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DNR Promoting Hunting Ethics

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS OFFERING SOME REMINDERS ABOUT HUNTING ETHICS. 

 

HUNTERS NEED TO WORK TO MAINTAIN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NON-HUNTING PUBLIC SAYS D-N-R WILDLIFE CHIEF MIKE WEFER (wee-fer). THAT MEANS NOT GRAPHICALLY FLAUNTING THEIR KILL.

 

 

WEFER SAYS HUNTERS SHOULD ALSO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PHOTOS THEY POST, AVOIDING PICTURES THAT SHOW BLOODY WOUNDS OR DISRESPECT TO THE ANIMAL. 

 

 

WEFER SAYS IT'S OKAY TO HAVE YOUR GUN OR BOW IN THE PICTURE, BUT DON'T LAY IT ON THE ANIMAL LIKE A GUN RACK. HE ALSO SAYS HUNTERS SHOULDN'T WEAR BLOODY CLOTHING IN PUBLIC.

 

HE SUGGESTS TAKING PICS THAT DEMONSTRATE HUNTER SAFETY AND ETHICAL USE OF THE ANIMAL SUCH AS COOKING THEIR MEAT.

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