Save the grizzly from trophy hunters
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- Admiral HMS Castanet
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Re: Save the grizzly from trophy hunters
Gone_Fishin wrote:From a study of BC hunters by Zeman, 2006:
By a significant margin, the leading motivation was to obtain game meat, followed by being close to
nature, getting away from day to day activity and the company of partners and family (BC MOE,
2005b, p.6). Bagging a trophy was identified as the most insignificant motivation to hunt, with
only 3% of respondents indicating that as their leading motivation (BC MOE, 2005b, p.7).
Many posts on this thread are very, very misinformed about why hunters do what they do.
Those stats reflect my experience. I've never been a hunter, so I've always been interested in what motivates others. FWIW, of the many, many hunters I've knows over my lifetime, this survey seems pretty accurate.
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