buckee Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Got this from http://mikehanback.blogs.com/ There is some other good reading there as well, but this one caught my eye. [ QUOTE ] Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt Tour ESPN Outdoors has this poll up on its website: A new sports league has designs on deer hunting as a competition, using tranquilizer darts. Are you in favor? As of 2:50 this afternoon 3,398 poeple had voted and the results were shocking: 56% voted YES and supported the tour; 44% were against it. Conspiracy theories are flying, that the WHA has somehow rigged the voting. A guy at tradgang.com, a site for traditional archers, posted this: "Just wrote this to ESPN's technical website support...I wanted you to be aware that your website has apparently been hacked. I am referring to the hunting poll for the so-called "World Hunting Organization's" tranquilizer hunting scheme. Please remove the poll or have it monitored...for every "no vote", someone has written an automated script on a server to automatically submit multiple "yes" votes, therefore tipping the balance of the poll. This scheme of so-called "hunting" has produced such an uproar in the true hunting community that tons of sponsors are now facing professional boycotts from numerous organizations and individuals. Your prompt attention to this matter is truly appreciated.” Considering how 100% of us ZONERS think the WTT (World Tranquilizer Tour, my new name for it) is a joke, considering that many of the tour's sponsors have quit and are running for the hills, considering that Cabela's and other giants in the industry will have nothing to do with it, it is mind-boggling to me that 56% would support the pro hunt league. I don’t know about a conspiracy, but get your butt over there and vote! Scroll all way down the screen, the poll is on the bottom right. UPDATE Tuesday June 13, 9:17 PM Never blow off a conspiracy theory again! This WTDHT--World Tranquilizer Deer Hunting Tour--story keeps getting weirder and weirder. The tech folks at ESPNOutdoors.com have pulled the poll. They said it was pretty obvious that something nefarious was afoot--the votes came in at far too fast a rate, unlike they've ever experienced before. The last word I just got was that the ESPN poll was definitely hacked! We were right all along at the ZONE, no way hunters would back a pro-dart tour. More to come later on this whole fiasco. [/ QUOTE ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt Tour Thanks for sharing. I still can't believe this thing is going forward with all the negative response from so many hunters and hunting related companies... I hope it get Ka-Boshed soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt Tour I'll play their game. I have a 16 gauge dart gun Thanks for sharing. Please keep us updated. Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt Tour Wow, good espn pulled the poll. With deception like this afraid this thing could really turn pretty ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt Tour Thanks for sharing. But there still going threw huh. Keep giving us info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt I place absolutely no validity in any Internet poll. They might be interesting, but there's no scientific or statistical accuracy. It's far too easy to circumvent whatever controls are in place that supposedly restrict the voting to only one vote per person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt [ QUOTE ] I place absolutely no validity in any Internet poll. They might be interesting, but there's no scientific or statistical accuracy. It's far too easy to circumvent whatever controls are in place that supposedly restrict the voting to only one vote per person. [/ QUOTE ] I agree. Thanks for the link buckee and the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt If this is a big conspiracy, they are going to shoot someone, and not with a dart gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Huntergirl Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Conspiracy Theory: ESPN Poll on Dart-Gun Hunt There is a little silver lining in this dark cloud after all. At least with these jerks trying to fly under out banner, it lets us speak out against these nacicistic jerks and denounce them for the farce and unethical group that they are. They are starting to make us look even more of a pleasable alternative to the undecided public and cute cuddly tree huggers. We have been given a chance to talk about the difference between real hunters and these folks that are frowned upon severely by the hunting community as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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