Mystery Man
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Vraille Darkfang said:
Once again the case is made for beer+fishing. Nobody gets shot and after a while it doesn't really matter if you don't catch anything.
Anybody else here hunt?
Once again the case is made for beer+fishing. Nobody gets shot and after a while it doesn't really matter if you don't catch anything.
I don't have anything against hunting, either trophy hunting or hunting for meat. For one, it does thin down the local deer and wild animal population so they don't overpopulate. To me as long as you kill the animals quickly and cleanly, no big.
And as for trophy hunters, most give the meat away to the local shelters and what not. In some cases, especially if they hunt on indian reservations (with the indians permission), they give the meat to the tribe. So, nowadays, most trophy hunters don't waste the meat, which is good.
And as for trophy hunters, most give the meat away to the local shelters and what not. In some cases, especially if they hunt on indian reservations (with the indians permission), they give the meat to the tribe. So, nowadays, most trophy hunters don't waste the meat, which is good.
Dark Jezter
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Nah, with beer + fishing, you just get a fish hook through your eyebrow.Mystery Man said:
True story, happened to my cousin's ex-husband.
I have never been hunting, though I go shooting a lot and I have a very nice Remington .30-06. I've had some interest in it, but most people I know who hunt go on expensive hunts, like Antelope in Wyoming.
Ironically, I am currently the Secretary for a local hunting club.
JediSoth
Ironically, I am currently the Secretary for a local hunting club.
JediSoth
Guillaume
Julie and I miss her
Personally, no. I come from a family that wasn't much into hunting and fishing. Ironically, though, I became a biologist, more precisely I work in wildlife management and wildlife ecology. So I work quite a bit with hunters and fishermen.
Generally speaking, I have no problem with the sport. But like some of you have said above, it is not the majority that worries me during hunting season, it's that idiot with his .303 that decides that I'm a bother and loads his weapon threateningly in my direction that worries me (true story).
Generally speaking, I have no problem with the sport. But like some of you have said above, it is not the majority that worries me during hunting season, it's that idiot with his .303 that decides that I'm a bother and loads his weapon threateningly in my direction that worries me (true story).
FickleGM
Explorer
First for the obligatory "why we hunt and eat meat" sayings (no offense meant):
"We have the sharp pointy teeth for a reason" - my wife
"We have telescopic vision so that we can judge the distance between ourselves and our prey" - I forget where I heard that one
"We like vegetarians, they make us laugh" - sign at Famous Dave's in Wisconsin Dells
Second, I've only hunted squirrel once with my dad about twenty years ago. I would like to bow hunt, but haven't found the time, ambition or money.
I used to fish when I was younger, but it's been about fifteen years since I've fished. I would like to do that again.
I've tried vegetarianism a few times, but it is hard to maintain a certain eating style without buy-in from the rest of the family. Oh yeah, I like meat too much as well.
Perhaps someday I will take up hunting and fishing again.
"We have the sharp pointy teeth for a reason" - my wife
"We have telescopic vision so that we can judge the distance between ourselves and our prey" - I forget where I heard that one
"We like vegetarians, they make us laugh" - sign at Famous Dave's in Wisconsin Dells
Second, I've only hunted squirrel once with my dad about twenty years ago. I would like to bow hunt, but haven't found the time, ambition or money.
I used to fish when I was younger, but it's been about fifteen years since I've fished. I would like to do that again.
I've tried vegetarianism a few times, but it is hard to maintain a certain eating style without buy-in from the rest of the family. Oh yeah, I like meat too much as well.
Perhaps someday I will take up hunting and fishing again.
Bryon_Soulweaver
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I need a choice of 'Give a rifle or assault rifle, and I'm good to go.' and then I'll vote.
Mystery Man
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Dark Jezter said:Nah, with beer + fishing, you just get a fish hook through your eyebrow.
True story, happened to my cousin's ex-husband.
I pierced my friends ear from 15 feet away once. Casting gone awry. I should have known better than to do that with him standing on the end of the dock. We had to walk all the way back to the cabin with me holding the rod and him on the other end of the line with the hook in his ear cussing at me the entire way.. We were both quite sober.
Bryon_Soulweaver
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Its called hunting for a reason. Weither they can shoot back or not is no concern, because most likely the hunter wins.Olgar Shiverstone said:
But seriously, not unless you are a bounty hunter.
Kanegrundar
Explorer
I hunt just about whenever there's a season. (Deer, rabbit, goose, duck, quail, pheasant, and dove mostly. I don't have the patience for turkey hunting.) I eat what I kill (for the most part, I do donate a sizable amount of meat to the local food pantry every year), and don't tend to have many trophies since my fiancee doesn't really like them. (I still keep the racks of any bucks I bag if for nothing else that to use as a call.)
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