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Comment on Spotted Sonora Surprise by Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:05:15 +0000

Great shot Dad!! Can’t wait to see it mounted! Nice article Craig!

Comment on Sika Grande (“Silk” Deer) by Sika deer killed in West Virginia « The Retriever, Dog, & Wildlife Blog

Sika deer killed in West Virginia « The Retriever, Dog, & Wildlife Blog — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:15:40 +0000

[...] into West Virginia. Sika deer can hybridize with our “elk,” producing what are called “silk deer” or Sika grande. Sika deer are thought to resemble the ancestral Cervus deer from which all these species [...]

Comment on Hunter Harvests Rarest of the Rare Nilgai Bull by Erica Renger

Erica Renger — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:12:29 +0000

Very impressive!

Comment on Hunter Harvests Rarest of the Rare Nilgai Bull by Mike Renger

Mike Renger — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:22:01 +0000

What kind of cannon is that, that brouhgt that big guy down? Nice cap, I have one just like it.

Comment on Exotic Hunting Featured on 60 Minutes by BKana

BKana — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:44 +0000

I agree with most of what was shared here. Unfortunately, this lawsuit was initiated by an uneducated individual and a judge with apparently little or no knowledge of the Texas hunting industry found for the idiot; I mean plaintiff. What I question, however, is whether the judge was actually an Obama appointee, because most, if not all of his appointee, have been blocked for the past three years by Congress. Instead of blaming one political party or another, perhaps we should now focus on the solution. How can we the people properly educate a growing population of urbanites on why hunting as an industry still matters.

Comment on Exotic Hunting Featured on 60 Minutes by Justin Smoot

Justin Smoot — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:42:04 +0000

Pricsilla needs to be “CULLED” out of the herd. She wants to save these 3 species from extinction but would rather see them extinct than hunted in Texas. She needs to be down right slapped for her “Idiocy” and “Lunacy!” She is an uneducated (on the problem at hand) person and needs to know the facts before she opens that mouth of hers.

Comment on Exotic Hunting Featured on 60 Minutes by eddie p.

eddie p. — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:37 +0000

Evenhanded? Not even close. First off they never addressed the health benefits of exotic game meat. Nor did they allow the use of the word “harvest”. We in the industry know that word well. We raise then harvest game. When game is killed its not slaughtered its “taken”. Clearly this was typical Main Stream Media slanting at its best. They used various interview footage of the head of the Exotics NGO to portray him as arrogant and smug. Then they showed some wild animal park where little kids were petting white tailed bucks from the car, and as a herd of animals run by the commentator cries out, “oh look there is a little baby” running with the herd! The woman who won the court case ( which is on appeal by the way, these things drag on and on ) was allowed to spew her anti hunting venom with impunity. This was so offensive to me that I now realize that it served a dual purpose, first it was a hit piece on the Texas Exotics industry, and barely talked about how entire communities and families depend on it, then secondly it was a means to endorse this new radical means of judicial activism on behalf of the radical leftists who represent the animal rights industry. And it is an industry. Just look at your Coke a Cola can with the polar bear on it and the monies Coke is sending to the World Wildlife Fund. Which happens to be a major leftist organization. And then we must realize that this 60 Minutes segment is a green light to the animal rights industry, they will now target the Indian Black buck and other animals that are “threatened” in their native habitats. I remember the case of the African Leopard. Back when our Government banned the importation of Leopard skulls and hides the result was that African ranchers and game ranchers started not just killing the animals off but they used means like poison to reduce their numbers, because to African farmers and ranchers these animals were a dangerous nuisance to their herds of sheep and cattle. Thusly their numbers started dropping, dangerously so, so much so that the American Government had to reverse their stance on the importation of African Leopards. I can guarantee you this will happen here but this time the numbers of Scimitar Oryx and the other two antelope species numbers will start to drop here in the USA. Until we prevail in court. This is why we should vote Republican and remove the activist Democrat Obama appointees from government. That 60 minutes piece was anything but objective, it was filled with subtle slanting of the issue. Disgustingly so.

Comment on ‘Three Species’ Ruling – The Final Chapter? by Scott Menotti

Scott Menotti — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:02:00 +0000

This is not a good ruling, this will hurt alot of ranches in Texas. Like ours which a small family ranch, now we have to harvest our oryx that we have just for looks. Only had four now we will have none.

Comment on The Hunt for the Infamous ‘Caudal Monster’ by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:44:21 +0000

Those are two beautiful, superb conditioned, exotic looking specimens, especially the two legged one! I would be proud to have mounts of both heads on my wall! Congratulations Captain Theresa, you completed your mission. Now on to your next one, a Gold Medal Blackbuck stalk.
Jeff

Comment on The Hunt for the Infamous ‘Caudal Monster’ by Marykay

Marykay — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:49:36 +0000

Theresa, what a thrilling recap of a
Very exciting day. I almost felt inwas
There too. The pictures were a wonderful addition to the excitement. Congratulations in your first deer.