#1830781 - 03/09/10 10:08 PM
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gator-n-buck
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I grew up playing sports and they all had rules... I never thought much about changing them, I just tried to improve myself within the rules... I find myself doing the same with the rules that TWRA sets up... I have always wondered if some of the debates come from hunters that can't adapt to the rules and they are always looking for an easier out... I know some hunter are wanting to improve the area around them but is that fair to the man that is happy sitting on the bucket, shooting the first deer that walks bye... It was pointed out one time that my views were not for a one buck limit but I had traits of a trophy hunter... This might be true but I'm not going to change the rules to fit the game that I want to play.... This is what makes it a sport and all sports have rules.... play ball....
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#1830805 - 03/09/10 10:19 PM
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Setterman
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I hate rules/regs, in reality the less regs the better. I got side tracked last year from my normal persona and went nuts about regs. That will not happen again, I will just meld myself into whatever regs I have to work with, and find a way to fill my tags with what meets my standards.
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#1830809 - 03/09/10 10:21 PM
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RKenney
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I was "sitting on a bucket" when I killed the best buck of my
life, but he wasn't the "first buck that walked by".
160" Maury County buck.....after passing on a nervous 6 pointer.
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#1830831 - 03/09/10 10:26 PM
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gator-n-buck
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I hate rules/regs, in reality the less regs the better. I got side tracked last year from my normal persona and went nuts about regs. That will not happen again, I will just meld myself into whatever regs I have to work with, and find a way to fill my tags with what meets my standards.
My first basketball that I ever played organized was in H.S. (freshman yr). I fouled out in the 1st quarter... When I went to the bench the coach told me that if I wanted to play longer, I would have to follow the rules... He could of pulled me and saved me for later minutes. I guess he wanted to teach me a lession. Never did that again...
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#1830842 - 03/09/10 10:33 PM
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johndeere
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Even if I wanted to change them which I dont I couldnt do it. So when life gives you lemons make lemonade. LMAO
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#1830851 - 03/09/10 10:39 PM
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Yodel Dog
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One thing about rules. Some are in place for the benefit of the game being pursued, fair chase, ethics if you will. Others are for the benefit of those making the rules. These are the rules that are twisted and turned to fit certain agendas and political in nature, and have absolutely nothing to do with hunting. These are the rules a lot of people, including myself, have a problem with.
Edited by Yodel Dog (03/09/10 10:42 PM)
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#1830878 - 03/09/10 10:55 PM
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gator-n-buck
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One thing about rules. Some are in place for the benefit of the game being pursued, fair chase, ethics if you will. Others are for the benefit of those making the rules. These are the rules that are twisted and turned to fit certain agendas and political in nature, and have absolutely nothing to do with hunting. These are the rules a lot of people, including myself, have a problem with.
I don't see a lot of the rules like that when it comes to hunting in TN... I think the rules are set up for the majority of hunters in TN... I probably fit somewhere in the middle and maybe thats why I don't see the problem. I know the guys on the other end would see the opposite from you... You got to remember that TWRA is trying to please a whole state of hunters and most of those hunters could careless about horns....
Edited by gator-n-buck (03/09/10 11:02 PM)
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#1831181 - 03/10/10 08:11 AM
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BSK
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One thing about rules. Some are in place for the benefit of the game being pursued, fair chase, ethics if you will. Others are for the benefit of those making the rules. These are the rules that are twisted and turned to fit certain agendas and political in nature, and have absolutely nothing to do with hunting. These are the rules a lot of people, including myself, have a problem with.
I'm not sure I see what you see Yodel Dog. I too see two sets of rules, but I put them into different categories; 1) rules intended to benefit the resource being managed (deer); and 2) rules intended to benefit the hunters/mangers (i.e. high bag limits to increase harvest opportunities, firearms seasons during the peak of the rut, etc.). I feel having both types of rules are appropriate.
As I've said a zillion times, I have no problem with a management philosophy of "maximizing hunter opportunity as long as it does no harm to the resource."
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#1831194 - 03/10/10 08:17 AM
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Football Hunter
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I grew up playing sports and they all had rules... I never thought much about changing them, I just tried to improve myself within the rules... I find myself doing the same with the rules that TWRA sets up... I have always wondered if some of the debates come from hunters that can't adapt to the rules and they are always looking for an easier out... I know some hunter are wanting to improve the area around them but is that fair to the man that is happy sitting on the bucket, shooting the first deer that walks bye... It was pointed out one time that my views were not for a one buck limit but I had traits of a trophy hunter... This might be true but I'm not going to change the rules to fit the game that I want to play.... This is what makes it a sport and all sports have rules.... play ball....
If Jefferson and Washington followed the rules,I guess we would have a British flag over the state house.
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#1831212 - 03/10/10 08:24 AM
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bowriter
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Anybody ever played TEGWAR- The Amazing Game Without Any Rules. It is a card game rodeo cowboys use to play. We used it to sucker the dudes.
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