Originally posted by General Amnesty:
Greybear!:
Cool riposte! Excellent read. Loved it all and cannot refute a word of it.
60 grand for an Elk Tag????? Holy smokes!
If you like to travel and you are thinking about a Western Canada holiday, be sure to write me and we can meet. I know a lot of Native guys who would gladly take you into the bush and you could maybe bag one. Of course, you would have to use the other guy's tag, as they are kind of hard for foriegn residents to get.
Native folks are dirt poor for the most part up here (yes, we have a policy of APARTHIED in Canada, Bishop Tutu hit the nail on the head when he came here, he was FURIOUS at Canada) and, if you take some time and say hello and get to know a couple fellows, you can become a temporary employer of an "unnofficial" "Native Guide."
I don't mean to advocate poaching or anything sick like that, your game will be tagged. Then, you ask your guide if he could bring the meat etc across the line, thay are allowed to do that, BTW.
Cost a helluva lot less than 60 grand.
I extend my hand in friendship to you, Sir.
And I am very glad you took my comments as Lampooning rather than Harpooning!
Kudos 2 you, you whipped me good!
General, Thanks for that fine offer. My Mother has been trying to get me to go visit our cousins north of Edmington Alberta, But I really don't enjoy traveling.
One the subject of Arkansas elk permits, most of the most expensive permits were the ones resold at charity auctions. Also, Bow and muzzleloading permits are much cheaper. One of my cousins bought one for the coming season for, I think, $3000.
If you ever think of visiting the Mississippi Delta, or the Southern USA in general, I see what I can do about native guide. My european ancestors have been in this area 200 years, and my Mother is a member of the Cherokee tribe (I have never bothered to do the paperwork for me).
Thanks again for the offer.
Glenn