New Bill Could Prohibit Oregon Hunters From Participating in Wildlife Killing Contests

[Andy54Hawken]

Speaking only for myself here...
I am not a fan of contests when it involves killing.
To me , hunting or the taking of life , is not a sport or something that should be made into a contest.
So the easy answer for this , is for me , not to take part in any of these contests*...it shouldn't be to make a law against these activities.

Again it seems that the folks who have come up with a "solution" to a particular problem , do not have to live with the consequences of their "solution".
Andy
*Note :
I did not say that no one should take part in a wildlife killing contest , nor that these contests should be made illegal...
I just do not like them , nor will take part in them.
I make the note of this , 'cause lately it seems that some folks here , either by design or accident , mis-read or put their spin on what I have said.

 

[Mikej]

Please don't refer to the "The Humane Society of the United States" HSUS as the "Humane society" ASPCA. ASPCA may be against these sort of contests but they are not radical nut jobs, like HSUS. Dembrow.....hmph. That's who I'm stuck with living in NE PDX. Where incidentally, I've seen two coyotes trotting down the street in the middle of the day, and seen coyote turds on the sidewalk!

Excuse the thread crap. It's just one of those things that twist me when I read it. Kinda' like "I could Care Less" when it supposed to be, well, you know.

 

[DB is Here]

@AndyinEverson where is this Coyote hunt your'e sponsoring take place? And what are the prizes again?

 

[MannyGlocks]

Andy is spot on!

Don't mistake my disgust with so-called 'killing contests' as pc.

It isn't.

It the kind of terminology that antis just love.

This sort of thing makes us pro-gun folk sound like mentally stunted, cruel adolescents.

 

[RVTECH]

How is it these "law makers" "Rulers of Oregon"....once a free state..... want to make it a crime to kill coyotes

They are not trying stop the killing of the coyotes but are trying to make illegal the organized, competitive hunts for them

 

[edslhead]

Why doesn't the ODFW step in and tell these uninformed libtards to but out? Its really their concern.

 

[RVTECH]

Why doesn't the ODFW step in and tell these uninformed libtards to but out? Its really their concern.

True but they probably don't like these 'games' either and this way they are not 'blamed' if they get outlawed.

 

[bbbass]

I wouldn't be a fan of any organized "killing contest"! But as a veteran of many Bass fishing tourneys, I note that the article said "wildlife" which would also include fishing tournaments. However, said fishing tournaments are "catch and release", so I do approve the concept of a statewide effort to catch coyotes and release them in Salem and Portland to join the resident populations of human coyotes.

 

[edslhead]

Its no different than prairie dogs is it? They need to be exterminated.

 

[Greenbug]

I guess this would include "big buck/bull" contests also....

They are not trying stop the killing of the coyotes

NOT YET, ANYHOW!

 

[RVTECH]

I guess this would include "big buck/bull" contests also....

Same diff - and how about measuring for 'Boone and Crockett'?
It's an indictment on ANY fish and game measurement/weight contest.

 

[Greenbug]

Completely mis-quoted the ODFW source in the article. A Furbearer license is not required for coyote, it is required for all the other animals that they listed in the article.

 

[JadeFox]

I wondered. I know they made raccoons fur-bearers a few years back but hadn't seen anything about coyotes being listed.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

You can kill a animal, but by all means no word of a contest...
If you think that makes sense, than I don't know what to say....
Think about it....

 

[Legs]

Ranchers opt have the plentiful sage rats (Belden ground squirrels) on their property shot rather than poison them, which would introduce those poisons into the environment, effecting raptors and other carnivores that would ingest said poisoned rats. Contests are a great way reduce to the sage rat population.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Bunny huggers gotta hug bunnies...
Hound hunting was banned in Wa years ago by the initiative process fueled by the bunny huggers...

 

[Member 5605]

The bill is sponsored by Senators Golden, Sara Gelser (D-Corvallis), Michael Dembrow (D-Portland), Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Portland/Beaverton) and Kathleen Taylor (D-Milwaukie), and Representatives Alissa Keny-Guyer (D-Portland), Courtney Neron (D-Aloha) and Rob Nosse (D-Portland).
Sounds like its sponsored by some real knowledgeable people with first hand experience with yotes.

Looks like a whole lotta ===D's in there.

 

[clearconscience]

They are not trying stop the killing of the coyotes but are trying to make illegal the organized, competitive hunts for them

Just step one.
Little by little the rights will dwindle

 

[CRBMoA]

I heard one of the pols state that "reproductive rights" should only be decided by child bearers.

I suggested to my wife that someone should argue that 2A infringement bills only be decided by gun owners.

This may be yet another reason I am not fit to hold public office.

 

[Flymph]

Didn't know they had these competitions, I suppose I'll sign up if I ever get the chance...

I probably would have supported this bill before I moved to a small town where you can hear dozens howling some nights.
Once you hear 30 or so yotes howling within a mile or two of your house, you start feeling differently about hunting them.