Thursday. September 19.1991 The Battalion
Hunting is more than just
Critics don't realize true meaning of sport
O n a normal Thursday, I am usually
telling you where to find bass in some
secret spot nobody knows about. Well,
maybe next week.
Today, I feel there is something that I need
to clear up. Monday, I read something that
bothered me right here out of our own news
paper. It was an opinion article written about
a live pigeon shoot. I do not know if anyone
read it or not but Ellen Hobbs was upset, and
rightfully so, that live pigeons were being
shot in an effort to get kids into the sport of
hunting and away from drugs.
I feel that the organizers of the shoot had a
good idea but went about it the wrong way.
Killing animals solely for target practice is not
what hunting is about. This is the reason such
things as sporting clays and trap shooting
were invented.
The main idea behind the shoot was to get
our youths into the outdoors and to stay away
from drugs. Whether Hobbs likes it or not,
the sport of hunting is a time-honored tradi
tion in our country and just so happens to be
my favorite past time.
Unfortunately, most people have never
had the experience of sitting alone in a duck
blind and watching the sun come up. They
have no idea what it feels like to have that
surge of adrenaline when a nice eight-point
buck steps out from the brush.
Hunting is not just picking up a gun and
killing an animal. It's driving six hours to
South Texas with friends and family, sharing
stories that you have heard time and again
but are still just as funny.
It is staying up until one in the morning
playing cards at the camphouse with people
you only get to see maybe once a year. Hunt
ing is a time to be by yourself and enjoy na
ture away from all the pressures of school and
work.
This is what the organizers of the pigeon
shoot were trying to get the kids to do. I
agree that there are better alternatives to live
bird shoots, but their message is one that I
whole-heartedly support.
If you can get a child to experience all of
the aesthetic values that encompass a hunting
trip, and teach him proper ethics and values,
it will carry over into how he will lead the rest
of his life.
This is what bothered me about Hobbs' ar
ticle. She led us to believe her story was
about these poor pigeons that were being shot
for no reason and should not be used as an
anti-drug campaign.
Then, somehow she wrote about trophy
hunting and linked it with some men who
were caught shooting endangered cats on a
ranch in South Texas. These people are not
hunters, they are criminals. State and federal
game wardens are gathering evidence to
make a case against these men for their ac
tions.
What Ellen Hobbs did was disguise a per
sonal attack on hunting as a whole and it of
fended me. What she implied was that all
hunters have inflated egos that only the death
of an animal could satisfy.
This is not true. In fact, most hunters get
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a sport
mixed feelings of elation and remorse after
shooting a deer. Because of these feelings it
shows that hunters do have respect for the an
imals they hunt.
Animal rights activists fail to realize this
because they have never experienced what it
is like to be on a hunt. Instead they stereotype
hunters as a bunch of beer drinking barbar
ians hell-bent on destroying the animal popu
lation.
What gets me is that these activists use un
substantiated claims in an attempt to sway
non-hunters away from the sport. If someone
who read Ellen Hobbs' article actually
thought that this is what hunting is about,
then they are missing out on one of the finest
traditions that our country has to offer.
'If you teach a kid to hunt today, you
won't have to hunt the streets for him tomor
row. " - NRA.
AREA FISHING REPORT
GIBBONS CREEK- Guide Clark Wend-
landt reports that bass are fair in the creeks on
crank baits and worms. Humps and tank
dams are also producing fair numbers of slot
fish. Crappie are said to be excellent over
brush tops in 12-18 feet of water on minnows.
LAKE SOMERVILLE- According to Wat
son's Grocery, bass have been on the slow
side but are expected to turn on with the pas
sage of this cool front. Crappie have started
to pick up around the Big Creek area.
FAYETTE COUNTY- Old Park Lodge re-
¥ orts good schooling action on the main lake.
herehave been some top water action early
but it is typical fishing for this time of the
year. Boy-howdies and plastic grubs have
been the baits of choice lately.
Lady Aggies win
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12th Man Notebook
team as a whole made 15 service errors in
the contest.
"In the third game, I don't know if they
were going for the aces, maybe serving
more aggressive, but they made three errors
in a row," Givens said.
"One of the goals that we had before the
match was every time they make a mistake,
they've got to pay. That's what the better
teams are going to do to you.
"When you make a mistake, they're gonna
make you pay for it. We want to develop
that kind of mentality."
Alysia McMath had a team high of 11
kills for the night. Elizabeth Edmiston had
eight.
The Lady Aggies head out on the road
again this weekend as they play in the Uni
versity of Texas at San Antonio Invitational.
A&M’s next home game will be next
Wednesday against the University of Texas-
Arlington at 7 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coli
seum.
Texas A&M Men's Rugby Team: The A&M rugby team will play Sam Houston
State on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. at Zachary Field. The rugby team finished second
in state last year. For more information call Nick Flynn, 846-4204.
Junior college golf tournament: The Texas A&M Golf Course will host a 12-team
junior college golf tournament beginning Monday, Sept. 23 and lasting through Tues
day, Sept. 24. Play will begin at 8 a.m. Monday.
Each team will play 36 holes a day. For more information call Johnny Andrews, 845-
1723.
Fifth Annual Twin City Tennis Championships: Entries are invited for a tennis
tournament for A&M students and Brazos County Residents. The tournament is sched
uled for Monday, Sept. 30 and last through Friday, October 4. All rounds will begin at 6
p.m..
Entry forms are available at the intramural office south of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The entry deadline is Sept. 26. The entry fee is $7 per person, per event. For further in
formation call the B/CS Tennis Association, 846-9097.
Andro
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Astro brass thought he was washed up after
the 1988 season so they let him sign with the
Rangers - Big mistake.
Even if he is washed up, he still draws fans
to a Rangers game. Have the Astros filled the
Dome with 30,000 people this year?
Davis, an All-America kind of guy, doesn't
want to be associated with beer commericals
after he wins a game. This guy is the kind that
mothers hope their daughters marry, and the
Astros get rid of him to save a couple of bucks.
Sure, they have Pete Harnisch,who is a
good pitcher. But Glenn Davis was the Astro.
The other team that plays in the As
trodome, the Oilers, hasn't had much to brag
about either.
They run a high school offense and people
think it's exciting. They have the best quarter
back in the league, but their games are boring
to watch.
The thing that really makes the Oilers
stand out, is their unmistakable ability to
choke in during the season's crunch time.
Every year the Oilers go to the playoffs
and every year they lose. Even though the Oil
ers are 3-0 so far this year, the season is still
young.
Now it's time to talk Rockets.
When you talk Rockets, you talk Hakeem.
Last year the Rockets had a good year. But
name the last year the Rockets won the world
championship. Think about it for a while.. .
never.
At least a team from Dallas has a champi
onship trophy to brag about.
Sure, you remember, the Cowboys won
the Super Bowl a couple of times in the 1970's.
Of course, the last time was 14 years ago. But I
still have hope for the Cowboys.
And the Mavericks are a good NBA expan
sion team. Unfortunately, they haven't been
an expansion team for over ten years.
You never know what your going to get
with the Mavericks because they base their
team around Roy Tarpley, who's great as long
as he stays out of trouble with the law.
And again there is Ryan's Rangers.
One year the Texas team has pitching. One
ear it has hitting. Unfortunately, it never has
oth during the same season.
The worst thing about the Rangers is the
fact that they have good players. The only
problem is that they all play for other teams. It
doesn't look like pennant fever will hit Arling
ton for a long time.
San Antonio can't count against the state
because the only team they have is the Spurs.
Their World League of American Football
team, the Riders, doesn't count.
Texas is a great state. It's just that its pro
teams wouldn't know a championship if it
came up and bit them.
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