No I do it to you, because you have no experience and no knowledge because you don’t hunt. I often think you are the EFF’s one white guy with your posts. Prove me wrong on your hunting experience.
With respect to "every South African male," I assume you are referring to white South African males. The teaming masses in the townships have no appreciation, economic or cultural, for hunting. And regrettably, in the North America and Europe the social justice warriors are gaining ground every day. Those growing minorities abetted by the uninformed majorities will gravitate to the more radical political movements in southern Africa - not the traditional ones that reflect the cultural identity of a tiny white majority.
I don't have to prove you shit. You're not a big deal and neither am I. Your BS "eXpErIeNcE" argument is regurgitated over and over when no one really cares, it's just you. This reminds me of when you were up @gizmo 's ass because he said something about fenced hunting which you didn't agree with. A long pointless argument ensued because you apparently read with tunnel vision.
No, I was referring to MOST South African males, not just the whites. Most townships are on the edge of agricultural land and the teenagers like to hunt guineafowl with dogs. I know because I've actually been there and seen it. Viewing our country with your view of the states isn't accurate, though understandable. These radical parties you're referring to have very little influence here with maybe the exception of the EFF, and that's being generous. But, if any of the radical parties did miraculously gain control we can simply look to SA's neighbours as an example. Zimbabwe overthrew Rhodesia via a radical political party and hunting still continued. Again, you shouldn't base your opinions on culture here via what may happen in the States in certain areas.
It seems to me that the sensationalizing and extremes are already here…brought by the other side. You’re correct in that that can’t affect your ability to hunt there, but they surely will affect your economy if they get a ban passed on importing from there.
I could not agree more…. The ostrich mentality will not work here. This is no time to stick our heads in the sand….
Serious question - where are you going to hunt if the international hunting industry is destroyed? The vast majority of South Africans I see hunting are utilizing game farms (typically a meat hunt for management animals) that exist because of American and European hunter dollars. Who will maintain those otherwise expensive game animals? Where are the vast tracts of wilderness land teaming with wildlife that a South African might hunt without international investment. That culture shrank dramatically in South Africa not long after World War I and was only revitalized by the emergence of the game farm system.
These game farms already existed before hunting tourism became popular here in the 90s. They just weren't as plentiful and the government didn't care how many animals you killed. If it didn't help build the military they weren't interested in setting standards. Just because you guys didn't see it doesn't mean it was non-existent. It was there, but highly localized and generally unwelcome to foreign tourists. Again, the hunting industry would continue in South Africa regardless of foreign pull-out, though it would lose much of its prestige. On the topic of game animals, game breeding is popular in South Africa not just because it attracts hunting but because people invest in private reserves and like the best genetics to show off. There's a genuine passion surrounding game breeding that isn't connected to hunting, though they often go hand-in-hand.
It's not a matter of agreeing to disagree, it's a fact and very relevant. Yes, the hunting culture in the townships may be of a different background, but it exists. FYI, when I say "townships" I mean genuine, government-approved settlements with their own jurisdiction to a degree. The squatter camps in parts of the big cities are a different matter. You may have been thinking of those.
It already is. There's no debate surrounding that, at least not here.
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Is it just me…or is anyone else bothered by the interference between the cylinder and frame on this 454?
Honestly I'd like to know why the discussion got heated in the first place.
Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. The population of Africana savanna elephants has decreased by more than half in the last 50 years whilst the number of African lions has declined to just 20,000 in the wild in the last 20 years.
Hmmmm, how much money does "Teenagers with dog's hunting Guinea Fowl" bring into RSA's economy, and fund any of the thousands of game ranches that you have there?
