Colorado considering banning varmint hunting

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Originally Posted by wob

I completely agree - it really does waaaaay more harm than good for the gun ownership and hunting cause. It gives the antis more fodder to sway those on the fence in the court of popular opinion against it.

Originally Posted by Cattledog

If I kill it, I eat it or use it. Just my perspective of hunting. BTW I do eat squirrel and enjoy hunting them.

Where is the "hunt" in picking off the animal at 2 to 300 yards and turning it into a pink mist? I personally would never consider varmit control "hunting" it would be called "varmit control". What is so cool about creating a "pink mist"? I don't get it. If the P. dogs are over running the ranch and causing damage to the ranch/farm ok then clean house as needed, but why film it? The filming of this type of "sport" will do more harm than good for all gun owners.

Agreed, even with TJDiv. Also, for the record, I never even heard of 'the red mist' until Brian in Oregon's 2nd post (#4 I think).

Cattledog, you're correct, it isn't hunting, it's shooting.

Sorry, I won't be eating any ground squirrel anytime soon, same for coyotes, but I'm going to be shooting them, nonetheless.