December 5th, 2008
Someone named Bonnie Erbe writes about the impact of urban sprawl on hunting. This is not a new subject, and many readers no doubt have some strong opinions about the topic. My guess is that their thoughts differ from Bonnie’s:
Hunting is a so-called sport that I have never understood. Taking pleasure in the destruction of another living being is unfathomable to me.
Right there she gives up any pretense of being at all informed about the topic of her column. It’s “unfathomable” to her, but listen to her wise thoughts about it.
And the claim that it is challenging is bunk. I’ve had so many deer freeze right in front of me and continue to stand and stare after I shout and clap at them to run away, an infant with a BB gun could have easily shot them.
Obviously she doesn’t have the slightest clue about what she’s saying. Give her a shotgun and send her into the woods twenty times. How many deer do we think she comes back with? I say “none.”
Time is not on the side of those who would slaughter animals for pleasure. America’s fast-growing population is spreading urbanization and suburbanization like smallpox. On the downside, it’s degrading the quality of life for many Americans. But on the upside, it is gobbling up much of the open space hunters used to traffic in search of “game.” Urban and suburban sophisticates aren’t drawn to hunting, which is mainly entertainment for rural folk. But there’s less of rural America these days and, with it, fewer rural citizens wanting to hunt.
This is just an odd way to make her point. She’s basically coming out in favor of the “smallpox” of urban sprawl, even though “it’s degrading the quality of life for many Americans.”
Bonnie Erbe to many Americans: Drop Dead, but at least hunting is dying too.
What a strange method of convincing people.
UPDATE: Oops! Forgot the link to the story.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Ms. Erbe should pick up a copy of Georgia Outdoor News. Bowhunting has never been better in the suburbs of Atlanta.