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    Default What does your state call fishing and hunting?


    I just picked up a copy of the SC 2013-2014 Huntinga and Fishing Regualtions, Yes the licenses expire on June 30th but the new regs don't come out until the middle of August. And yes, we have politians, not DNR employees setting the regs.

    But to my question, I was reading through the various types of licenses you can purchase (I finally have a Sr. lifetime license) and I noticed that where it listed what the license covered, the column heading was "Privilege".
    Maybe I never noticed it before, but I thought the citizens of the state owned the stuff in it and while it is subjet to game laws to prevent abuse, I always figured it was my right to hunt and fish, not a privilege.

    Kind of like telling us Social Security is a benefit, disregarding the fact that I paid into it, along with my employee for 40 years before I drew any out.
    Anybody else's read this way? I need to dig up and old license and see if it said privilege. sure did not think it did.
    Mark 1:17 ...I will make you fishers of men

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    The way I see it is.....All the fish and game and everything else is provided by the good Lord.....and we are just stewards to manage and take care of it and use it wisely......and it is a privilege. But I do sort of understand what your saying.
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    revenue.......


    -ROMANS 10:9- PHILIPPIANS 4:13

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    I agree wholeheartedly with "G"... but I understand the rub that you have with the word "privilege" too SeaRay.

    I think it's just a matter of [political] correctness... and I guess [they] see it as a safest piece of terminology to use... especially in light of the uncertain future of democracy. The word "right" is such a strong, confident and bold word that it might mislead or confuse the common people into thinking they actually do have rights or any real say in anything... and we certainly don't need common people thinking (like they used to when this country was at its strongest and most independent place). Also, it doesn't have nearly enough socialist overtones as the word "privilege" which does so much more to suggest the absolute need for "big government" oversight and/or supervision (like there is any) before you can exercise the "privilege"... whatever the "privilege" might be.

    Like Red said best on the great movie The Shawshank Redemption:

    Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.

    Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society..
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    Red: I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?

    Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?

    Red: ...It's just a bull#@*t word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a s#@t.
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    I guess the reason it irks me is somehow we managed to let the politicians here in SC set seasons and limits and regulations with little, if any, input from the DNR folks or Hunting and Fishing clubs. The idea of some pompus, overpaid fat cat giving me the "privilege" of fishing when he does not know the difference between a Bluegill and a Blue Bird kinda ticks me off.
    Mark 1:17 ...I will make you fishers of men

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