Is deer hunting a White-man's game?
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Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/16/2009 10:17:12 PM
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vipermann7
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Is deer hunting primarily a White man activity these days? Is hunting an activity dominated by White people, particularly White men, or does the media just portray it that way?
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/16/2009 11:33:01 PM
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Croz73PA
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Well its a white mans sport where I live but white is pretty much all you've got around here.
I will say that the one black friend I do have hunts.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/16/2009 11:53:19 PM
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We sell deer tags in Missouri and 95% of what we sell is to whites and 80% of those are men .
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 12:34:25 AM
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Woods Walker
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I have no stats to back this up with, so it's purely conjecture on my part, but I do believe that many black people today are urban dwellers, and there's not a whole lot of them that hunt, unless they still have some rural roots.
Amongst rural blacks, or those with some rural family roots, I would guess that there IS a higher percentage of them that hunt, as it's still part of the culture, just like with whites.
The other factor with urban blacks, is due to the destruction of the family unit that's been going on now for the past 40 years or so due to the welfare state, there's something now like 75% to 80% of black kids that grow up with no father figure, and it's mainly the male figures in a kids life that will most likely get them into hunting.
A black kid growing up in the inner city with no male role models has almost NO chance of learning how to hunt, even if he wanted to.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 1:17:27 AM
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I know a guy from work, who I have talked to about this, given that he is black. He is originally from Texas, and he said that he as well as most of his friends who were black hunted all the time. Theres also that guy on one of the hunting shows with the earings in both ears that hunts. He gets more amped up over hunting than anyone else on tv and I love it. I also have a few friends who show a lot of interest in hunting, and I have told them that if they take hunters safety, I will take them out and show them the ropes, but I think that having to take the course is their main deterrent because of busy work/school loads. I would say that hunters are predominantly white, but hopefully that will change in the future. More and more women are getting involved, and I think eventually more and more ethnic groups will get involved as well.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 2:16:22 AM
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Croz73PA
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Well put WW. My thoughts exactly but I couldnt get them down quite right.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 11:00:38 AM
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Please tread lightly.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 12:12:36 PM
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JPH
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Why are we even asking this question?
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 12:36:37 PM
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Not sure why someone asked the question. As long as it is respectful, frank and honest I don't see anything wrong with it.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 3:01:05 PM
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Woods Walker
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ORIGINAL: 8uck5nort
Not sure why someone asked the question. As long as it is respectful, frank and honest I don't see anything wrong with it.
I agree, and let me add that it has NOTHING to do with race per se, but with socio-economic factors. The same criteria apply with ALL races.
I do know that a large percentage of black professional athletes who have rural roots are AVID hunters and outdoorsmen. Karl Malone, Bo Jackson, and even "Refrigerator" Perry are big time hunters. I also know as a Chicago area resident that Walter Payton (God rest his soul) was into bowhunting in his brief life. As far as I know, ALL of the above named gentlemen come from rural backgrounds, where hunting is still very much part of the culture, white or black.
And just for the record, this one welding shop I used to employ on occasion had a Mexican fellow working there who spoke barely any english, but one day I had some camo on, and we connected as HUNTERS, and we conversed as well as we could from that point on with fragments of spanish and english and hand signals! We even started bringing in photos of our past kills and hunts. He hunted A LOT in his native northern Mexican state before he came here, and even had some bear and lion to his credit.
Hunters are hunters. We have a common bond that transcends race.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 3:07:54 PM
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JPH
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ORIGINAL: Woods Walker
...let me add that it has NOTHING to do with race per se, but with socio-economic factors. The same criteria apply with ALL races.
Okay, so I'll ask again. Why are we even asking the question?
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 3:23:29 PM
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Woods Walker
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I dunno, J'per. I didn't ask it. I was answering it with my opinion. That's what forums are for, no?
Or is this a "hands off" topic?
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 3:37:38 PM
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No, I'd just like to know why the OP is asking a race based question here. There has to be a reason for bringing it up, but I can't imagine what it would be.
But just so that I do not seem to be too uptight, I'll answer the question. No, hunting is not a "white man's game". Hunting is something that is common to all racial groups, all primative cultures and many modern ones, across all racial lines.
There, now what did that solve?
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/17/2009 4:46:43 PM
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Not where I live. I know a couple of black guys I would put up against anybody fas as ability to take quality bucks goes with gun, bow, or muzzleloader. I know a guy who is the only white member of a big hunt club not far from the Virginia border. They have a huge lease where they load up on venison every season. I think that white people hold the majority of the land and it is probably less traditional pursuit within the black community, but a deer hunter is a deer hunter, no matter the race, ethnic background, or up-bringing.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/18/2009 8:37:28 AM
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Ask Viperman why JPH. He seems to be absent from the discussion since posing the question.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/18/2009 9:45:14 AM
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JPH
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Ask Viperman why JPH. He seems to be absent from the discussion since posing the question.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to do. I was hoping he would come back to the thread after asking. Maybe he's busy hunting.
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/18/2009 11:01:51 PM
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Woods Walker
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Oh come on now, Badgie...you know darn well that women don't belong in the woods. They need to be back at home cooking for us men when we return from the hunt!
(I'M KIDDING! Put the gun down!.....PLEASE!!!)
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RE: Is deer hunting a White-man's game? - 10/19/2009 8:15:13 AM
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JPH
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I believe that everyone who answered Vipers ? did so with honesty and a non racial ..."lean".
Why not ask?
Lets not pick a simple ? apart...really should I be offened because he said wht male ...my being female? Of course not!
Should I be concerned that a possible sexist ? was asked...PLEASE
I never said I was offended. I'm not picking anything apart. I am simply asking a question. A lot of people jump to the defense of the OP (unnecessarily, I might add) to say that there is nothing wrong with asking, but nobody can explain why it was asked.
Why does it matter? Why are we asking a race based question? Where are we going with this?
There may be a perfectly logical reason to bring this topic up. It may just be some random thing to talk about. I don't know, but I'd love to have those questions answered.
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