Bison hunting

Position Statement We here at AUTESH (Auburn Tigers for Ethical and Safe Hunting) are a non-profit pro-hunting organization that promotes the practice of safe and ethical hunting through education and example. Hunting, as a source of sustenance by humans, has been commonplace before even the first cave paintings arose. However, in an increasingly developed world, hunting is surrounded by controversy. Although hunting has greatly evolved from the days of primal humans, so have humans and…

destruction of natural habitat and the cultivating of specific animals for the use of game hunting allowed for the destruction and the disappearance of a natural balance of…

are worked into the ground and act as fertilizer” (Murdock, 1934, p.4). In addition, the men in the Hodenosaunee hunted for their meats, however the women often “accompany them to prepare and bring home the kill”. The main weapon the men used for hunting was an arrow that was about 3 feet long, tipped with a head of bone, horn or chipped chert equipped with feathers twisted so as to cause rotation in flight, and carried in a deerskin quiver slung across the back. For…

The whitetail deer is one of the most abundant animals that are hunted in the US. It is a game animal that brings loads of money to people and regions around the US. From selling hunts, paying for deer to get mounted, to paying for the meat there is a large industry for deer here in the South especially. They are one of the most majestic game animals in the US. Its common name is the Whitetail Deer, its scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus. The white-tailed deer can be found in southern…

plentiful resources and still does. The land on which they lived consisted of grass covered prairies, rivers, streams, and mountains. The climate was mainly hot during summer with cold winters. The ancestors of the Crow had spent the past 12,000 years hunting animals, gathering edible seeds, berries and eating them. Around the area of the Great Plains there were many sources of food. many of the…

Once an animal becomes extinct there is no bringing it back, it is gone for good. That is why it is important that people do not delay and start to use proper care and help protect these species that are endangered in North Carolina. The ecosystem is a fragile system and the strain caused by a certain animal going extinct could possibly cause the entire ecosystem to collapse Which would be a tragic thing; it would not just affect the environment, but it could also affect humans and their daily…

Predator control programs have killed hundreds of native animal species in hopes to benefit livestock producers and to enhance game populations. However, the animals they are killing, beavers, wolves, and many other carnivores, are important benefactors of ecosystems. Bradley Bergstrom said in his article “License to Kill” that “leading ecologists have concluded that many of the world’s pandemics, irruptions of undesirable species and collapses of desirable ones, and destabilization of…

place way up in the mountains of Arizona. There was a tribe of navajo indians that lived on the edge of the colorado river. The chief of the tribe Qaletaqa Golden was having a meeting with the elder. They were meeting about a hunting trip in the mountains for elk and bison. The chief's son Wakkan was a very scared of everything maybe even scared of his shadow at times. But Wakkan was an avid hunter and fisherman. Some people would even say that he is the best fisherman of the tribe. As the…

signal, to attract passing ships or planes. The elected authority figure at the time, Ralph, is not amused, as he repeats “You let the fire out.” (Golding, 73) multiple times; each time, the messages not resonating in Jack’s ears, who feels that hunting is more important. After daily nagging from Ralph to gather basic survival needs, Jack decides to start his own tribe, “I’m going off by myself. … Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too.” (Golding, 140). With no real authority figure to…

Smart Rifles and Drones are Making Hunting Unethical “One thing I’m certain of is that if we ever become slaves to our technology, we can no longer call ourselves hunters” (Carmichel). Jim Carmichel, firearms expert and author for Outdoorlife.com, was talking about smart rifles and how people are becoming more and more dependent on the new technologies in hunting. He believes that this is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in the argument of fair chase. Fair Chase, as defined by the Boone…