Killing the Cownose Ray

[Cowpokey]

cowpokey......it does not rub me the wrong way at all.
Plenty of the holier than thou statements in this thread do, however, rub me the wrong way

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. My thoughts about this are posted earlier in the thread.

Edit add: I'd love it if you would post a quote of any "holier than thou statements" that rubbed you the wrong way...since we are painting with what seem like very broad strokes of the brush.

[kevinfry]

cowpokey......it does not rub me the wrong way at all.
Plenty of the holier than thou statements in this thread do, however, rub me the wrong way

[Cowpokey]

Rub the DNR about your opinion on shooting rays im sure someone has done research on the population of rays hence the legal shooting of them,,now im rubbing my rod lol

Merry Christmas...troll.

[redneck69]

Rub the DNR about your opinion on shooting rays im sure someone has done research on the population of rays hence the legal shooting of them,,now im rubbing my rod lol

[Cowpokey]

As long as its legal no one can say anything,,they aint bad eatung BTW,and no one here can say needlessly slaughtered

I don't know about anyone else, but with exception of the part in red, the rest of your post rubs me the wrong way.

[redneck69]

As long as its legal no one can say anything,,they aint bad eatung BTW,and no one here can say needlessly slaughtered

[buzz]

A National Geographic naturalist told me there are two entities on earth that kill for sport - man and wolf. I can not speak for the wolf, but I can say that killing for sport is just wrong. Unless you're going to eat it, don't kill it.

That naturalist forgot to mention the common house cat. Sure the farm cat and the feral cat eat what they kill, but "Fluffy" just plays with it till its dead and then walks away...

[kevinfry]

I would not recommend using that phrase towards any of your Latino acquaintances ...... violence likely (with Central Americans violence VERY likely).

[Pc4sun]

Rumor has it one of them said "Tu Madre" to the fox....could have been an "Honor Killing"

LOL!! I had to look "Tu Madre" up. It sounds too fancy to mean "Yo Mamma"

[kevinfry]

fox recently killed all my buddies chickens and did not eat any of them.....but it may not have been for sport. Rumor has it one of them said "Tu Madre" to the fox....could have been an "Honor Killing"

[DonV]

A National Geographic naturalist told me there are two entities on earth that kill for sport - man and wolf. I can not speak for the wolf, but I can say that killing for sport is just wrong. Unless you're going to eat it, don't kill it.

Add a couple more to the list.

Bottlenose Dolphin: The Only Marine Animal that Kills for Fun
http://scribol.com/environment/bottl...-kills-for-fun

Murder 'comes naturally' to chimpanzees
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29237276

Think you probably can throw cats on there also, I know mine are evil little creatures.

[Cowpokey]

A National Geographic naturalist told me there are two entities on earth that kill for sport - man and wolf. I can not speak for the wolf, but I can say that killing for sport is just wrong. Unless you're going to eat it, don't kill it.

Man definitely kills for sport. I've always been of the mindset that it should only be done to put food on the table.

Cats on the other hand:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill

[Pc4sun]

A National Geographic naturalist told me there are two entities on earth that kill for sport - man and wolf. I can not speak for the wolf, but I can say that killing for sport is just wrong. Unless you're going to eat it, don't kill it.

[kevinfry]

I've eaten them pretty good.

Surf, I'd like a picture of you typing that with a straight face.....

I am strongly in support of permitting bowfishermen to regulate the population. I don't know any sports fishermen targeting them and that is what it takes to manage a species....targeted fishing.
Also, I don't think anyone should be permitted to badmouth bowfishermen who are within the regs set up by DNR unless they kept their "Just keep one" pledge from last spring. I don't badmouth anyone for keeping their limit, even though I never did......but it sticks in my craw when a guy complains that another fisherman should show restraint, but not he himself.
It's easy to point fingers. There are plenty of trailer sailors that hate kayakers. There is a guy at ST Jeromes that will cast right at you just to try and drive you off (even if the yakker is there first) due to their sense of entitlement. I hate to see us behaving the same way.

I've eaten them pretty good.