Banning the Use of Hounds in Hunting: But It's in His Blood

The California Legislature has been acting with brutal force this year, to not only strip Californian's of our Second Amendment rights, but also to rid the state of hunting.  Their attack on hunting is through Senate Bill 1221 which would ban the use of hounds for the hunting of bears and bobcats.  As our Executive Director says it in his Legislative Update video, "this is just the camel's nose under the tent".  It's their first move to stop hunting altogether, all under the guise of saving the hounds from possible harm.

Now I'm going to get a little personal here, so please excuse the lack of formality ...

Meet Porter ... my German Shorthaired Pointer

This was Porter as a puppy.  Cute, right?

Well, this is him at 7 months:

Beautiful, right?  We can't walk through Home Depot without people stopping us to compliment him.  He's a year and a half now and only looks better, stronger, and in my potentially biased opinion, perfect!

Any owner of a GSP knows these dogs are made for hunting.  It's in their blood.  He sees a bird and he's frozen.  I fully admit to failing him when it comes to proper training ... but the instincts are still fully present.

And now the state is going to tell us that we can't let dogs do what they were born and bred to do?  The attack is on hunting of bears and bobcats right now; but if this bill passes, the attack will move to prevent the use of hounds while hunting all animals, including upland game and waterfowl.

Gun Owners of California is determined to fight this bill tooth and nail.  Are you with us?

Share this post, along with our website, to let people know what is happening to their hunting and Second Amendment rights!

**Then, post a picture of your hunting dog on our facebook page! Let's see all of those beautiful hunting dogs and praise them for doing what they were meant to do so well!