What do you think of sport hunting?

[El Kabong]

It’s Far less sad if it’s an animal which isn’t threatened or endangered, but I still don’t get the appeal. Was just watching something about rhinos and how they are being poached into extinction because morons still think their horns have medicinal properties. It’s made of the same thing your fingernails are. People have already wiped out most of the megafauna that’s ever lived among us, and if you’re talking a long time ago, or even today in more tribal areas then it’s one thing. that people will pay loads of money to travel somewhere just to kill rare and beautiful animals they know damn well there are barely any left of though? Pathetic.

Pretty much why I stick to deer and dove mostly. There's plenty of those to go around. I wouldn't mind duck or turkey hunting though, we'll see what I end up doing.


Eventually I'd like to go out west and see Buffalo and Antelope and Big Horn Sheep or up north and see Elk and Caribou and Moose....and of course Bears, Black Bears are like big raccoons but Brown Bears/Grizzlies get HUGE and then there's Kodiak bears which I am sure are also very impressive. Just going out in nature and seeing these animals is a majestic experience. I'm not sure if I'd go out there to hunt (those animals all have healthy populations now, very excited the buffalo are back!), and I sure wouldn't hunt a bear either...wild boar I'd hunt, but I wouldn't want to use dogs to do that, it's dangerous for them.

Hell this past deer season I was sat out there freezing my ass off and waiting and waiting and waiting and trying my damnedest not to fall asleep and then like a four legged ninja this buck just trots through the woods without making a sound right through my shooting path before I could even level my rifle but my feelings weren't of anger or disappointment from not getting a shot off (I'm not shooting unless I'm 100% certain it's a clean and clear shot, and I've already had my rifle sighted in so the round is going specifically where I'm aiming and nowhere else) I felt blessed to share the same space with such a wonderful creature who didn't even notice I was there.


Now after that you might ask "Well if you're so in awe of the animal why would you hunt to begin with?" ....because it's absolutely the best healthiest meat you can get, it's healthy for me and my family as well as the environment and rest of the deer population.


Hell I didn't even kill a groundhog that was eating up my garden, I trapped it and moved it to a park, so when it comes to hunting I like to conduct myself in an ethical way at least I think it's ethical and it's ethical as defined by the state laws as well.



The whole 'Great White Hunter' deal has been played out by the 1940's...though Hemingway and Rourke and other assholes tried to keep that going.





Also while we're at it....long line fishing is SHIT, that's probably one of the most worthless things humans do right there.

[greynotsoold]

I've read that bear is incredibly good, depending on what the bear has been eating. A diet of berries leads to a flavorful bear, while a diet of fish means you should pass on that bear.

[El Kabong]

I've read that bear is incredibly good, depending on what the bear has been eating. A diet of berries leads to a flavorful bear, while a diet of fish means you should pass on that bear.

Most times I have eaten bear I've had it as a roast...you have to cook it properly or else it's like trying to eat rubber bands. It's very tasty, but again I don't think I could bring myself to shoot one and then clean one...whew boy that is some work right there