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01/07/21 11:16 PM
01/07/21 11:16 PM
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Dirt
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No, neither is hunting. they're not sports because they are not competitions. sports do not involve life and death. I absolutely despise when people within the "outdoor "community call it "sport hunting" Who do you figure sportsmen organizations represent? Off to Sportsmen's Warehouse to find a football tommorow. I used to love to watch The American Sportsmen with Curt Gowdy. Luckily it was not a sport.
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Who is John Galt?
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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01/07/21 11:18 PM
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bucksnbears
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Nope, same as hunting. Aint a sport.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: Dirt]
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01/07/21 11:27 PM
01/07/21 11:27 PM
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SJA
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No, neither is hunting. they're not sports because they are not competitions. sports do not involve life and death. I absolutely despise when people within the "outdoor "community call it "sport hunting" Who do you figure sportsmen organizations represent? Off to Sportsmen's Warehouse to find a football tommorow. I used to love to watch The American Sportsmen with Curt Gowdy. Luckily it was not a sport. Hey Dirt, let me know if they have any croquet sets on sale while you're there please :-))))))))
"Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: SJA]
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01/07/21 11:56 PM
01/07/21 11:56 PM
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H2ORat
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A lot of people live in the concrete jungle and they're constantly bombarded with stories about how the planet ain't likely to make it. It comes as no surprise when they think hunting and trapping are pushing us closer to the brink. You would absolutely be amazed how many GW's came out of the "concrete jungle" got hired, never fished, hunted, trapped, or had any wildlife experience and don't have a clue!!! Trust me I wouldn't be surprised --- I call them educated idiots.
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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01/08/21 12:42 AM
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Its a part of me.... More than a Lifestyle, part of who I am Well said. That’s me in a nutshell
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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01/08/21 05:23 AM
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Trapping is a conservation tool for me. I do not sell, but keep my pelts for our own use, including making clothing and displays. Everywhere I trap, ground nesting birds are doing great. Grouse, turkeys, whippoorwills, other songbirds have space to raise a brood or two without each clutch being eaten by a raccoon, possum, skunk, fox etc. All the little nest raiding predators are overpopulating because human residential development is creating perfect habitat for predators to grow, without fear of being hunted or trapped. The safety zones are too big and the critters fear nothing but being hit by a car on the road. These artificially high populations pulse out into the undeveloped areas and upset any semblance of natural balance. Birds that under normal conditions might lose an egg or a clutch but then go back to successful nesting are now driven off of every nest they make. Trapping is the only way to save these birds. And so absolutely no legal animal caught in one of my traps is left alive.
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: Antelope Montana]
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01/08/21 10:35 AM
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Bruce T
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You can live without a sport but you can't live without meat fish and something to keep you warm in. You can write a book that says the art of fishing the art of hunting probably even the art of trapping. That word art along with the word sport don't reflect the real reason people do any of the three activities I mentioned. But when you dumb down the title and call it sport or art it's easy to Rally people behind the movements to stop these activities. To me fishing hunting and trapping are a way of life in some degree in my everyday life. You try to take them away and you are taking my lifestyle away which is a little different than taking a sport away from me or some art away from me. Watching TV is a non-essential activity in fact I don't even own a TV but try taking away somebody's TV without them wanting to give it up. Agreed I like your style .....awesome
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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01/08/21 11:15 AM
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waggler
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A sport refers to competition, wnners and losers, etc.. The only sport I can see related to hunting, fishing and trapping is competitive bass fishing, which I think is about as interesting as watching paint dry, and I suppose now with the whitetail craze and these idiotic canned hunts and stuff like that there has become a sporting issue related to some types of hunting, if you can really call it hunting. So, no, trapping is not a sport.
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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01/08/21 11:26 AM
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Just curious what you consider this activity.
I recently read the results of a large national survey about the public's attitude towards trapping.
People were asked if they had positive or negative views of different sub-categories of trapping. Subsistence and ADC trapping had the highest marks (over 60% favorable), coming in second to lowest was commercial trapping, and lowest of all, sport trapping with under 30% favorable. I think when the term "sport trapping" is used it sounds to the uninformed public that we kill animals just for the fun of it. Not using the fur,bones,and meat or managing the land against disease from overpopulation. Or the flooding of farm land by beavers etc.. The term to some has a negative connotation putting us in a bad light. To some of us it's a way of life, to others a job and some a hobby with benefits.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: beaverpeeler]
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01/08/21 11:52 AM
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Dirt
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If none of those activities is a sport, why do people keep score? I caught so many of these. Is this a record? The antlers scored this many points. My fish is a new record. Seems awful competitive for people?
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Is trapping a sport?
[Re: Dirt]
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01/08/21 11:57 AM
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Bruce T
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If none of those activities is a sport, why do people keep score? I caught so many of these. Is this a record? The antlers scored this many points. My fish is a new record. Seems awful competitive for people?
Some people.Its heritage,way of life and a right to me
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