On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:46:06 -0700, rw
wrote:

rw wrote:
LIGONIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Vice President Dick Cheney is being criticized
for shooting duck and pheasant Monday at the Rolling Rock Club in
Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Team 4's Jim Parsons reported.

Mark Bolish, an employee of the exclusive private club, told Channel 4
Action News that Cheney shot about 70 stocked pheasants and mallards
that were released for a group of hunters. More than 400 of the
farm-raised birds were killed in all.


OK, I'm replying to my own post. **** me. Isn't anyone taking the bait?
Is shooting 70 farm-raised pheasants and ducks in one day sportsmanlike?
Is it hunting? Isn't it more like target practice?

This represents the attitude of easy entitlement that so disgusts me
about people like Cheney.


Its a very common form of "hunting" pheasants where they don't
propagate well naturally. Here in northern Wisconsin they haven't done
well in the wild but there are several places near me where that type
of shooting goes on. You pay by the bird whether you end up killing
them or not. So his party put down a lot of cash to shoot all those
birds. Is it hunting...no, not in my opinion. I consider it little
more than target practice wherein the targets get eaten, hopefully.
Like its been said, there are alot more reasons to dislike Cheney than
this little excursion. Of course, this may be indicative of why he is
a poor choice for an ally even if he does fly fish for trout. People
in his economic bracket will always have access to game and fish, so
why should he care about public game and fish and the woods and waters
they inhabit.

g.c.