Waking Buffalo has it right, this is about deflection. Bowhunting is always under scrutiny and the ABA exec decided to throw some heat towards the smaller group because the spear hunters are the only ones the ABA can bully.
I wonder how it felt when the rifle associations looked at the puny amount of bowhunters and said "ban archery!"
It wasn't all that long ago really, but obviously before
Mr. Watson's time as he has no idea what brethren we are all a part of.
I am a bowhunter, loud and proud, but I have no reservations about joining another hunting group to defend itself against tyranny. Even if the tyrant is another hunting group.
I think I need to go find Redfrog's post about the anti hunters getting the hunters to do their work for them.
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