I must take issue with the ADN and Steve Meyer’s column on Sept. 25. The ADN seems to be enamored of any sport involving the killing of animals. Are the animals and birds only there to be hunted? Is the only way to appreciate wildlife by killing it?
Mr. Meyer laments there are fewer bird hunters. Could it be he doesn’t get it? That there are fewer bird hunters because they realize how depraved it is? One could buy duck at the meat market and save the cost of flying out to the flats, setting up camp, braving the weather, taking dead birds back, cleaning them and removing the steel pellets. Wow, great hunting!
And Meyer’s depiction of his dog. The critter is only good to hunt or retrieve dead birds? What about companionship? Meyer only describes the dog’s value in the context of hunting. He treats his gun as a friend! As though it has a personality. The “killing field” is destroyed by progress and he is saddened because there are fewer good guys out there blasting away at the birds. Poor Mr. Meyer.
— Ron West
Anchorage
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