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Hunting horrors
Letter
Published: Sunday, July 15, 2007

I have seen things during hunting season that would make grown men cry.

I've seen animals with their lower jaw shot off, slowly starving to death. I've seen carloads of drunks riding around at all hours of the day, shooting anything that moved.

I've counted 20 moose carcasses in fields, shot by ranchers and rotting, with no sign of anyone trying to use the meat.

I've seen hunters smitten with buck fever running after animals, shooting wildly with no concern for safety. I've seen bears shot and left to waste with only their claws removed.

I was a big, brave hunter once, many years ago. It was these scenes that made me stop this dirty game.

The one picture that is burnt into my mind, and which was the final straw, was to see beautiful birds of prey shot and hung on a post for all to see.

Now our government wants to hand out 20,000 hunting licences, especially to women and children. This is total madness.

And I thought the NDP had all the idiots.

Peter Archer,

Vancouver