gagirl said:
How about someone that hunts deer at night? That's illegal! They will get caught one day!
Hunting deer at night using a spotlight is called "spotlighting" (duh) or "jacklighting" and is very illegal. The premise is that a deer will stare into the spotlight and become immobile, whence the poacher can shoot the deer in the throat with a low-powered (and hence quiet) .22 round. In theory, the deer will stare into the spotlight until he bleeds out and falls over. At least that's the theory. Most jacklighters just shoot the deer with a regular deer rifle and know the game wardens are at the local strip club.
Besides being illegal, the practice of jacklighting is very unsportsmanlike, and most hunters would actually call the cops to turn in a jacklighter. But please remember that many of these 'criminals' are just trying to put food on the family table.
Hunting is a pastime to many middle- and upper-class folks, and they can get self-righteous about it. These are the folks that spend $700 for the gun, $400 for the scope, and another $400 for all the 'right' clothing. They read hunting articles in 'Outdoor Life' and 'Field & Stream' magazine. They buy everything that Jim Carmichel tells them to. (Think Tiger Woods crossed with Hemingway.) I wish they knew (and more people knew) that hunting feeds more regular Americans just-getting-by than people realize.
OK, GAGIRL, I responded wholeheartedly to your post. So... What's your agenda? If you're anti-hunting, bring it on. (As you can see, I'm not the big b'w'ana.) If you're this, or that, bring it on and we will happily banter with you. But quit posting these leading threads that are peeing me off!