Daily Chronicle 2022 - Take 2

To truly embark on a "trophy hunt" in say Africa, it is in close coordination with game officials to cull the herds, and manage the wildlife population. The meat is donated to the hungry people that live there that are very appreciative of the 10's of thousands of dollars that responsible hunters donate to the local destitute population.

Domestically, every firearm owner that buys a single round or a gun is taxed under the Pittman Robertson act, since Roosevelt's presidency.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittman%E2%80%93Robertson_Federal_Aid_in_Wildlife_Restoration_Act


I know many hunters, I am not one...and not a single one that I know is into slaughtering animals for the fun of it. They are true conservationists, moreso than the rescuers of the sad dog looking commercials, and they would be the first to tack the hide of a person that kills animals for the fun of it. Hunters pay for tags, and the ammo taxes to local fish and game even though they have the money to simply go to the store and buy hamburger that was senselessly murdered and captive it's whole life...at least the wild game spent it's life roaming free.

The people that engage in sick "kill them for fun" behavior are generally the Jeffry Dahmers of the world that deserve the broomstick that came his way.


Not to knock anyone personally, it is more of a cultural worldview than anything. If you grew up in an area where responsible gun ownership was not valued or needed, you see no need for one...in self defense or hunting.
If you grew up in a rural area, or gravitated to it...whole nuther story.

You are welcome.

I could not help but think about the story that took place a few years back where an American dentist was maligned for shooting an African tiger, and he was suppose to be cancelled from society and probably should serve a prison sentence.


When the real story came out, it was an angry old lion that was just out to kill man or beast that got in its way, it was therefore marked to be culled.

I remember seeing an African man being asked if he was outraged about the lack of sensitivity of the doctor. “I ride a bike to work, the tiger is faster than I can pedal” was his reply.

I will take my freight liner in a morning commute over that any day.

Edit: It may have been a bull elephant that was to be culled, but the facts are the same.

Tigers, lions, bears, elephants, oh my.

I know that in the case of the dentist, it was a problem with an animal that needed to be culled.

Messaging no longer working. Phone changes many of my words from what I spelled to another word. I end up with gibberish.

"This is the party to which you are speaking". She was disgustingly dirty in a live show.

That is called autocorrect. It gets me all the time! You can turn it off if you wish, but I dont know how on that model.

Or maybe predictive text.

Find a young person John, and ask them for help, problem solved.

Last of this weeks students pulled out this morning. Shweetie and I headed to Huntsville to escape for the day. Dinner at Cracker Barrel, a visit to a new cigar lounge I’ve been wanting to check out, with a stop at a big gun store I heard about.

Son's spending a couple nights at home while his gf is doing a mother/daughter weekend. Last night we enjoyed a backyard campfire with some beverages and pipes. Will repeat tonight when he gets off work. Definitely cigars tonight. Have a feeling my wife will be wanting S'mores. Just like old times.

Did some footwork this week, it is kind of questionable about the Arizona Pipe Club being able to feel comfortable in the venue we have been in for awhile, it has been sold to investors that seem to have a different attitude towards supporting pipe smokers.

In the same town, I found a wonderfully appointed cigar lounge that wants to grow on the pipe side.

We may stay where we are at, we may not…. A wait and see approach, but whatever the case, we are a fortunate group to have options. We have friends on the wholesale side of the tobacco industry, and tobacconists of the same. It is great to have options… good times ahead for our group, I cannot say enough about the members of our club, and we are blessed to live in an environment that is not militant against our hobby!

He's so good. Lacy would be doing backflips if a squirrel was outside the window like that.

What happened with your new pup?

Mean little bastards, they have a real attitude problem.

When I was doing retail hazmat, I culled a lot of cans of the stuff, just in case.

We bought a case of 12 cans from Amazon this year. We have 3 left.