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Show THE ETHICS OF HUNTING October means to many men the call of wild llfo. Tho start for tho woods, with old friend rlflo over thoir shoulder, tho companion of a hundred hun-dred camping trips, Is llko tho release re-lease of tho boy from school. Humanitarian pooplo say tho hunter hunt-er Is cruel. Do nny of our nlmrod3 feel a bit uneasy of consclenco ns thoy sot out on tho old familiar trail? Tho sportsman has standards today to-day which his father nover conceived. conceiv-ed. Years ago It was customary for whole towns to chooso up for competitive compet-itive nldo hunts. Hunters gf known prowess would organize competing teams. For a weok tho outlying country coun-try would echo nnd ro-ccho with tho bang of rifles and shotguns. Finally thoro was a glorious feast from flesh of bird nnd beast. Sporting sentiment would hardly penult such wholosalo butchery today. to-day. It is concerned with tho preservation preser-vation of every spocles of wild llfo, ready to abstain from shooting any bcnoflclal variety which scorns to bo growing less. Extromo humanitarians nttnek ovcre tho shooting of harmful beasts nnd birds. Yet llfo In tho wilder sections sec-tions of tho country Is stilt n conflict between tho farmer nnd his useful domesticated flocks on ono sldo nnd tho prowlers of tho forest on tho oth-or. oth-or. Every bear killed means sccuror llfo for tho llttlo woolly lamb, When you coino down to suffering, which , gets tho worst of It, tho rabbit whoso ! Ufo Is nbruptly endod by your shot gun, or his brother who escapes the hpntcr, only to bo carried off squealing squeal-ing for a feast In Drer Fox's den? Thoro docs not seem much npprecl-ablo npprecl-ablo moral dlfforcnco between killing a deer for venison,, and killing a pig for pork. Of courso whon humanity rench'es a state of splrltunl perfee tlon, It Is qulto posslblo that tho sight of harmless and beautiful wild creatures running around nllvo will give greater pleasuro than their dead bodies. Somo pcoplo feel that way now. |