What does it mean to be a Fair Chase Hunter? How do YOU define the word "Ethics?" According to Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife management, Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching, even when doing the wrong thing is legal." In this episode we will discuss ethics, fair chase, and discussing how hunting is not a right but a privilege. A privilege we must continue to work at year after year, defend and fight for in the most conservation-minded and wildlife-centered way possible. It is all about doing the right thing and keeping our image and attitude in check - around not only other hunters but non-hunters as well. They are the ones who VOTE - and we must keep hunting in the most positive and ethical light by showing them our hunting ethics and good behaviors.Because hunting is too important to be lost over misconceptions and a poor public image due to the unethical behavior of a few.Over 100 years have passed since sportsmen first adopted a new approach to hunting called “fair chase” that changed hunting forever. We have changed. Technology has changed. Our society has changed. What was once a predominately rural society that hunted and understood the benefits of hunting is now predominantly an urban one, where fewer people have any real contact with the land and its wildlife. We also live in a democracy where the voice of the majority rules. Today, the majority of people that do not hunt or understanding hunting, thankfully still do not oppose hunting. This too, can and is changing. If the hunting traditions we cherish, and our systems of wildlife conservation and management that depend on hunting are to remain, what we do now and the image we project will either positively or negatively affect this future.
North American sportsmen were the original conservationists and are credited with the most successful wildlife recovery and conservation system in the history of mankind. Public stewardship works because those closest to our natural resources have taken responsibility for these resources...Boone and Crockett ClubEnjoy!
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