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Originally Posted by Huntsman
A friend of mine knows a guy who hunts for sustinence. But really he hunts with the season, he takes non-trophy animals, simply put he hunts for meat in the freezer. He's a 1/2 blooded Cree, holds a Gov't job protecting our Rights & Freedoms so we can enjoy hunting year after year. He never hunts out of season, never shoots more than he needs and never wastes what he shoots. The only thing he honestly does'nt do that the white man has to is buy tags/licences. He does'nt drink or do drugs, he has a family and a nice house and with his hard earned money buys the toys that he wants so he and his family can enjoy the outdoors with him.
I have personally met a few non-aboriginal hunters that to me fit the poacher type category, so who's worse here?
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While I do applaud your buddies buddy for his efforts at conservation when he has the card giving him all the power to work against wildlife sustainability, I don't think what he is doing can be called sustinence hunting. To me it sounds like with all the toys he manages to buy, the nice home he has purchased and lives in, he can probably afford to buy meat at the store. I don't think this can be called for sustinence, I expect he is doing it because he enjoys the meat, and perhaps the rewards that come with doing your own processing. If this is the case, should he not be purchasing tags like most of us are required to do, and while doing so supporting wildlife conservation with his tag purchases?