There are so many good blogs out there these days, that I just can’t keep up with reading as many of them as I’d like. One of those I try to keep an eye on is the Big Buck Blog over at Outdoor Life. Since the site is so often about whitetail deer and trophy bucks, I don’t follow it daily, but I get the notices of updates. The one I saw yesterday got my attention though… Is High Fence Hunting Wrong?
On the big magazine websites, the commentary generally gets so stupid and personal that I often don’t bother to speak up. I couldn’t avoid this one though.
I know we’ve hashed this one out on this blog and many others. A lot of feelings got hurt, a lot of people took it really personally, and some generally ill-will was created. It is, to say the least, a pretty hot topic. I have no doubt that some bloggers pull it out from time to time just to get people commenting and keep the traffic levels up. It’s not a terrible strategy.
As I started to say in a follow-up comment on that post, there’s a lot of good that can come out of a constructive conversation about high fence hunting. Calling people names and deriding other hunters simply because they enjoy a different aspect of the sport than you is not constructive. Exploring and addressing the real problems and issues with high fence operations… CWD, escaped non-native species, inhumane conditions… that will get us somewhere.
That’s the conversation I’d like to see people take over to the Big Buck Blog now. It would be nice to see thoughtful and constructive discourse override the kneejerk and immature.
