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I love the Rodeo.
I’ve been there as well. It was a cool experience.
Question: do you believe duck hunting and fishing are also animal cruelty?
If you're turning your duck loose in an aviary and chasing it around inflicting multiple injuries until it's too weak and tired out to fly and you can drive a skewer through its heart, I would call that cruel.
I think killing for sport is problematic at best. Not because of any cruelty, but because it seems to be more about a desire to kill than it is a freezer full of venison.
No. No. No. It's about the thrill of the hunt. blah blah blah
What if instead of a rifle your instrument were a camera?And I can find no justification whatever for so-called 'big game' hunting.
I don't think Nimrod hunted for sport, but if he did I don't think he was called a mighty hunter before the Lord because he took his game from a distance with precision artillery. Now if someone shows me the thirty-point buck he took just with his wits and a k-bar, I would be impressed.
It's my opinion that Nimrod was hunter like that of Beowulf--someone who was contracted to kill beasts that posed a threat to the safety of a community and that were too mighty for the average man.
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if you want to rant ..rave.. and show your astounding ignorance on matters you don;t understand - why don;t you start your own thread instead of trying to hijack this one?.......
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i know plenty of people here in hawaii who think exactly like that.. .they believe any and all usage of animals by man is cruelty... .. they even protested several years ago when the state began issuing hunting licenses for the purposes of removing a dangerous invasive species - the wild hogs that were overrunning oahu... ...that was how i was able to get my hunting license and we have been contracted many times over the years to remove problem pigs from dozens of private properties..... ..but they are not wasted. . .... the pigs we harvest have filled many freezers - incluing our own freezers multiple times.... . but they also help the family that cooks them for us supply luaus .... ..... nothing better in a luau than wild boar...
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I was just answering a question posed to me. Sorry. I shoulda asked your permission first.
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your initial attack on my pictures of matadoras wasn;t answering a question.. it was just more of you showing your deplorable attitude towards women - which you never waste an opportunity to display on this forum..... and i;m not just talking about things you have said in answer to my posts.... you make nasty and negative comments about women in the threads other people post as well.... ... ...
but in truth after reading your diatribe on the previous page about the female matadoras i think your problem with them is more jealousy than anything else - and regardless of any affection you might have for an angry bull..... .. those women have the courage to step into an arena and face off with a beast many times their size in a deadly contest that would make a wimpy little snit like you fill his pants..... . .. and you just can;t handle the fact there might be some women out there that are better than you.....
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Re: Hunting
Truthfully, I hunt and fish for both the sport of it and the food.
I C&R over 90% of my fish. My daughter doesn’t like eating fish at all, and my wife only eats fish on rare occasions. I’m just not going to go through the hassle of cleaning and cooking fish for one. If my wife says she wouldn’t mind doing some fish tacos or whatever, then I’ll keep a couple and prep them and we’ll eat them the same night or the very next day. I mainly fish for relaxation in nature and the anticipation of a bent rod.
Duck hunting is a hobby that I get to do very little of. I have a kid in high school, a full time job, and regular life responsibilities. The season only lasts a couple months, deduct bad weather weekends, holidays and weekends with chores and other stuff happening in life, and I’m lucky if I get out more than a few times a season. Hopefully a few years from now I’ll be able to get out more often. I never shoot a duck for fun. It always gets taken home and cooked. I even have taken home coots, which are the worst tasting birds known to man (unless you’re Cajun), but even those will get cleaned and cooked. I usually feed coots to my dog. I don’t consider that a waste, because she’s getting fresh, non-processed meat mixed in with her unhealthy store food, and dogs have to eat too.
I could easily go out and shoot a camera instead of a gun, or I could paddle a kayak instead of casting a line, but it wouldn’t make me feel as satisfied. For one thing, if the world ever starts to fall apart, having sharp fishing and hunting skills will come in handy. There’s also the cultural aspect. My family is from the South and hunting and fishing go back generations. I have kept that tradition alive and have tried to pass it on to my kid, nephews and nieces.
Truthfully, I hunt and fish for both the sport of it and the food.
I C&R over 90% of my fish. My daughter doesn’t like eating fish at all, and my wife only eats fish on rare occasions. I’m just not going to go through the hassle of cleaning and cooking fish for one. If my wife says she wouldn’t mind doing some fish tacos or whatever, then I’ll keep a couple and prep them and we’ll eat them the same night or the very next day. I mainly fish for relaxation in nature and the anticipation of a bent rod.
Duck hunting is a hobby that I get to do very little of. I have a kid in high school, a full time job, and regular life responsibilities. The season only lasts a couple months, deduct bad weather weekends, holidays and weekends with chores and other stuff happening in life, and I’m lucky if I get out more than a few times a season. Hopefully a few years from now I’ll be able to get out more often. I never shoot a duck for fun. It always gets taken home and cooked. I even have taken home coots, which are the worst tasting birds known to man (unless you’re Cajun), but even those will get cleaned and cooked. I usually feed coots to my dog. I don’t consider that a waste, because she’s getting fresh, non-processed meat mixed in with her unhealthy store food, and dogs have to eat too.
I could easily go out and shoot a camera instead of a gun, or I could paddle a kayak instead of casting a line, but it wouldn’t make me feel as satisfied. For one thing, if the world ever starts to fall apart, having sharp fishing and hunting skills will come in handy. There’s also the cultural aspect. My family is from the South and hunting and fishing go back generations. I have kept that tradition alive and have tried to pass it on to my kid, nephews and nieces.
I know of one individual that I would say truly hunted for the meat. He wasn't interested in the kill. He was interested in the meat and the leather. He witnessed a deer impact on the road one day, and he took the carcass to a local meat locker. He would go hunting every season, but for doe. If he took a buck it was young. Again, he was interested in the food, not the trophy. His gear was modest. Just a .30-06 with a 9-power scope.
I'd known him most of my life. I had a crush on his daughter in school. At the '83 prom I went stag (ha ha) and she came with a date, but she danced with me half the night. Her date was getting a bit riled. He was older and bigger than I was, so I told her she should probably dance with the one who brung her. (Dancing...a perk of attending an SBC church). I was a very insecure kid, so I never got up the nerve to ask her out. Years later he told me she was sitting around the house for months after that prom waiting for me to call. That wasn't something to say to a guy who was realizing he was caught in a bad match. But I digress.
But there's a distinction to be made between sport hunting and forage hunting. One is about the kill or the trophy, the other is about sustenance.
The individual of whom I was speaking was truly a forage hunter.
I think the lines are blurry depending on the hunter. Unfortunately, I’ve known a couple of “if it flies, it dies” guys. I go out of my way to avoid them. The actual killing part I’m not fond of, but I enjoy the pursuit and the benefit of the meat—whether duck or fish. Most hunters are the biggest animal lovers and conservationists you’ll find. Because I only get to hunt a few times a year, I’ve had entire seasons go by where I never shot my gun. I still enjoyed getting out in nature and the anticipation of a duck. I also still donate to Ducks Unlimited every year because they do more than anyone to help restore and purchase wetlands.
I hunted wild boar once down in the Glades area. I ended up with a small one. A buddy and me processed it and cooked it in a variety of ways. It probably would have tasted a lot better if I’d done luau style. Anyway, it wasn’t really my thing. I just enjoy being on the water better. No offense to people who hunt boar. I actually respect that because they’re very invasive here.i know plenty of people here in hawaii who think exactly like that.. .they believe any and all usage of animals by man is cruelty... .. they even protested several years ago when the state began issuing hunting licenses for the purposes of removing a dangerous invasive species - the wild hogs that were overrunning oahu... ...that was how i was able to get my hunting license and we have been contracted many times over the years to remove problem pigs from dozens of private properties..... ..but they are not wasted. . .... the pigs we harvest have filled many freezers - incluing our own freezers multiple times.... . but they also help the family that cooks them for us supply luaus .... ..... nothing better in a luau than wild boar...
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I'd love to go to one of those outfits where you rent an AR-15 (if you don't have one), they take you up in a helicopter and blast little piggies. Not sure you come away with any meat but it's (cost) effective hog control.
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I don’t have a pic of the one we went in, but it was something like this one. You cross a couple miles of swampland to get to the dry areas where the hogs are. I don’t have enough expertise to say much more. It was more of my buddy’s family ranch down south. I was just along for the adventure.
