Voting on the right to hunt/fish in TN.

[Tim Nunan]

As for history, I cant think of a species that has gone extinct because of hunters in America but i havent really looked into it.

Passenger pigeon?

[Guest jth_3s]

Passenger pigeon?

I learned something new. It was Commercial Hunting on a massive scale.

The passenger pigeon was driven to extinction by uncontrolled commercial hunting for their meat, which was desired by Euroamerican settlers.

The passenger pigeons' migration and nesting behavior made them easy to hunt in large numbers. They were netted, shot and smoked out of trees with sulfur torches. Special firearms, including a forerunner of the machine gun, were used to harvest these birds in quantity.

The growth of commercial enterprises was facilitated by the railroads, which made it possible (and profitable) to transport the meat quickly to urban centers.

By 1850, several thousand people were employed in the passenger pigeon industry. In New York, one operation processed 18,000 pigeons each day in 1855. In one year in Michigan alone, a billion birds were harvested.

Not surprisingly, the population collapsed. Although several thousand birds survived in 1880, it was no longer profitable to hunt them since they were widely dispersed across the continent. Ironically, this scattered distribution, which saved a large core population for the post-commercial era, may also have contributed to the passenger pigeon's ultimate demise by interfering with breeding abilities.

Passenger Pigeon At Bagheera Endangered Species Website

[ShaunM]

Constitutional Right To Hunt, Fish Approved - Politics News Story - WSMV Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee voters have approved a constitutional guarantee to hunt and fish.In order to pass Tuesday, it needed to receive a number surpassing half the votes cast in the governor's race, plus one. With most of the vote counted late Tuesday night, it was well beyond the threshold.Sponsors of the ballot initiative said they wanted the right to hunt and fish embedded in the constitution where government couldn't infringe upon it. Hunting and Fishing Amendment

WonOptionVotes %

For 1,284,405 90

Against 147,078 10

Precincts Reporting - 2169 of 2176

The Tennessee Wildlife Federation, which led a six-year process supporting the amendment, said virtually all national conservation groups joined in the effort."Thousands of volunteers helped ensure our success, and their children and grandchildren will thank them one day," the federation said in a statement late Tuesday night.Similar measures were on the ballot Tuesday in Arkansas, South Carolina and Arizona.Ten other states already have such a right. Georgia passed a similar measure in 2006, and Alabama in 19

[KahrMan]

Wow. 90% of the vote. That is a landslide. Peta can suck it!

[memphismason]

Constitutional Right To Hunt, Fish Approved - Politics News Story - WSMV Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee voters have approved a constitutional guarantee to hunt and fish.In order to pass Tuesday, it needed to receive a number surpassing half the votes cast in the governor's race, plus one. With most of the vote counted late Tuesday night, it was well beyond the threshold.Sponsors of the ballot initiative said they wanted the right to hunt and fish embedded in the constitution where government couldn't infringe upon it. Hunting and Fishing Amendment

WonOptionVotes %

For 1,284,405 90

Against 147,078 10

Precincts Reporting - 2169 of 2176

The Tennessee Wildlife Federation, which led a six-year process supporting the amendment, said virtually all national conservation groups joined in the effort."Thousands of volunteers helped ensure our success, and their children and grandchildren will thank them one day," the federation said in a statement late Tuesday night.Similar measures were on the ballot Tuesday in Arkansas, South Carolina and Arizona.Ten other states already have such a right. Georgia passed a similar measure in 2006, and Alabama in 19

That is way to many people.

[ShaunM]

It is a lot but I guess if you compare it to the over 1 million for it then it seems small, but yeah should have been 0 for against.

[kb4ns]

There were probably 100,000 who didn't even read the question...

[memphismason]

It is a lot but I guess if you compare it to the over 1 million for it then it seems small, but yeah should have been 0 for against.

I know, but it still angers me. lol

There were probably 100,000 who didn't even read the question...

I would not be afraid to say 50% to 75% did exactley what you are saying. That is truly sad.