Sunday, April 1, 2012

Stand Up To The Enemy With Hunting T-Shirts

By Larson Bendis


People don't get you, and you should never expect them to. You are part of a struggling tradition that people are being taught to hate. It is becoming part of modern tradition for people to look at a hunter think of the evil, faceless monsters who killed Bambi's mother. You can't wear your hunting t-shirts without getting disapproving looks.

Hunters are used to this and the scorn rolls off of us like water from a duck's back. People are going to judge you if they know you are an active hunter, and that's not okay. The judgment people pass on hunters these days is as disgusting as these people feel about what hunters do. What they don't know, or care to learn, is that hunting is needed these days more than ever.

Showing off our love of hunting is actually a way to shove it in the faces of the people who mock us. We'll wear camo all year long, if we can. Hunting t-shirts are a normal sight when you spend any time around us at all. It's no different than anyone else who has a passion in their heart for something important to them. Let me just put it this way: nobody makes fun of someone wearing a football t-shirt, so why do hunters get mocked?

People refuse to believe that what we do is necessary for the environment. Human hunters fill a niche that has been vacated by decreasing numbers in the predator populations. This just naturally happens when urban environments spread out into the rural country side. If deer were left to run wild and breed without restraint, the food sources for them would be stripped bare within just two years. A deer slain by a bullet is much better than one slain by hunger. What hunters do is part of a tradition of nature that spans hundreds of years.

The hunter has a duel job to perform if they wish to keep their freedoms secure. Hunters must do what they love to do, which is hunt. Hunters must also teach people every day why what they do is so important. The stares you get is a way to draw attention to the topic and engage the ignorant in conversation. Put on your hunting t-shirt, spread the good word, and make people understand that what we do is not about the murder of innocent animals, but in maintaining a tradition of honoring nature




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