Westernbiker
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Did you know that there are approx. 44 million hunters in America! I guess I didn't really realize just how many of us hunt. That is ALLOT of firearms out there in the public. Now consider just how many of these hunters have more than one firearm. Also consider how many people have one or more firearms that do not hunt and they are not counted in this survey.
What got me looking for this info was an email I received from a friend so I had to chek it out, below is the email.
The World's largest army... America 's hunters!
I had never thought about this....
A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a striking conclusion:
There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin.
Allow me to restate that number.
Over the last several months, Wisconsin 's hunters became the eighth largest army in the world.
More men under arms than in Iran.
More than in France and Germany combined.
These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms, and no one was killed.
That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan 's 700,000 hunters,
All of whom have now returned home.
Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that
The hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.
The point?
America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower.
Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security.
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That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.
Food for thought when next we consider gun control.
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 08:02:02 AM » |
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(Yes, I know there's some controversy as to if he really said this or not, but it's still a good quote either way)  |
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 08:49:34 AM » |
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I dont hunt. I just dont care for the taste of game.
I'll be a private in that, though.
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Skinhead
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 08:54:39 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2011, 10:36:29 AM » |
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I dont hunt. I just dont care for the taste of game.
I'll be a private in that, though.
I haven't hunted in years, love that venison/ elk meat. I may never get the oppertunity to hunt again  but hunters are a force to be rekoned with |
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2011, 10:38:24 AM » |
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Yep. I knew I liked Skinhead.
I wish I could afford more guns and Ammo.
That Top Shot show has some SERIOUSLY cool gun games.
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2011, 10:44:00 AM » |
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I was on the fence about concealed carry the day before yesterday, then a felon with an AK-47 walked the halls of my school. I'll be taking the class this month with my wife.
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2011, 10:55:42 AM » |
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I was on the fence about concealed carry the day before yesterday, then a felon with an AK-47 walked the halls of my school. I'll be taking the class this month with my wife.
The problem there is, you will NOT be allowed to cc there, in the school, where you needed it. MP |
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2011, 12:11:11 PM » |
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I must be one of the many, hog hunt regularly in Florida. Guns ?, well lets say more than 15 and leave it there.
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2011, 12:23:42 PM » |
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I must be one of the many, hog hunt regularly in Florida. Guns ?, well lets say more than 15 and leave it there.
the heck with the guns, how many hogs have you harvested? i've seen a few rooting next to the interstate, and yet I've never seen a road killed hog? I think their pretty smart. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2011, 01:20:22 PM » |
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I was on the fence about concealed carry the day before yesterday, then a felon with an AK-47 walked the halls of my school. I'll be taking the class this month with my wife.
The problem there is, you will NOT be allowed to cc there, in the school, where you needed it. MP Well, I guess not officially. |
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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2011, 04:07:42 PM » |
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I was on the fence about concealed carry the day before yesterday, then a felon with an AK-47 walked the halls of my school. I'll be taking the class this month with my wife.
The problem there is, you will NOT be allowed to cc there, in the school, where you needed it. MP Well, I guess not officially. That depends on where you are going to school. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2011, 05:55:24 PM » |
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I must be one of the many, hog hunt regularly in Florida. Guns ?, well lets say more than 15 and leave it there.
the heck with the guns, how many hogs have you harvested? i've seen a few rooting next to the interstate, and yet I've never seen a road killed hog? I think their pretty smart. Last year got 16, this year just 4 so far. I have a couple friends that have commercial nursery operations, and the hogs cost them thousands every year, they are happy to get rid of them, season in Florida is almost all year. We butcher them and donate the meat to several organizations in the area. Any piglets, I give to a farmer by Dade city , he raises them on corn etc. |
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« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2011, 06:36:26 PM » |
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Yep, that what's the 2nd Admen is all about. The founding fathers knew armed citizens would provide a huge army as well as not trusting government.
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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2011, 05:11:00 AM » |
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600,000 guys out in the woods with rifles for two weeks out of the year.
i don't hunt. not 'cause of the taste of venison, but because i can't stomach the gutting out part!! also, i had a very bad expierence when i went hunting with the father in law years back. never gone since......
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« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2011, 07:11:36 PM » |
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I must be one of the many, hog hunt regularly in Florida. Guns ?, well lets say more than 15 and leave it there.
the heck with the guns, how many hogs have you harvested? i've seen a few rooting next to the interstate, and yet I've never seen a road killed hog? I think their pretty smart. Last year got 16, this year just 4 so far. I have a couple friends that have commercial nursery operations, and the hogs cost them thousands every year, they are happy to get rid of them, season in Florida is almost all year. We butcher them and donate the meat to several organizations in the area. Any piglets, I give to a farmer by Dade city , he raises them on corn etc. I dont know about where you are in FL....but in the panhandle there is no season nor limit for the dreaded pigs. Im in the process of getting the gun and light at night permit |
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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2011, 11:12:22 PM » |
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Been hunting since I was 16, there's nothing like it. even if i get skunked I don't care. The friendship, the sights,the smells,the stories you just can't beat it. When you take the shot and harvest the animal and stand over it you appreaciate what the lord(I'm not religious but if there's a creator he does good work). What a feeling.
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« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2011, 05:18:31 AM » |
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I must be one of the many, hog hunt regularly in Florida. Guns ?, well lets say more than 15 and leave it there.
the heck with the guns, how many hogs have you harvested? i've seen a few rooting next to the interstate, and yet I've never seen a road killed hog? I think their pretty smart. Last year got 16, this year just 4 so far. I have a couple friends that have commercial nursery operations, and the hogs cost them thousands every year, they are happy to get rid of them, season in Florida is almost all year. We butcher them and donate the meat to several organizations in the area. Any piglets, I give to a farmer by Dade city , he raises them on corn etc. I dont know about where you are in FL....but in the panhandle there is no season nor limit for the dreaded pigs. Im in the process of getting the gun and light at night permit Depends on where you hunt, here are the regs from my area. On private property with landowner permission, wild pigs may be hunted year round using rifles, shotguns, crossbows, bows or pistols. There is no size or bag limit, and you may harvest either sex. Also, no hunting license is required. On wildlife management areas (WMAs), hogs may be taken during most hunting seasons, except spring turkey. But, if it's during archery season, you must use a bow - during muzzleloading gun season, you can only use a muzzleloader. And, you do need a hunting license as well as management area permit and any other necessary permits to hunt wild pigs on WMAs - where on some, daily bag limits on wild pigs do apply, and on a few, there's even a minimum size limit on what you can take. |
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« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2011, 08:41:07 AM » |
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Yep Grunmpy.....thats the same....I hunt on private property and forgot its diofferent on the reservation
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« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2011, 08:52:51 AM » |
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I too like the taste of wildgame. But haven't hunted in 10 years. Spent 23 years in WY. Put 18 Elk in the freezer (only got skunked 1 year) along with more deer and Antelopes than I can remember. Quit hunting because we didnt' need the extra meat, kids all left home. Glad we still have a folks out there enjoying the harvesting of game.
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« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2011, 06:05:31 PM » |
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I took up huntin in my 50's for deer, a few years later got bored with gun hunting so switched
to bow . Now that's a blast, more challenging can't get enough of it..
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