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The most important takeaway from this article is that such inroads are being made against the most rich and powerful men in the world... people truly willing to spend a fortune on their hunting tradition.

We are much more vulnerable. Many of the things American hunters allow in an effort to make what gentlemen see as reasonable concessions, are only the first steps in a planned attack to eliminate hunting.
Non-toxic shot regulations were based on flawed science in an effort to raise the price of ammunition and restrict access to government land. The use of kill traps during hunting seasons was a ruse to pit outdoorsmen against each other.

Government agencies are not our allies because they no longer see us as their employer. There is no means to compromise with the unreasonable.

Best thing England could of done was to leave the EU but how long will they remain outside of the EU.

England can flourish without the EU but can the EU flourish without England?

Hunting in Georgia and in some other states has been made a state constitutional right. 21 states have made it a constitutional right with Mississippi and Alabama's voters voting over 80% in favor. Hunting in the US seems to cut across all economic and social strata compared with the UK which may be largely related to the millions of acres of public land access. California and Rhode Island have the constitutional right to fish, but not hunt. Arizona rejected the initiative in 2010. If public land access is indeed a factor, consider that Georgia is the 21st largest state in land area. It offers over a million acres of state land accessible. This doesn't include National Forests or military lands. Fort Stewart alone offers over a quarter of a million acres to hunt. Scotland is roughly the size of South Carolina (40th size in land area)and England is the size of Alabama (30th). England's heritage of hunting is centered on the elite which makes it unfortunately easy pickings for class warfare. Gil

I believe most of Western Europe is the same way in regards to hunting pretty much anything. Its a sport of the connected and most likely the rich. I was stationed in Germany in the late 1990's and as a DOD civilian I could purchase guns from the local Rod and Gun club, or on the German economy with almost zero problem. Finding a place to hunt was a different animal indeed. Lots of rules and even more regulations, but once again the problem was access to places to hunt. Much more trouble then it was worth in Western Europe for sure.

True, but one can become part of hunting party and have opportunity to hunt game especially large game. A group from Lowiecki.pl just went on driven wild boar hunt in Serbia. It is much less expensive for them because it does not need to include TransAtlantic trip. The only way I can take such a trip is laying down in private cubicle which is expensive. Another reason to leave USA and live in EU.

Don't let the screen door hit you in the ass on your way out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0BTdo6qGwo

SRH

Thank you very much. The nice thing is I can still post on here w/o any changes to my email or sign on info. I may even be able to dig up some info on double guns and combination guns made in places like Silesia,.....and places like Pozen, Breslau, Danzig,.... You will see it will be great.

I g[_}ess I'm one of those elites.
Driven shooting is an ind[_]stry. A broad employer.
Gro[_]se are a wild bird. Not pen raised. We shoot off the ann[_]al s[_]pl[_]s on the moors, that keepers manage and protect.

Going back T[_]esday.

Watch it on Yo[_]t[_]be. If it doesn't excite yo[_], yo[_] are dead.

Have a great trip, CZ.

BTW, what in the world is wrong with your "u"(s)?

SRH