No I don't hunt. There is something about killing unarmed helpless creatures who didn't even agree to participate in this "sport" that doesn't appeal to me. And I don't like anyone who hunts.
.303 for rabbits. Overkill or what? I've used .22-250 on a hare and I swear I'll never do that again.scumofsociety said:Not exactly hunting but when mixamatosis got to the local rabbit population on my mates dads land we used to go round putting them out of their misery with a .303 or 12 guage.
Yeah, I just like Lee Enfields. If ever I'm given a choice, that's what I'll go for.Eat Uranium said:.303 for rabbits. Overkill or what? I've used .22-250 on a hare and I swear I'll never do that again.
Saying he committed genocide is wrong 'cos he never, I have just looked it up and it says attempted genocide is still genocide but it isn't.Wadders said:snip
http://www.naturenet.net/law/seasons.htmEMFCRACKSHOT said:I have never done it but I really want to give hunting a try. The only weapon I have is a .22 air rifle and i don't know what thats suitable for hunting, if anything at all and i cant afford a shotgun or anything. And i dont know whether or not you need a liscence or anything to go.
I also wouldn't know where to go. I live in north east England.
And to the people with objections to hunting, this thread isnt for you. Its for people who do/want to hunt. If you have an objection, start your own thread about it.
well sort of.Keepitclean said:I fish and spearfish very regularly. Does that count?
You said you wanted the Meat, not for the trophy.DoctorNick said:And your point is what exactly? That I need to use every bit of it to make you happy? I'm disrespecting it if any of it goes to waste? Sorry but that doesn't fly to me, frankly this discussion is starting to lose any purpose.heyheysg said:Can't you just buy the meat if you want to eat it? I'm sure someone will even cook it for you.DoctorNick said:Ah yes, here we are back to the automatic assumption that hunting is only done for trophies.flaming_squirrel said:No, because I dont feel the need to kill something on order to prove I'm manly.
No, if I'm going to bag a whitetail it's because I want it's tasty, tasty deer flesh. NOT because I want a fucking head to put on the wall.
Even if you do kill the deer, do you eat the whole thing? What do you do with the fur, the skeleton, the hooves, the fat? Do you sell the extra meat to markets? The fur to the tailor? Use the fat to make soap and sausages?
Wadders said:Oh yeah, because every part of every animal that's killed in an abattoir for sale to supermarkets for people to buy is used up. No, there's no waste there at all...heyheysg said:Can't you just buy the meat if you want to eat it? I'm sure someone will even cook it for you.DoctorNick said:Ah yes, here we are back to the automatic assumption that hunting is only done for trophies.flaming_squirrel said:No, because I dont feel the need to kill something on order to prove I'm manly.
No, if I'm going to bag a whitetail it's because I want it's tasty, tasty deer flesh. NOT because I want a fucking head to put on the wall.
Even if you do kill the deer, do you eat the whole thing? What do you do with the fur, the skeleton, the hooves, the fat? Do you sell the extra meat to markets? The fur to the tailor? Use the fat to make soap and sausages?
So your point is if something isn't perfect it's completely wrong?
Let's say there's a deer, the amount of utility you get out of it as an individual or a group of friends vs the professional experience of farmers/butchers/abattoirs will be vastly different.
Nothing to do with what you want, but that logic is just wrong
An Idaho hunting license is $12.75, the game tag for a deer is $19.75, so from a strictly practical standpoint an entire deer would cost me $32.50 plus my time and effort, thus saving a large amount of money as compared to going to a specialty meat shop.heyheysg said:You said you wanted the Meat, not for the trophy.DoctorNick said:And your point is what exactly? That I need to use every bit of it to make you happy? I'm disrespecting it if any of it goes to waste? Sorry but that doesn't fly to me, frankly this discussion is starting to lose any purpose.heyheysg said:Can't you just buy the meat if you want to eat it? I'm sure someone will even cook it for you.DoctorNick said:Ah yes, here we are back to the automatic assumption that hunting is only done for trophies.flaming_squirrel said:No, because I dont feel the need to kill something on order to prove I'm manly.
No, if I'm going to bag a whitetail it's because I want it's tasty, tasty deer flesh. NOT because I want a fucking head to put on the wall.
Even if you do kill the deer, do you eat the whole thing? What do you do with the fur, the skeleton, the hooves, the fat? Do you sell the extra meat to markets? The fur to the tailor? Use the fat to make soap and sausages?
You can buy the meat from an animal specially selected for that purpose, if you buy a couple of steaks, the rest will go to some other people, frozen and kept in a market for a longer period of time.
So you can't justify that anyway unless you need the 'sport' without the 'trophy'