EVT1
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Post by EVT1 on Jul 14, 2014 19:01:30 GMT -5
Hunting is a sport. Sorry you don't like but it I have no problem with it. ANd, the hunters I know care a great deal about the environment and the animals. It's not a sport at all- how many time you see the animal score a kill?
Two types of hunters- those that respect life and make use of an animal for food or even other things maybe clothing, and those that want to mount a head on their wall or just shoot something and kill it. All of the ones I know hunt for the meat- anything else is secondary.
I detest anyone that kills animals just to kill them for a trophy, or worse for no reason at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 20:32:06 GMT -5
Hunting is a sport. Sorry you don't like but it I have no problem with it. ANd, the hunters I know care a great deal about the environment and the animals. It's not a sport at all- how many time you see the animal score a kill?
Two types of hunters- those that respect life and make use of an animal for food or even other things maybe clothing, and those that want to mount a head on their wall or just shoot something and kill it. All of the ones I know hunt for the meat- anything else is secondary.
I detest anyone that kills animals just to kill them for a trophy, or worse for no reason at all. I would say there are actually three kinds of hunters the third could be part of EITHER of the other two as well. That "third group" would be the hunters that hunt to protect habitat from over-population (even if the SPECIES is endangered world-wide, it may be too over abundant in a small area to be self sustaining based on it's local food supply).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 11:52:02 GMT -5
It's not a sport at all- how many time you see the animal score a kill?
Two types of hunters- those that respect life and make use of an animal for food or even other things maybe clothing, and those that want to mount a head on their wall or just shoot something and kill it. All of the ones I know hunt for the meat- anything else is secondary.
I detest anyone that kills animals just to kill them for a trophy, or worse for no reason at all. I would say there are actually three kinds of hunters the third could be part of EITHER of the other two as well. That "third group" would be the hunters that hunt to protect habitat from over-population (even if the SPECIES is endangered world-wide, it may be too over abundant in a small area to be self sustaining based on it's local food supply). We had that problem starting about 5 years ago along the Mo/Ar border. The white tail deer were at about 10x what was considered a normal population density. Mo went to no bag limit hunting during the normal deer season in that area because CWD was starting to show up. Ar state did nothing ( Loud but uneducated enviro-wackos 150 miles away in Little Rock ) but two towns close to me, Lakeview and Bull Shoals had in town hunts. I've seen 20/30 deer at one time just looking out my bedroom window in the morning. I've also bag limited my license for the last couple of years shooting out that same window. Heated armchair hunting with coffee cup and donuts in hand.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 15, 2014 12:02:06 GMT -5
Dang, Archie. I'm glad you're back.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jul 16, 2014 14:50:03 GMT -5
No one should ever kill a beautiful animal like that. They should be allowed to live a normal life in the wild and die by natural causes like getting mauled by lions and still trying to fight while getting eating from the inside out. I've missed you, Archie.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jul 16, 2014 14:52:59 GMT -5
I would say there are actually three kinds of hunters the third could be part of EITHER of the other two as well. That "third group" would be the hunters that hunt to protect habitat from over-population (even if the SPECIES is endangered world-wide, it may be too over abundant in a small area to be self sustaining based on it's local food supply). We had that problem starting about 5 years ago along the Mo/Ar border. The white tail deer were at about 10x what was considered a normal population density. Mo went to no bag limit hunting during the normal deer season in that area because CWD was starting to show up. Ar state did nothing ( Loud but uneducated enviro-wackos 150 miles away in Little Rock ) but two towns close to me, Lakeview and Bull Shoals had in town hunts. I've seen 20/30 deer at one time just looking out my bedroom window in the morning. I've also bag limited my license for the last couple of years shooting out that same window. Heated armchair hunting with coffee cup and donuts in hand. You aren't too far from me! Dad and brothers hunt deer and turkey. The area where they hunt is boardered by corn fields, so the deer don't taste gamey since they eat a lot of corn. Love the lean, red meat. Only thing I can't stand is they process their own deer so there are often buckets of bloody salt water laying around if you head over right when they get one. Blech.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 11:11:02 GMT -5
We had that problem starting about 5 years ago along the Mo/Ar border. The white tail deer were at about 10x what was considered a normal population density. Mo went to no bag limit hunting during the normal deer season in that area because CWD was starting to show up. Ar state did nothing ( Loud but uneducated enviro-wackos 150 miles away in Little Rock ) but two towns close to me, Lakeview and Bull Shoals had in town hunts. I've seen 20/30 deer at one time just looking out my bedroom window in the morning. I've also bag limited my license for the last couple of years shooting out that same window. Heated armchair hunting with coffee cup and donuts in hand. You aren't too far from me! Dad and brothers hunt deer and turkey. The area where they hunt is boardered by corn fields, so the deer don't taste gamey since they eat a lot of corn. Love the lean, red meat. Only thing I can't stand is they process their own deer so there are often buckets of bloody salt water laying around if you head over right when they get one. Blech. I've always butchered my own kills because I'm fussy in that way on how the meat is cut and portioned. I grew up with that so it's no big deal to me but I can understand the revulsion. The guts and accompanying smell would be hard to get used to if you haven't done it all the time. Modern society is more removed from the food source. My "Yankee" DW has learned to help and no longer complains about it.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 18, 2014 12:15:41 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? My understanding is that most people gut them in the driveway of their condo complex.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 18, 2014 12:17:29 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? My understanding is that most people gut them in the driveway of their condo complex. LOL! That was my thought, as well, Archie!
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Post by swasat on Jul 18, 2014 12:18:51 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? My understanding is that most people gut them in the driveway of their condo complex. I thought that privilege was reserved for the one and only Doxie
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 18, 2014 12:23:23 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? My understanding is that most people gut them in the driveway of their condo complex. The offal smells awful.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 12:46:00 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? No, it's been over 10 years since I shot one more than 150 yards from the house. I just go down with the tractor and carry it back with the loader. I've got a great branch about 12 feet off the ground about 50 feet from the barn. I do the ball, long rope, tractor thing to get the skin off. I've got a 55 gallon plastic drum cut down about half way for the waste that gets carried by the tractor to a place far from the house. (Think pig/coyote bait)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 13:33:23 GMT -5
Don't you gut the deer in the woods where you drop it? My understanding is that most people gut them in the driveway of their condo complex. In the rural subdivision where my MIL lives it is not unusual to see deer draining and gutted hanging next to the driveways out front. Since the subdivision is surrounded by Federal land, they the waste over the back yard fences. There's only about 20 houses in the division.
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