Originally Posted by
SpriteMcBain
I can't believe I actually have to explain this in a manner where it makes sense to finsfurfeathers:
Imagine you have a couple of buddies who have never really fished before, but they watch lots of fishing shows and they have general knowledge of the sport but would love to try it out. You tell them, hey we're going to go out on a canoe trip and go fishing. but you can't take any fishing gear. I'll paddle you around the lake, show you were fish may be, talk about why they would be there, but you're not actually going out to catch fish or cast a line in the water. How interested do you think those newbies would be in doing it? And what kind of impression would the sport of fishing leave on them? Probably not a great one and they would never try it again. However if you did take them out, bring the gear, have them hold the rod in the water, tell them how to make the lure dance and they don't catch fish or even see a fish they're still likely to continue fishing or take it up more seriously.
This is no different. If i say, HEY we're going to go rabbit hunting but since rabbits are out of season i'm not bringing a firearm. We're going to get up super early though, and look for rabbit signs and so on.
Or i could say, Hey we're going fox hunting, we'll be using this sweet henry AR 22, we're going to get up super early, go for a nice hike deep into the woods from our campsite. Set up shop where we think we might see some foxes and we'll be super quiet, we'll get to hear the forest 'breath' around us while we wait for our shot. Knowing full well the likelihood of seeing a fox, and having a clean shot to take is less than 1%...At least i can sell it to them in a way they'll want to continue learning to hunt and maybe take the sport up fully at some point.
I travel a ton to the US for work, i would not jeopardise getting any kind of a firearm charge and losing my job over shooting off a couple rounds in the woods when I can already do that on land i have access to. Thank you for your toll though finsfurfeathers, please take that attitude to Reddit where it's more welcome.