change in attitude over the years

[Fantail]

Well, back in the day ...

[Doc]

Doc, I blame that dam Walt Disney character. It is all his fault!!!!  LOL. Seriously thought I think the media (all forms) have almost done some brain washing, whether intentional or not to give animals feelings and human characteristics. That didn't happen years ago, at least to this extent.

Yeah, Disney grew a whole bunch of generations of animal rights wackos. I don't think that was his intent, but it all aided the establishment of a lot of these organizations. But of course, there is a whole bunch of social evolution that fueled anti-hunting stuff. Chief among them is the proliferation of people's desires to simply get into your stuff and mess with your life. Some people aren't really all that happy with their life unless they are wagging their finger in your face and telling you how wrong you are conducting your life. I think a lot of anti-hunting zealots are more motivated by that than anything to do with animals.

[josephmrtn]

I found it funny that after reading this thread my bro showed me his essay for language arts today.... It was all about a deer hunt lol I thought to myself its lucky he goes to a private school otherwise he would prob get yelled at for it

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[blackradio]

On the property I hunt now, 4 other guys have permission. We have had a few trespassers but nothing too bad. My father has lived across the street from this property for 35 years and used to hunt it himself. He said he and a ton of other people hunted it and none of them had permission. It was just vacant land and everyone hunted it for years with no problems. That sounds cool in some ways.

 

That's how it is in Slovakia when I went. We went hiking and went down a long farm road. I wanted to go for a hike to see some stag. We got out and I said "who's land is this?" They all laughed, "probably the farmer's" they said. They told me it's not like in US. There are no posted signs there and people just wander freely. 

 

My dad also told me that there were some days when he would look across the street and see half a dozen cars driving around the field and a bunch of shots going off. So while it used to be a lot simpler it seems, hunting has gotten better in other ways.

[Doc]

When I was a kid, I used to climb the hill and then hike all day without ever seeing a posted sign. That would be like a 6 or 7 hour hike ..... no signs. Nobody cared. Not like that anymore is it?....lol. farmers were obviously more guarded about their fields, pastures, and yards, but when it came to the wooded hillsides, they were just considered excess land that kind of came along with the property but was of little use.

[RemingtonChevy]

Schools are all liberal hippie bullcrap unless you want to pay for a private school

[RemingtonChevy]

Also alot of grown adults act like big babies now

[Doc]

Not everyone advertises their anti-hunting sentiments. I think there are more antis out there than we realize. A little conversation at social gatherings, and you would be surprised at the number of people who really have no use for hunters and hunting.

[bubba]

There are more on this site and others  like it than people realize

[Five Seasons]

When I was a kid, I used to climb the hill and then hike all day without ever seeing a posted sign. That would be like a 6 or 7 hour hike ..... no signs. Nobody cared. Not like that anymore is it?....lol. farmers were obviously more guarded about their fields, pastures, and yards, but when it came to the wooded hillsides, they were just considered excess land that kind of came along with the property but was of little use.

We have quite a few bordering properties with hunters. When the season ends you can hike all over. I'm sure there are still large tracts of land where owners don't mind hikers in the off season.

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[Five Seasons]

Not everyone advertises their anti-hunting sentiments. I think there are more antis out there than we realize. A little conversation at social gatherings, and you would be surprised at the number of people who really have no use for hunters and hunting.

Having no use for it themselves does not make them anti.

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[Deerthug]

I was born in 67 and grew up in a house with immigrant non-english speaking (well Greeklish speaking) parents. My mom was a stay at home mom and my dad worked in NYC from 5:30 am until 8:00pm 6 days a week in his own fur manufacturing business. We had strict rules regarding everything we did during the day and night. We all ate whatever mom made for dinner as a family or we starved. School was top priority for us. Boy Scouts was the main activity we did and my father went on every campout with us including a 14 mile hike on the Appalachian trail. No one hunted in my family. Religion was also top priority. Sunday school every week. We were disciplined by my dad with merely a look or a stare. Never got hit but my father's method was grabbing and twisting our sideburns which to this day I keep really short. I try to carry on those traditions and upbringing with my kids but with so many things going on in school and such it is really hard to keep them up. But one thing we always do is eat dinner together everynight whether its at 6 pm or 9pm.