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Page 144
... hunters as nothing more than a talented butcher , but when matters are put into perspective , there are shooters who travel today to Mexico and Colombia and run a case of shells daily on doves and ducks . The semantics are important ...
... hunters as nothing more than a talented butcher , but when matters are put into perspective , there are shooters who travel today to Mexico and Colombia and run a case of shells daily on doves and ducks . The semantics are important ...
Page 147
... Hunters should not be denied that the pursuit of game makes game . At this time , game management would not exist without hunters . We pay to kill , and we subsidize nature by doing so . Whatever our personal reasons are for hunting and ...
... Hunters should not be denied that the pursuit of game makes game . At this time , game management would not exist without hunters . We pay to kill , and we subsidize nature by doing so . Whatever our personal reasons are for hunting and ...
Page 192
... hunters , who purchase permits which in turn subsidize the management . A lack of interest in a species or lean years provokes a decline in the sales of per- mits , leaving the state agencies without operating funds . The historical ...
... hunters , who purchase permits which in turn subsidize the management . A lack of interest in a species or lean years provokes a decline in the sales of per- mits , leaving the state agencies without operating funds . The historical ...
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