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Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 07:53 PM
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http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environ...ting-conventionSo trump tells prissy Piers Morgan in an interview last week that he is going to keep that elephant trophy ban in place and that he doesn’t think that African hunting is conservation. Not so much as a squawk out of the hunting and outdoors community over this. We are the ones that support him not the anti crowd.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 08:16 PM
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Good. Why does anyone need to kill and elephant anyway. You don't eat it.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 08:27 PM
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Why go deer hunting if you can buy meat at the supermarket if you are going to use that logic. 🤨
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 09:01 PM
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Good. Why does anyone need to kill and elephant anyway. You don't eat it. Stupid.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 09:01 PM
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Why go deer hunting if you can buy meat at the supermarket if you are going to use that logic. Oh come on... everyone knows the only place to BUY deer meat is at Arbys, and then it's not everywhere.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 09:44 PM
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This is exactly like the debate over owning assault rifles where you have gun owners lecturing other gun owners that they don’t need to own an assault rifle.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 09:50 PM
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This is exactly like the debate over owning assault rifles where you have gun owners lecturing other gun owners that they don’t need to own an assault rifle. I’ve actually never seen that on here. I’ve seen arguments about which is better for certain kinds of hunting-and then AR owners trying to put words in folks’ mouth to that effect in an attempt to change the debate.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 10:02 PM
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Good. Why does anyone need to kill and elephant anyway. You don't eat it. This is inaccurate. Elephants are consumed in their virtual entirety by villagers in the hunting areas. Bear in mind that the local villagers subsist almost entirely on ground cornmeal; any protean is very welcome indeed.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 10:12 PM
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While i have no desire to kill one I do know that in most cases they choose an old bull that is doing no good for the herd and therefore it does help with conservation. Also, this doesnt ban hunting them, just importing anything from them back. Cheetahs and lions have same ban
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/04/18 10:21 PM
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There is much more to elephant hunting that helps those in need from food to money for their livelihood. To say there is no reason to hunt an elephant is a liberal mindset based on emotions and without facts or merit.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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I'm glad his focus is elsewhere. He can always come back to the elephants after the swamp is drained and the wall is built.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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There is much more to elephant hunting that helps those in need from food to money for their livelihood. To say there is no reason to hunt an elephant is a liberal mindset based on emotions and without facts or merit. Yup....don't know any folks that eat coyotes but the justify shooting them......
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 02:06 AM
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http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environ...ting-conventionSo trump tells prissy Piers Morgan in an interview last week that he is going to keep that elephant trophy ban in place and that he doesn’t think that African hunting is conservation. Not so much as a squawk out of the hunting and outdoors community over this. We are the ones that support him not the anti crowd. Do a little research and find out which countries the importation ban is about and why it came about. Then ask your self as a hunter conservationist if the ban should hold or be reversed.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 02:22 AM
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Good. Why does anyone need to kill and elephant anyway. You don't eat it. The local villages disagree with you 100%.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 09:25 AM
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Good. Why does anyone need to kill and elephant anyway. You don't eat it. Stupid. Agree....
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 01:38 PM
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If the world wants to see elephants slaughtered...keep ban in place--hell do away with trophy hunting...it will not be long and there will be nothing. They will be poached out in 20 years. I had the pleasure of hunting elephant. It was an experience I treasure. Yes, the meat and fat was consumed. The hide was used--some by me and most by the community. My dollars I spent employed people that would otherwise probably not have a job--like skinners, camp staff--or would be poachers--ie trackers. I'm sure that some dollars somewhere went to some political cronies--heck it's Africa. But in my opinion the good far outweighs the corrupt.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 01:43 PM
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If the world wants to see elephants slaughtered...keep ban in place--hell do away with trophy hunting...it will not be long and there will be nothing. They will be poached out in 20 years. I had the pleasure of hunting elephant. It was an experience I treasure. Yes, the meat and fat was consumed. The hide was used--some by me and most by the community. My dollars I spent employed people that would otherwise probably not have a job--like skinners, camp staff--or would be poachers--ie trackers. I'm sure that some dollars somewhere went to some political cronies--heck it's Africa. But in my opinion the good far outweighs the corrupt.
Ed Facts don’t matter in this debate unfortunately. The prez bought into the emotion, said it’s “horrible”, so that’s what his policy is based on. Sad.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 02:03 PM
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I'm glad his focus is elsewhere. He can always come back to the elephants after the swamp is drained and the wall is built. Exactly.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 02:26 PM
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Not so much as a squawk out of the hunting and outdoors community over this. You're not looking very hard.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 02:48 PM
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If the world wants to see elephants slaughtered...keep ban in place--hell do away with trophy hunting...it will not be long and there will be nothing. They will be poached out in 20 years. I had the pleasure of hunting elephant. It was an experience I treasure. Yes, the meat and fat was consumed. The hide was used--some by me and most by the community. My dollars I spent employed people that would otherwise probably not have a job--like skinners, camp staff--or would be poachers--ie trackers. I'm sure that some dollars somewhere went to some political cronies--heck it's Africa. But in my opinion the good far outweighs the corrupt.
Ed Facts don’t matter in this debate unfortunately. The prez bought into the emotion, said it’s “horrible”, so that’s what his policy is based on. Sad. Facts do matter, the ban envolves two countries. The ban was put in place because Zambia and Zimbabwe had crap for an elephant conservation plan. Have those two countries come up with a elephant conservation plan that appeases the international scentific community? What’s Really sad is those of us weighting in with out actual facts, just pure emotion. Not one person on this thread has argued that those two countries have come up with an acceptable elephant conservation plan.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 03:50 PM
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If the world wants to see elephants slaughtered...keep ban in place--hell do away with trophy hunting...it will not be long and there will be nothing. They will be poached out in 20 years. I had the pleasure of hunting elephant. It was an experience I treasure. Yes, the meat and fat was consumed. The hide was used--some by me and most by the community. My dollars I spent employed people that would otherwise probably not have a job--like skinners, camp staff--or would be poachers--ie trackers. I'm sure that some dollars somewhere went to some political cronies--heck it's Africa. But in my opinion the good far outweighs the corrupt.
Ed Facts don’t matter in this debate unfortunately. The prez bought into the emotion, said it’s “horrible”, so that’s what his policy is based on. Sad. Facts do matter, the ban envolves two countries. The ban was put in place because Zambia and Zimbabwe had crap for an elephant conservation plan. Have those two countries come up with a elephant conservation plan that appeases the international scentific community? What’s Really sad is those of us weighting in with out actual facts, just pure emotion. Not one person on this thread has argued that those two countries have come up with an acceptable elephant conservation plan. I'm aware of the situation. Plan or no plan, effectively removing the $$$ that hunters provide for the conservation of the species sucks. Maybe you should do a little reading too - the disastrous effects of elephant hunting bans in Kenya and Botswana are a good place to start. Elephant hunting helps elephants - just like most all sport hunting helps the species being hunted. Those are the facts. Defending a President who calls elephant hunting "horrible" by accusing others of basing opinions on emotion is the height of irony.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 03:56 PM
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Guess Don Jrs opinion doesn't mean much to daddy.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 04:35 PM
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If the world wants to see elephants slaughtered...keep ban in place--hell do away with trophy hunting...it will not be long and there will be nothing. They will be poached out in 20 years. I had the pleasure of hunting elephant. It was an experience I treasure. Yes, the meat and fat was consumed. The hide was used--some by me and most by the community. My dollars I spent employed people that would otherwise probably not have a job--like skinners, camp staff--or would be poachers--ie trackers. I'm sure that some dollars somewhere went to some political cronies--heck it's Africa. But in my opinion the good far outweighs the corrupt.
Ed Facts don’t matter in this debate unfortunately. The prez bought into the emotion, said it’s “horrible”, so that’s what his policy is based on. Sad. Facts do matter, the ban envolves two countries. The ban was put in place because Zambia and Zimbabwe had crap for an elephant conservation plan. Have those two countries come up with a elephant conservation plan that appeases the international scentific community? What’s Really sad is those of us weighting in with out actual facts, just pure emotion. Not one person on this thread has argued that those two countries have come up with an acceptable elephant conservation plan. I'm aware of the situation. Plan or no plan, effectively removing the $$$ that hunters provide for the conservation of the species sucks. Maybe you should do a little reading too - the disastrous effects of elephant hunting bans in Kenya and Botswana might be a good place to start. you where all about burning Palmer to the stake off public speculation of illegal non conservation based hunting. But yet are full court press on Pres Trump for not reversing a ban that’s based on conservation for the continued hunting of a species? Kenya and Botswana are outright bans, big difference. You pride yourself as a hunter conservationists but don’t want to push for sound scientific management? If you where fully aware then you would of argued off USFW’s recommendations
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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02/05/18 04:41 PM
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Banning ivory/horn/hide importation of any animal is a de-facto hunting ban. Hunters are the best conservationists and hunters' $$$ are the primary and most impactful conservation tools that exist. To remove their $$$ and voices from the table is almost always disastrous for the animals at issue.
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Re: Trump to keep Elephant trophy ban in place.
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If I shot one I'd have to build another house just to put the stuffed head in...
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