Teddy Roosevelt hunter or poacher?

dodderangler

Have been readin a few things about him and man he shot some amount of animals
But would you claim him to be the hunter that he said he was or a poacher as others call him
Atb

Feidhlim Dignan

wasnt he behind yosemite national park which was the first in the Us if not the world. i thought he was big into conservation and would have thought of him as a hunter not a poacher

Spunk84

Sure Abraham Lincoln was a vampire slayer :O wouldnt want to mess with those lads legacy

cavan shooter

dodderangler wrote: »

Have been readin a few things about him and man he shot some amount of animals
But would you claim him to be the hunter that he said he was or a poacher as others call him
Atb

Yes he was a hunter and maybe a poacher he was possibly an over zealous hunter but without him the national parks in the states wouldn't have got off the ground, he was in later life a conservationist and stated to see the importance of conservation and that natural resources are finite if not managed they disappear. Interesting topic

Grizzly 45

He was a man of many talents and jobs.Everything from the President,to cheif of police in NYC,to leading a charge up San Juan hill in the Spanish American war in Cuba,to a big game hunter in Africa.As well as being proably the most pro gun president in the White House,who practised his shooting skills regularly each month on the White House grounds too.:)

Yes he was a hunter,and the poacher term came more from his political enemies in his political life than his actual poaching of game..Remember too,that in his time meat hunting or market hunting for was still going strong and the not so Wild West era was coming to a close.So he would still have been an old school hunter where buffalo and what not was still plentiful and things like game seasons were not really a concept.

However,it took a hunter to realise the idea of Yellowstone,and with it the genisis of manageable conservation and for that trumps any past transgressions IMO.:)

Spunk84

It's not until you stand in yellow stone and see the herds of biason and packs of wolves do u relies the beauty of the animal / wild earth when let go

pheasntstalker

for all i do know ,he was some man for one man!!,i,d love the chance to stand in yellowstone park and hear the wolves howling in the wild ah man that would be class and marvel at the true sight of nature:eek::D:D

pedroeibar1

dodderangler wrote: »

Have been readin a few things about him and man he shot some amount of animals
But would you claim him to be the hunter that he said he was or a poacher as others call him
Atb

No idea where the idea came from that he was called a poacher as it's not a very apt remark??? Poaching is taking game illegally, not a concept that Roosevelt would have recognized particularly when most game was there for the taking in his day. He was a very keen conservationist and hunter, and believed in ‘working’ for his quarry. When a ‘canned hunt’ for a bear was imposed on him he realized it and refused the shot, which is why we now have ‘Teddy’ bears. His book ‘Hunting the Grisly & other Stories’ is free online for e-readers and is a good read. He wasn’t a bad horseman either.

djflawless

He could of indulged in a bit too much shooting in his early years but got sense one day and decided that he would have to help conserve animals to keep a healthy, balanced way of life that he could grow.then receive his bounty.much to the same as todays gun clubs with pheasants!