God has blessed us with the priviledge to hunt his game and manage his animals

the number of hunters each year go down drastically

foldemup,



Hunting is not a mere privilege. It is a God-given right that is recognized by our state constitution. You can read about it's origin in the book of Genesis. I didn't see anything there about wildlife management, however.

If you want to preserve hunting as your right, never give in to the temptation to call it a privilege.

I have "heard" over and over that hunting license sales go down every year. I dont know if I have ever read a report with real data. Anybody know the real facts and figures?

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.

7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

49er,glad to see you posting again.

"I didn't see anything there about wildlife management, however."

Are you referring to the state constitution or the bible? If it is the bible then I would have to disagree with you. I believe the bible teaches us to be good stewards of everything he has given us. God gave man all the animals, we named them and he told us to rule over them. Now, we may have done a poor job in the past but that is because men are greedy and sinful. Alot of land has already been, cut, burned, developed and alot of animals have paid the price. So...whats wrong with managing the resources God has blessed us with?