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From: picou@convex.com (Michael Picou)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Hunting "Accidents"
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Date: 21 Jun 91 11:40:02 GMT
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spf@hoqaa.att.com (Steven P Frysinger) writes:

>> picou@convex.com writes
>> 
>>    a stupid idea, but unneccessary.  A child should be started with a

Boy, ya really made that line look bad!!!

Steve, I like the way you are bringin up your children in referance to
proper gun handling.  Keep up the great work.                     

I think we should jump to a new topic!  How about wildlife habitat.
At the rate the population is growing, and the cities are expanding,
soon we wont have any place to hunt, or game to hunt for.  

Stop and ask yourself this question:  Am I doing anything to restore 
what I take away.  Am I taking and never giving back.  The money we
spend on our hunting licenses isn't enough to put back what we take
away.  Lord knows that the new home builders, and building contractors
don't care what they destroy.  Only what is good for them!!!  For example:

Katy Texas.  The City of Houston wanted to build an airport on what they
considered worthless wetlands.  This area of Houston is a large portion
of Texas duck and goose wintering grounds.  Hundreds of thousands of geese
roost in this area every year.  And they could care a less about the geese,
just the money!!!  We already have thousands of geese die each year of
colera.  The water supplie is too small, and this causes over population
in the wetlands in that area, which is why the geese suffer and die.
I have been to several of the roosts around the Katy Hockley area, and 
the beauty of these graceful birds is astounding.  But I have also been 
out there and watched TP&W pick up trailor loads of geese that have died
>from colera.  What a waist of beauty!!!

I may hunt these graceful and beautiful birds, but I respect them also!
I do my part to help their fight for survival.  I can, and have spent hours
at a time just watching these birds take off and land on these roosts.
It's a sight never to be forgotten.  So take some time and think about
the animals of your sport.  Join a local organization that helps them.
Take some time to see the real beauty of these animals, and it will make
every trip more rewarding.

I'll step down now and leave the podium open!    


BTW  Before you start flaming me, think about what I wrote!

Mike Picou