I taught my son many things which he ignored, the one that seems to have stuck best is don't kill something unless you are going to eat it.
The darn guy wouldn't kill ground squirrels until they stripped a fruit tree in a single day, and he feels like rattlesnakes should be relocated or put on the BBQ. He doesn't like venison so wouldn't hunt deer until his kids told him they liked it.
I've never eaten grizzly but eating what you kill is basic hunting ethics. Coyotes, bobcats and ground squirrels that I've shot don't get eaten but I wish they were as tasty as quail so we wouldn't be wasting the meat.
so you don't practice what you preach either?
personally I don't care for bear meat. shot one old bruin in my life, likely won't shoot another. meat tasted like crap and the trophy thing isn't my bag.
however I realize there are those who do like trophy hunting. I choose not to participate.
it's called freedom, we used to have a lot more of it.
