01-27-2006, 07:27 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Wow. When you get started, you ain't easy to stop. All good points, but a saying we have in the USA (maybe Africa too) is that when you vent on this subject, on BFT, you are probably "preaching to the choir". In other words, most of us are totally with you. Folks who belong to an organized (sometimes) fishing group, especially those who check in on an environmental forum, are not the cause of most of those problems.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The problem is how to reach (and throttle) the trashers of our lovely waters and landscapes. Unfortunately, most of those guilty of leaving trash and causing damage are "low lifes" who do not care, and if they did they would not do anything about it, for fear those in their peer groups would laugh at them. In some groups it seems fashionable to deliberately destroy property or dump trash...almost like "marking territory".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The best we can do is confront the abusers when we catch them doing it. However, we need to be careful because many wackos are armed these days and confrontation could be dangerous. Better to record dates, times and license numbers and to take pictures with our digital phones or cameras. Then, make a report and hope it goes somewhere.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The same is true of game law violators. I have witnessed violations several times and as soon as I bring out my camera, or my cell phone (or fake it), those who are knowingly violating a law pack up their gear and beat it out of there. Since I am a rather large guy, they usually choose not to confront me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good post.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The problem is how to reach (and throttle) the trashers of our lovely waters and landscapes. Unfortunately, most of those guilty of leaving trash and causing damage are "low lifes" who do not care, and if they did they would not do anything about it, for fear those in their peer groups would laugh at them. In some groups it seems fashionable to deliberately destroy property or dump trash...almost like "marking territory".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The best we can do is confront the abusers when we catch them doing it. However, we need to be careful because many wackos are armed these days and confrontation could be dangerous. Better to record dates, times and license numbers and to take pictures with our digital phones or cameras. Then, make a report and hope it goes somewhere.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The same is true of game law violators. I have witnessed violations several times and as soon as I bring out my camera, or my cell phone (or fake it), those who are knowingly violating a law pack up their gear and beat it out of there. Since I am a rather large guy, they usually choose not to confront me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good post.[/#0000ff]
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