On Topic Discussion Have you ever gone hunting?

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

gon read it

thankyou

 

[csb999]

trivia doubtless . Ecologically apparently the cow population - ranching - is apparently a major source of greenhouse gases .

 

[Kahaih]

trivia doubtless . Ecologically apparently the cow population - ranching - is apparently a major source of greenhouse gases .

Yeah, cows are herbivores\vegetarians.

 

[pat grimshaw]

I've tried to have an intelligent conversation with a fox-hunter and also a target-shooter.

I get the impression that the main attraction is the same as golf— it's an excuse to get out the house, leave the wife and enjoy the fresh countryside air with your mates.

 

[westly34]

yes I hunt and kill deer and yes i eat them. and if you brake into my house you will be shot!! I do not kill just for fun as per some people do.

 

[Kahaih]

Really?

No, what I am saying you're jumping to conclusion that the OP was talking about hunting for food and sport is one and the same. Learn to consider what someone meant before making a reactionary comment.

I doubt that many hunters would see or draw any such line between ‘food hunting’ and ‘sport hunting’.

Most sporting goods stores sell guns and hunting licenses, and in most places, outside of larger cities, perhaps, most gun shops have a name such as ‘Something/Someone’s Sports Den’ or the likes.

One way or the other, you have to admit, this topic always makes for a good ol’ JUB Finger-wagging Invitational.

Let it roll . . .




Oh, and for what it’s worth, I’ll vouch for the threads author. He’s a good guy. Go easy on him.

 

[desertboi]

I have gone hunting a couple of times when I visited family in Minnesota, but it just isn't my thing.

 

[csb999]

Being quite practical nutritionally meat is I would suggest no longer necessary in our diet and it could be that the many requisite co-conditions make it simply impractical . A piece of meat producing x calories can only be the product of many thousand times that number in plant calories . A very expensive equation . ( So hunting or fishing would be profitable and meat-farming would not ) .

 

[unknownme]

LOL! You're right, it is SO MUCH more sporting to buy your meat from the grocery store, where the animal probably lived a terrible life in captivity, got fed and injected with all sorts of drugs, and then electrocuted to death in an assembly line!

My meat, on the other hand, lived a happy life in the woods until I shot it, and died a quick, clean death. I know where it has been and what kind of shit has not been injected into it.

 

[HunterM]

Yes. I've caught a few men on Manhunt.

 

[hanzosword]

I never did before but I live in an area where people do hunt. I never killed any mammals period and I really wouldn't want to unless I was gonna eat it lol.

 

[Scealle]

I haven't. Only when they are harmful then I might consider hunting them.

 

[EuroSoccer]

Have you ever gone hunting?
Yes.

Why did you kill the animal? For sport?
For sport, for food. It seems disingenuous to be a meat-eater and not accept this as part of the meat-eating process. Raising chickens in tiny cages and feeding them hormones hardly seems more humane than shooting a deer.

Lex

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[Georgiadude]

I hunted for many years. Mostly upland game. Dove, grouse, quail, pheasant and ducks. I killed them with either a 12 or 20 gauge shotgun. Later that evening or the next day we'd have a great meal. It didn't give me this huge thrill to kill an animal but it didn't bother me either. Of course I tried to make the kill with 1 shot and as quick as possible. It was great to spend time with my dad, brothers and friends. The worst part was having to get up at 5 a.m.

Steven.

 

[unloadonme]

I've been fox hunting. Never saw a fox!

 

[ChickenGuy]

I KNEW when I saw ULOM post that it must be fox-hunting.

What upper-class set did you belong to for joining this? Was it in Yorkshire?

Were there any earls or viscounts or lords along with you for the ride?

 

[Kyanimal]

Does hunting for "interesting" threads/posts/pics count?

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[72-Jay]

Have you ever gone hunting?
No (unless using a mousetrap for mice, or killing a snake in the yard counts)
I honestly don't think I could kill anything like a deer

If so, what have you hunted?
If I was ever to 'hunt'/shoot anything it would be little varmint type critters

 

[purina]

Only mushroom hunting with my Dad. No animals were killed.

 

[frankfrank]

No animals were harmed in this thread.

If you are a meat eater, you play a role in the killing. Someone had to kill your dinner.

But I do eat meat. I let others do the killing for me.

Me, too - though I'm vegetarian probably about 2 or 3 days per week. When I do have meat, it is more often as an ingredient than the main emphasis, as well.

Have you ever gone hunting? NO, not what most people call hunting.

If so, what have you hunted? I could possibly imagine hunting something like birds or squirrels, or raccoons [YUMMY!! Yes, truly so] if I was any good at it, and if I had the spare time. I also think that I would be able to shoot a deer. However, with the latter, I can't even begin to imagine the PATIENCE that is takes - just sitting in one place for hours, or days...making no noise at all, no radio, no conversations, no nothing...the idea of becoming nothing but a rock for days doesn't appeal at all.

How did you kill the animal? Probably would use a rifle but I'm not at all trained (and it won't happen). Fishing - just the traditional methods.

Why did you kill the animal? For sport? I wouldn't kill anything that I didn't want to eat. Whether it's a two point buck or an eleven point buck, doesn't matter.

What did you do with the dead animal? When I caught a couple walleye, and other times I've fished - and YES I've always considered fishing and hunting to be equivalent - it was dressed/cleaned by a friend, or my Dad. I don't really know how to do it correctly, and I'd be even more clueless with something like a deer.

Me, I've never gone hunting and would never even consider it. I don't understand how people can find sport in hunting. If you do, then please explain it to me.

No, no sport in it for me - though there IS some sort of primeval satisfaction to "finding" your own food. But that can also be something like the shitload of blackberries I found along Columbia Avenue in Portland during the JUB meet a couple years ago, that is "found food" as much as a deer or a raccoon...and NO preparation required.

My meat, on the other hand, lived a happy life in the woods until I shot it, and died a quick, clean death. I know where it has been and what kind of shit has not been injected into it.

Happiness is subjective, but you are almost certainly right that your killing of the meat was far more humane than the "average" industrial-style methods that exist (not to mention the brutality in the way meat animals are raised). I don't remember the name of the film but it was a rather long "short film" (maybe 40 minutes?) about industrial meat farming, maybe 20 years ago, and the part when some guy was BEATING screaming little pigs, and almost certainly breaking bones, was so vile that I almost threw up right then and there. In my memory, that was the most visceral reaction I have ever had to anything I've ever seen on any kind of video.

OK, in fairness, I'll say that I can probably claim this ONLY because I've adamantly refused to watch things such as "One Man One Jar," or the beheadings videos, snuff films, etc. (But the MODS here on JUB don't have that exemption; they have to evaluate every link that is posted in here. One of the reasons I'll never be a MOD here despite my fondness of this place.)

As for hunting, the only things I've gone after are small game, and mainly birds. I've been dove hunting in the South, and pheasant, and duck, hunting in the North. And, all that I've killed have proven to be quite delicious (when cooked properly).

One has an amazing collection of stuffed trophies, which are a tribute to the wonder, and beauty, of the animals themselves. He's also a dedicated, and quite accomplished, fisherman which is an entirely different kind of hunting.

And, it's not just about food, or trophies, but also the Adventure of You vs. Nature, and the stories/experiences to be accumulated tromping through the woods, slogging through the fields, or floating on the water.

Yes, true - I don't remember having any kind of wild game that I didn't like. I was particularly surprised when I found out how delicious raccoon is. By the way, are you aware that I think it's **TODAY** that they're having a raccoon roast in Delafield at the VFW Hall or one of those type places? I know it was an ongoing annual thing that started even before I was born, and it was the last Saturday in January when I went to it three years ago. Worth the trip out there.

Yes, FISHING = HUNTING, I've been saying that for years. I've always found it a paradox that I know people who willfully go fishing, but when deer hunting is mentioned, it's "Oh, THAT? No, I could absolutely not, EVER, kill a deer." It really is the same thing, except the fish aren't as "cute" LOL.

There is something to be said, too, about the fact that hunting is, by definition, something that generally takes place in nature's wilderness.