What do you think of sport hunting?

[Beanz]

I shoot animals and people most weekends :-)

[IamInuit]

I shoot animals and people most weekends :-)

Not to get to serious but when you view how people treat other people its really not surprising how we treat non-humans. I guess thats what makes it all the more disgusting also. Well that and the fact that those that care have to witness it. I've tried to find a word to cover "voluntary species suicide" which would apply specifically for us since we are so special and I cant find one. I've used the term "empiricide" in relationship to what it is we do and question why we do the same things over and over and over again expecting different results but that does not seem to cut it here completely.

[Gandalf]

It's another reason to be rid of the inbred Royal Family. Most of us see animals as friends, but they still kill for fun. They also hang out with best mate peadophiles. So, in their minds ANYTHING is prey. They need to be eradicated. They are the root of the problem, but they have protectors all around.

Charles should shoot William as he is likely a different family, but for some reason we carry on with the lies. Harry....ginger....Dad....who? Same family? Bizarre. There should be DNA testing considering the welfare payments to these scumbags.

[Master]

Over here we have rich toffs on their horses chasing a little fox through the countryside with a pack of wild hounds ready to rip it apart all in the name of sport and culture.

[Beanflicker]

Over here we have rich toffs on their horses chasing a little fox through the countryside with a pack of wild hounds ready to rip it apart all in the name of sport and culture.

That's awful, never heard of that. Fuck, who gets off on that kind of thing?

[Master]

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.Fox hunting originated in the 16th century in the form which was practised legally until 2005 when it was banned although certain modified forms of hunting foxes with hounds are still within the law.

[El Kabong]

Fox hunting isn't actually "hunting" per say....doesn't require much talent (if any) and the dogs do all the work. It's the chase that matters, the kill is not nice at all.

Using dogs for hunting (especially when they aren't flushing or retrieving birds) is kind of a tough practice. Some dogs get lost on hunts, some get injured or killed as well depending on what you're after. Plott Hounds are some great hunters, my dog is part Plott, but I wouldn't use him for what he was bred for because as a pet he's too precious for me to risk him against some stupid wild boar or a black bear.

The people I know that are opposed to hunting are just completely unaware of the skill, dedication, hard work, and just the over all strain it puts on a person...to have a hands on interaction with how you feed your family really deepens your respect for nature. It's tough to cull an animal....a lot of the times hunters are happy with their shot they are most happy the animal wasn't wounded and that the death was as quick and painless as possible for them. The hunters I know are probably more tenderhearted around animals than the eco-nuts I know.

[Beanz]

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.Fox hunting originated in the 16th century in the form which was practised legally until 2005 when it was banned although certain modified forms of hunting foxes with hounds are still within the law.

Drag hunting is the only legal form available now which does not involve a fox at all.

[walrus]

Sport and trophy hunting I am against. In my area we have an over population of deer who often starve during the winter months. A couple towns hire professional hunters to thin the population. The meat is given to charity or the hunters take it. States where hunting is serious make stringent laws about it. If you kill an animal just to kill it you can do time but more often you lose your license and face big fines. If your in the boonies and feeding your family I see no problem with it. If you hunt purely for sport you are a prick. I personally have taken down a deer but will never do it again. I was hunting with some friends in Maine who do rely on the meat but killing animals is not my cup of tea.
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[goti71]

Over here we have rich toffs on their horses chasing a little fox through the countryside with a pack of wild hounds ready to rip it apart all in the name of sport and culture.

That's even "disgusting'er" than bullfighting (the latter at least takes balls and skill, even though I'm against it). I can't see the difference between the picture above and pitting two dogs against each other.

I never hunted, although I used to go spearfishing a few years ago, but to me hunting (as spearfishing) would require at least three conditions:

1. A considerable degree of difficulty (no pompous tourists on pay-hunt safaris).
2. What you catch is edible and you actually intend to eat it.

and 3: it's not an endangered species.

[Andre]

Over here we have rich toffs on their horses chasing a little fox through the countryside with a pack of wild hounds ready to rip it apart all in the name of sport and culture.

That's even "disgusting'er" than bullfighting (the latter at least takes balls and skill, even though I'm against it). I can't see the difference between the picture above and pitting two dogs against each other.

I never hunted, although I used to go spearfishing a few years ago, but to me hunting (as spearfishing) would require at least three conditions:

1. A considerable degree of difficulty (no pompous tourists on pay-hunt safaris).
2. What you catch is edible and you actually intend to eat it.

and 3: it's not an endangered species.

Were foxes classed as vermin over there?

They are here,you can kill em, they even have bounties at times in some areas.

[Master]

That was what the upper class twits use to justify fox hunting by labeling foxes vermin but that would not explain them dressing up like prats, destroying the countryside and using hungry hounds to chase the little fox.

[goti71]

Over here we have rich toffs on their horses chasing a little fox through the countryside with a pack of wild hounds ready to rip it apart all in the name of sport and culture.

That's even "disgusting'er" than bullfighting (the latter at least takes balls and skill, even though I'm against it). I can't see the difference between the picture above and pitting two dogs against each other.

I never hunted, although I used to go spearfishing a few years ago, but to me hunting (as spearfishing) would require at least three conditions:

1. A considerable degree of difficulty (no pompous tourists on pay-hunt safaris).
2. What you catch is edible and you actually intend to eat it.

and 3: it's not an endangered species.

Were foxes classed as vermin over there?

They are here,you can kill em, they even have bounties at times in some areas.

I'm in Spain. They usually issue licenses to cull fox and wild boar populations. Boars cause quite a few road accidents in my area.

[Beanz]

I shoot animals and people most weekends :-)

Not to get to serious but when you view how people treat other people its really not surprising how we treat non-humans. I guess thats what makes it all the more disgusting also. Well that and the fact that those that care have to witness it. I've tried to find a word to cover "voluntary species suicide" which would apply specifically for us since we are so special and I cant find one. I've used the term "empiricide" in relationship to what it is we do and question why we do the same things over and over and over again expecting different results but that does not seem to cut it here completely.

With a camera :-)

[Andre]

I shoot animals and people most weekends :-)

Have you a backup gun in case) one angers and charges at you?

When I come over, I challenge you to a duel, fastest draw best focus wins.