Recently, a young 7-year-old Texan, Gentry Doxter, tragically died of cancer. On behalf of his great family, Ted wrote the following letter, not just to Gentry, but to all of those families who have had to deal with this heart-ripping tragedy in their lives.
Since the birth of this great nation, every time something really important needed to be taken care of, God made a Hunter. And to date, the Hunter has never let God down.
Celebrate and promote, never bother defending the hunting lifestyle. Why mess with perfection.
On this very special and uniquely American holiday, or better put, holy day, it is imperative that we teach our children and remind everyone in our lives just exactly what the 4th of July truly represents.
Let’s get back to the basics, get the government out of our way, and regulate our precious hunting lifestyle based on wildlife biology, not the current scourge of politics.
Growing up and hunting in Michigan throughout the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, there were no wild turkeys to be had. Now this fantastic bird is restored to numbers unprecedented in the history of our country.
I hope and encourage my fellow conservationists to think real hard about joining your home state’s hunting-rights and gun-rights organizations to be a force to reckon with for the future of our outdoors lifestyle.
As much as we love wildlife, true love is ultimately shown with respect for their wildness, always keeping a safe distance, being prepared and never taking them for granted.
If our basic hunting desires and demands are met, and we rid the sport of the plethora of anti-hunting regulations, the future of hunting in America can be the very best ever.
The Senate recently passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a bipartisan package of bills that includes several key pieces of the Sportsmen’s Act to benefit wildlife habitat, public land access and the Land and Water Conservation Fund.