Edwards's Bid for Favor Of Hunters Draws Fire

[derby378]

Traveling in Iowa yesterday, Mr. Edwards unveiled a "Hunting and Fishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" that calls for giving hunters more access to federal lands, including, in some cases, national parks...

In a conference call with reporters, the former senator said the federal government could save millions of dollars by having private citizens thin wild herds instead of government-paid sharpshooters. "When national parks need to cull their game species because of overpopulation, I think they should look into having local hunters do the job," Mr. Edwards said, according to Radio Iowa. He also called for limits on oil drilling and logging on federal land, as well as a new national program to pay private landowners to open their property to sportsmen.

Asked for his opinion of the former senator's plan, the NRA's chief lobbyist, Chris Cox, replied: "Pathetic."

http://www.nysun.com/article/65240

[PATRICK]

1. Only pathetic in that

hunters are too few now to cull the game on private lands. I don't understand what the NRA is complaining about except that it seems to imply they still won't be granted rights to machine gun squirrels in city parks.

[sharp_stick]

2. Damned turkeys crapping in my back yard

now with thanksgiving on the way I know how I should take care of them ;-)

[dmallind]

3. That's unsporting

Everybody knows you should only use .454 revolvers on turkey!