Willi wrote:

Scott Seidman wrote:

We all draw the line somewhere. Personally, for me, its big game
enclosed by a fence, because I don't think its "sporting" (whatever
that means) and the management practice helps spread CWD. With
respect to the birds, certainly, wanton waste enters the picture, so
what's done with the 70 birds is somewhat important. Perhaps a
donation of the game to a feed the poor program would somewhat
ameliorate what appears at first glance to be gluttony.

While sportsmen certainly need to police their own sport, so others
don't do it for them, I try to tread rather lightly. For example,
there are some people who think that catch and kill fishing is
immoral. There are catch and release fishermen that think catching
and releasing fifty fish in a day is an abuse of the resource and of
the fish. There are anti-
wackos who say that any fishing at all is morally repugnant. There
are environmentalist who object to fish stocking. Which definitions
of sportsmanlike should I follow?



There's a similar continuum with respect to fishing. Below is that
continuum as I see it. (probably left some out and not so sure about the
order of some of the steps but there's enough to get the idea)
Unfortunately, most of our fishing is pretty far down that list.
"Throwing stones" at hunters seems kind of hypocritical.

Native fish in native "natural" environments

Self sustaining native fish re-introduced into native "natural"
environments

Self sustaining non native fish in "natural" environments

Stocked fingerling native fish into native "natural" environments

Stocked catchable native fish in native "natural" environments

Stocked non native fingerlings in "natural" environment

Stocked non native catchable fishes in "natural" environment

Stocked non native fingerlings in man made environments

Stocked catchable non native fishes in man made environments

Stocked non native fishes in man made environments with introduced food
ie mysis shrimp, introduced minnow base

Stocked catchable non native fishes in "natural" environments with
supplemental man made food

Stocked catchable non native fishes in man made environments with
supplemental feedings of man made food

Stocked genetically manipulated fishes (with the above permutations)

Willi


i am simply in awe of the genius and effort involved in thinking about
and constructing the above continuum... i now better understand your
success in fishing. you've got gills, don't you. g