LAST EDITED ON Nov-18-04 AT 06:51AM (MST)[p]I agree with Supersider. That is not why we hunt...Sure it is nice to get an animal that we know will go in the book, but if there were no trophy animals, wouldn't we all still hunt?
And as far as having your name posted in a book, have you ever looked to see how many names are in those books...In order for anyone to see your name in there, you would have to have the book in your hand, turned to the right page, and highlighted on top of that, or nobody would ever see it.....
I can just see us all now saying, "dang, that buck won't quite make the record book, so I won't shoot that one". Of course that may help the deer herds!!
And as far as yote's go, I don't think everyone would go thru all the crap associated with fleshing and cleaning the skull of every dang dog they shoot, just to get it measured for the "B&C Coyote Club"!!! (BCCC)
They just need to put some kind of bounty on them. Some ranchers already do that in some areas. Most people just hunt them because it gives them another good excuse to get out and "HUNT"...
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A bad day hunting is better than a Good Day at Work!!