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Haha doc can't win, don't use poison, there must be a better way. Hunting isn't good enough, use poison
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I think we have to admit that the sound if a 223 or larger is a big noise if it's close and you're not expecting it or have no idea when it came from
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They won't be trampers at Mt Nimrod anyway, just picnickers!
I have a few of Pickering's books, he's a seasoned tramper/walker. Got me puzzled on this one though. Have met the DOC guy too and he was definitely pro hunting.
This article kind of rubs me up the wrong way.... and not for how people usually go with "trampers overreacting" yada yada....
But Mark Pickering is an incredibly seasoned outdoorsman with extensive outdoor knowledge. This article kinda makes him sound like a whiner, yet only quotes him in a small context. Which to me, having read and own quite a few of his books, makes no sense? It's not like he's some city slicker who just wandered onto the track - he basically lives in the bush.
And given that the article is (as per usual on "stuff") - vague... dunno. Perhaps the hunters in the area really were too close or doing something that was, justifiably, intimidating. Perhaps his quotes are far out of context for sensationalising since "hunting" is the topic of talk at the moment ... This article seems off for me.
But yea, so long as they are being safe and following the arms code - all good. However yes it is wise to report or seek information if certain areas appear unsafe for certain hunters aren't (actually and noticeably) following the rules. Whenever I am in an area where both trampers and hunters can be in same place I do remember that teacher outside her hut, and like everyone else reads how many times hunters still mis-identify targets or fail to check a clear firing zone. Awareness is still for being better safe, than sorry.
Given the guy has written 24 books then agree that is a piss poor performance on his part. Media often blow events out of proportion. Think this guy has shown his true colours
I can understand the other trampers point of view. You would not expect to hear a gunshot in the meat department of the local supermarket so why on a DoC reserve with signs notifying activities. Self righteous twats with their head stuck in the sand hoping the world goes by in perfect harmony
Aly - email or phone the guy and ask what his issue is then enlighten us
Exactly Tussock. Too many folks in the cities don't have enough 'real' things to do and so rely on the media for their experiences, which they take on as their own experiences. The media love 'news' and the more sensational they can make it the better. The result is that the city hermits who's only pseudo experience with anything is the over hyped negative rubbish from the media. This makes them even more paranoid so they become even more of a hermit.
There is nothing like getting into the real world for real experiences and to put the rest of the rubbish into perspective.
A lot of the issues come from man's adaptation to living in large populations. We used to seldom meet other groups and would judge there intents. In large populations like today there are too many encounters so we avoid eye contact. We lose the ability to judge intentions.
Our health and safety systems have a fair bit to do with things too. We have really moved away from risk management to trying for total risk elimination.
The irony is that now even teachers realise the danger of confrontation avoidance and risk elimination in our physical and social development from children. H&S are only implementing those failed policies of the NZ education system. Not only that but they are decades late and regulating for the weakest members might be cloaked as a caring community, but its not. Real care is helping to achieve, not helping to avoid.
Can we just ignore these people though? In a minority do we have that luxury? Emotion might gain headlines, but it doesn't sustain change in the absence of rational thought. (Usually)
Shouldn't we be providing rational response to these sort of attitudes?
Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned
@Tussock. You're starting to sound a lot like Tyler Durden.
That's a compliment