{"id":1956308,"date":"2023-06-24T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-after-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T18:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T22:07:14","slug":"nfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-after-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-after-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL QB Faces Backlash for Risky &#8216;Bucket List&#8217; Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-after-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Controversial Bear Hunt: Carson Wentz Faces Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson was correct when described nature as \u201cred in tooth and claw.\u201d That\u2019s the hand you\u2019re dealt when you live in a broken world. One would think football fans would know this. Football is a smash mouth sport.<\/p>\n<p>When Super Bowl-winning quarterback Carson Wentz posted a picture on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wentzbrosoutdoors\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wentz Bros Outdoor<\/a> Instagram account of him kneeling next to a dead black bear, it ignited the ire of would-be animal lovers who presumably follow the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz killed the bear with a bow and arrow on a hunting trip to Alaska. He said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-woman-shoots-and-skins-dog-she-mistook-for-wolf\/\" title=\"Montana Woman Shoots And Skins Dog She Mistook For Wolf\">bear hunt<\/a> was on his \u201cbucket list,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/24\/carson-wentz-sparks-backlash-after-hunting-black-bear-in-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot the opportunity to spot and stalk black bear in one of our new favorite places on earth\u2014 Alaska!\u201d Wentz posted. \u201cIncredible trip and an incredible animal!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ct1qUxnL9-p\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ct1qUxnL9-p\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Wentz Bros Outdoors (@wentzbrosoutdoors)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Wentz Brothers and Their Hunting Adventures<\/h3>\n<p>The Wentz brothers, Carson and Zach,\u00a0 are no strangers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wildlife-officers-notice-man-finding-forest-now-banned-hunting-owes-15000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting<\/a>. They\u2019ve shared other hunts \u2014 including turkeys, deer, and ducks, to the Instagram account. FYI: hunting black bears is legal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aggressive-moose-stumbles-strangely-tiny-alaskan-town-kill-charging-beast-notice-horrifying-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a>. All you have to do is follow the rules. Nobody is claiming Wentz killed the bear illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz may have been happy with the kill, but not everyone was smiling along with the former Philadelphia Eagle (Wentz last saw action in the Washington Commanders\u2019 Week 17 loss to the Browns).<\/p>\n<p>One Instagram naysayer responded with, \u201cHope next time bear wins and you lay down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cIncredible animal so you kill it?? Makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just awful! I can\u2019t believe you killed a bear for sport. Changed my whole perspective of you,\u201d complained another.<\/p>\n<p>And another: \u201cWe know your football career is over, so you have to do another thing for a living. But this is not the way! Respect the animals, the nature. It\u2019s not for your fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And another: \u201cKilling for fun. Glad the Eagles dumped you. Focus on getting better at throwing the ball than your \u2018bucket list.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One commentator went so far as to post, \u201cchrist follower yet ur killing his cr\u00e9ation for sport.\u201d (Wentz has always proudly worn his Christian faith on his sleeve.)<\/p>\n<p>You get the picture. There\u2019s no way to tell for sure if the angry naysayers were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nhl-announces-major-change-next-season-backlash-liberals-will-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberals<\/a> or not, but the safe bet would be they would \u2014 at the very least \u2014 lean left.<\/p>\n<p>From these kinds of responses, one might think that Carson Wentz had strolled into the Garden of Eden and slaughtered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-after-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item\/\" title=\"NFL QB Faces Backlash for Risky 'Bucket List' Choice\">peace-loving black bear<\/a> as it cuddled next to sleeping baby elk. It makes one wonder if any of the naysayers have been close enough to a bear to shoot it with a bow. Bears have big teeth, stink and their claws can cut through flesh like a hot knife through lard.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason hunting is legal. It\u2019s not allowed so toxic male throwbacks can satisfy some ancient bloodlust.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters are extremely important to the environment, especially predator hunters. Wild predators do not regulate their own populations, so humans do it for them. Predator control helps keep other animals like deer and smaller prey from being decimated. If the predators were allowed to breed and hunt unchecked, they would soon be starving to death themselves for having killed too much of the viable prey.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of deer, imagine if hunting whitetail was suddenly outlawed. There\u2019s already and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.library.kutztown.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&#038;context=wickedproblems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overpopulation problem<\/a> in some parts of the country such as Pennsylvania. Soon enough, there\u2019d be so many of them they\u2019d be starving to death. Disease would run rampant. You could call it a deer holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>The argument could be made if humans just stayed out of it altogether, nature would \u2014 after a devastating period of adjustment \u2014 balance itself out. This is na\u00efve. Humans \u2014 like it or not \u2013are part of nature as well. We can\u2019t just step outside of it. And no \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter what kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ark-encounter-unveils-new-3m-virtual-reality-tour-takes-visitors-back-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual reality<\/a> glasses you\u2019re wearing.<\/p>\n<p>Humans are here to serve as stewards of nature. Oftentimes we do a really crappy job. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-expands-hunting-fishing-national-wildlife-refuges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife management<\/a>, however, protects wildlife by monitoring and controlling their respective populations. Balance is achieved through game management. And it\u2019s not cheap.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters spend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/environment\/americans-spent-lot-money-hunting-fishing-and-wildlife-watching-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of dollars<\/a> on tags and lobbying to help keep hunting areas preserved and free from human development which gives the animals a place to live.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a perfect world? No. It\u2019s a broken world. Wildlife management is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-posts-repulsive-defense-of-twitter-execs-makes-even-elon-musk-look-good\/\" title=\"The Washington Post\u2019s Repulsive Defense Of Twitter Execs Makes Even Elon Musk Look Good\">good-faith attempt<\/a> to make the best of that fact. Hunters are a key part of that balancing act.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if any of the naysayers have ever hunted and killed an animal? Probably not. In all likelihood, they stroll into the grocery store, go to the packaged meat section and pick out a nice marbled cut. Or maybe they go to a restaurant to have a steak served to them on a sizzling platter. Or, maybe they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sausage-maker-gets-rid-fake-meat-damning-results-believed-written-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vegetarians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, the anti-hunting crowd might consider backpacking into the Alaskan wilderness for a time to get a dose of reality. Either that or be a good spectator and order some pepperoni pizza and watch live sports on TV.<\/p>\n<p>Not all the comments on Wentz\u2019s Instagram were negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly s*** man! Need a taste of em,\u201d former Commander\u2019s teammate Taylor Heinicke said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell done. Congrats,\u201d former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler added.<\/p>\n<p>Notice that these comments came from real NFL players, not spectators. That gives them \u2014 in most people\u2019s mind anyway \u2014 a bit more credibility.<\/p>\n<p>As for Wentz? He\u2019s back from hunting. According to the Post, Wentz, who was released by Washington last February, has been studying film with Jon Gruden.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe hunting will get him ready for an NFL comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-qb-facing-massive-backlash-checking-off-dangerous-bucket-list-item\/\">NFL QB Facing Massive Backlash After Checking Off Dangerous &#8216;Bucket List&#8217; Item<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poet Tennyson was right about nature&#8217;s brutality. Living in a broken world means facing it. Football fans should understand this, as the sport is aggressive. 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