>Ok so I will play. As
>devils advocate (acting like Tristate)
>let me ask...
>
>Who got hurt by this person
>posing as a guide? Did
>the hunters get a hunt?
>If so they got what
>they paid for. The state
>lost a little money on
>a guides license. Thats the
>only cost I can see.
>The state issued tags to
>those hunters to hunt an
>animal. They hunted. There is
>no guarantee of a kill.
>Why should they get their
>money back if the guy
>took them on a hunt?
>
>
>Should the guide get ticketed? I
>guess he guided without a
>license. So is it right
>to put him away for
>3 years when he was
>only feeding his family by
>providing a service and being
>paid for it? Not to
>mention ruining his reputation and
>assassinating his character.
>
>So what was the harm?
>
>
>
>
ANYTIME a story like this hits the media, as hunters, we ALL lose. The non-hunting public doesn't distinguish between the ethical/legal hunters/guides and those that don't play by the rules and we're all lumped together in the proverbial cesspool with this guy. AND, of course, the anti's pick up on this stuff like flies on a dead skunk and they love to spread the news. So it isn't just the guide, his family, the cops, the courts, and the Lord who are affected by this, thus the heated discussions on this forum about punishments and consequences. We all have a dog in these fights, whether we realize it or not.
