Hunting season...

[hobbes28]

I have learned to conform to the rules.

I take out my twenty something angst on other message boards.

And that's how you're still here without Terri... :lmao:

 

[bace]

And that's how you're still here without Terri... :lmao:

Yeah, apparently she's not the only one that likes me now eh Hobbesy.

*wink wink nudge nudge*

 

[hobbes28]

Get your hand off of that...it's mine..

 

[photogoddess]

Bace... I think you need to keep your hand off his "gun".

 

[LittleMan]

Bace... I think you need to keep your hand off his "gun".

:lmao:

 

[hobbes28]

 

[Andrea K]

wow...yet another thread turned raunchy...

 

[LizM]

I haven't got to go hunting in a loooong time. But my daughter will soon be old enough for her first foray into the woods.

For now we're still working on gun ettiquite with a pump BB gun (which will shoot INTO sheetrock if pumped enough times by the way).

 

[PetersCreek]

Man, oh man...I haven't been hunting in years. I used to go out for whitetail, doves, bobwhite, and jump shooting for ducks. When I moved to Alaska, I bought a Winchester Model 70 in .338 WinMag with the intent of going out for moose. Still haven't managed to do it yet. Now that I have a Marlin 1895 in .45-70 that I'd rather use one day, I'd like to sell the boltie.

Oh...and it's venison. Mmmmm, mmm.

 

[malachite]

I use a Baikal 12ga O/U.

Not something you see everyday........

I've got your standard issue Remington 870 Wingmaster that only sees use now as a loaner gun. Shoot mainly with a Browning feather-light 12ga O/U. Been waiting for an opportunity to get my hands on the new Ruger side by side though.

Now I'm all worked up about shotguns. Might have to find me a sporting clays course this weekend

 

[Luminosity]

I think if you're going out to hunt with the attitude " I'm going to eat, feed, dress myself and my family " ... then I don't have a problem with it. I consider the way animals are treated at slaughterhouses a whole lot more inhumane.

If a person hunts for pure entertainment then go buy a video game.

Back in the day when a person had to hunt in order to survive then it's a 'survival of the fittest ' deal. Animals eat other animals to survive. If a human has to kill animals to survive then it's only natural.

In western civilisation at least, we have gone beyond well-fed.....we're overfed. Yet, if someone was of the stance where they stayed away from buying meat ( whether it be from a store,supermarket, fast food outlet etc ) , choosing instead to hunt for it themselves I would say 'bravo' for them and respect that stance 100 %.

Hunting animals for the hell of it, the thrill of it, however ....it angers me.

Yeah I shouldn't have even read this thread, nor replied to it. I can see this topic leading to passionate views on both sides, hence a touchy subject.

 

[terri35 7]

And that's how you're still here without Terri... :lmao:

I threatened him before I took off, Aubs. It was one of those "I stuck up for your sorry butt, so conform or DIE" kind of things. In a really nice way, though. :mrgreen:

And it worked, apparently....didn't it, Bace?

We now return to your regularly scheduled, hunt-themed thread.

 

[graigdavis]

Not something you see everyday........

I've got your standard issue Remington 870 Wingmaster that only sees use now as a loaner gun. Shoot mainly with a Browning feather-light 12ga O/U. Been waiting for an opportunity to get my hands on the new Ruger side by side though.

Now I'm all worked up about shotguns. Might have to find me a sporting clays course this weekend

I had gone to look at some O/U shot guns and I saw one sitting there that I had never seen before. Russian made, and pretty cheap, yet really really nice. I used to shoot clays twice a week, then I moved to the city, I miss shooting clays. I cant wait to get out of the city.

 

[M @ k o]

I'm also a Hunter " Buck Hunter " Hope to post another buck in BuckMasters Trophy Gallery this year.

Good luck this season Littleman.

 

[LittleMan]

Yeah I shouldn't have even read this thread, nor replied to it. I can see this topic leading to passionate views on both sides, hence a touchy subject.

not at all Lumi!
your view on the subject is what I think most people's view is.
I totally agree that if someone does it for just entertainment it's not good at all... But every hunter I've ever met does it for the food/fur/expense(it's a lot cheaper than buying meat from the store)
In fact... every hunter I've met are big into conserving the wildlife and keeping the population of deer(or whatever they are hunting) up and managable. Some people who only see the death in it are blinded by that.
Every rancher knows that to keep the deer population healthy there has to be some management of the deer, it's as simple as that.