Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Reports of Tan Panthers in Florida

First I'd like to thank Deepcover for letting me know about a flurry of black panther sightings in upper South Carolina. Action in Florida has been slow. Last week I went to the Chiefland Walmart and asked two elderly gentlemen, white hair under their camouflage caps, The Question. One told me of three tan panthers he had seen in various spots in Florida including near Tampa. The other hunter told me that he had seen one panther, color not determined because he moved so quickly, while he was on the way to Cedar Key which is due west of Gainesville on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a frequent spot for panther sightings as the road goes through Devil's Hammock.
I also heard about a picture and article about a hunter almost arrested for killing the wrong kind of Felis concolor. It supposedly took a DNA test to save him from a major ticket. Don't you think this is going too far? It reminds me of the hunter who was almost arrested by the Canadian authorities for killling a bear that the authorities suspected was a polar bear. The hunter and his seasoned Indian guide had identified him as a grizzly. DNA testing proved he was a hybrid - half polar bear and half grizzly. He is called a pizzy. In both cases, careful field observation wasn't enough according to the government. You needed to take a DNA sample which of course if absurd and impossible. But Big Government doesn't care about that. It only cares about power - rubbing its crotch across your face. The "Wall
Street Journal" has been running articles about the ruthlessness of federal laws, particularly the ones applying to hunters and outdoorsmen. The answer for the increasing governmental oppression is to vote for Tea Party backed candidates.
Do it now before Big Government enacts so many ridiculous laws that no one dares go out into the woods. That's exactly what it wants. Big Government hates individualism.