By Justin Spring, B&C Professional Member
Excerpt from the Fall 2019 issue of Fair Chase
They have finally come out and confirmed that I am not a millennial, or maybe I am, depending...
Recently my wife and I attended a documentary on the disturbing amount of food waste in our country and the world, titled, “Just Eat It.” I didn’t see a connection with hunting ethics until I was in a discussion at our recent annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club in Nashville. Many members were lamenting the bad press that hunters get, i.e., “Cecil the lion,” and the fact that study after study has shown that only about 20 percent of the non-hunting public approves of trophy hunting, whereas 70-80 percent or more approve of legal hunting if its purpose is to produce food and/or to enhance wildlife management.
By Keith Balfourd, B&C Professional MemberExcerpt from the Fall 2018 issue of Fair ChaseGood question. For the sake of this column, the word "antis" refers to those who are vocally opposed to hunt...
The Ethics of Sport Hunting
By Theodore R. Vitali, B&C Professional Member
Excerpt from the Spring 2018 issue of Fair Chase
Sport hunting differs from subsistence and sustenance hunti...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Mark StreissguthB&C Regular Member During a coffee break recently, I was thumbing through some outdoor magazines. Between the hunting stories and how-to pieces, I found...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Daniel A. Pedrotti Jr., B&C Regular Member, Chairman, Hunter Ethics Sub-CommitteeExcerpt from Fair Chase, Spring 2017Here we are at the beginning of a brand new year wit...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Daniel A. Pedrotti Jr.B&C Regular MemberChairman, Hunter Ethics Sub-CommitteeI had the opportunity to share a campfire recently with one of my relatives, Lifetime Associ...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Daniel A. Pedrotti Jr.B&C Regular MemberChairman, Hunter Ethics Sub-CommitteeI recently attended a meeting of the Texas Parks and Wild-life (TPW) Commission, which sets ...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Daniel A. Pedrotti Jr.B&C Regular MemberChairman, Hunter Ethics Sub-CommitteeWhen you consider the phrase fair chase literally, it is nonsense. There is nothing fair abo...
THE ETHICS OF FAIR CHASEBy Daniel A. Pedrotti Jr., B&C Regular Member, Chairman, Hunter Ethics Sub-CommitteeExcerpt from Fair Chase, Spring 2016We all know that sometimes the words we use mean dif...
