Great post swamp. People think the stuff they grew up with or their dad taught them is ok. But their dads were called cheats by their peers when they started using it.
We have to break this cycle and unite as hunters.
Lots of places it is legal. And places where it is illegal is a recent thing. Them being made illegal started with these same conversations.
Also, lots of times laws have zero to do with what the biologists says. Check the most recent trapper regulation in Colorado that went against the head...
I’ve used both ffs and thermals extensively. FFS is waaaaaay more of a game changer than thermals for daytime hunting. Not even same ballpark.
Night hunting predators with thermals is more akin to ffs for fishing.
Isn’t that same argument for thermals or drones with deer and elk hunting? Thermals and drones don’t kill the animals, they just help you find them.
Btw, I’m not against thermals or ffs. Just funny how we accept the tech we accept and think the rest is killing the sport.