[karra]

Anyone else enjoy this sport?

[Almighty1]

Traditional hunting is kinda not my thing, what with the dwindling wildlife numbers and all. However being back "On the market" after a few unsuccessful years of monogamy I have been honing my skills on the windsor female population. Its a fun in the end.

[AdamNF]

So killing needlesly is a sport now?

[othello]

I'm with Adam on this one. Hunting may be a pastime, but it's no sport. It's not even sporting.

I prefer to hunt my wildlife with a camera.

[figfarmer]

I'm not into birds, but big game gets a couple of weeks of my attention each year. As long as I'm going to take a vacation anyhow I figure it might as well be worthwhile, so I fill my freezer with venison or bear.

[karra]

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So killing needlesly is a sport now?

Who said anything about needlessly?

I'm with you fig.

Just the other day I was out with my dogs and shot a rabbit. Made a great supper.

[figfarmer]

You nasty creature, making my mouth water like that. There haven't been rabbits enough to shoot around Marlbank for years, since the government in its infinite wisdom introduced fishers and martens to the area. I remember when I was a kid snaring and shooting them we would have a few dozen in the freezer to last all summer, one each Sunday.

[karra]

Yabbut,

You should have heard it. The siwwe wabbut just stood there as I aimed with the dogs on either side of me. I shot. I only took a chunk out of his shoulder and the squeal!!! Holy crap it was loud lemme tell ya, but not as loud as when the dogs got him. One had it's head the other it's haunch and they pulled and twisted for what seemed like forever and the screaming just went on - made me think of Michael Douglas and Glenn Close - and a half dozen lobster in boiling water - anyway eventually it stopped when the silly wabbit was torn in two pieces.

The jewel of the trip of course was the stew. So good. Weal wabbit with weal wegitabells and some fake spices, mmmmm! We ate weally well that evening.

The dogs however went without.

[thirdEye]

karra wrote:

I only took a chunk out of his shoulder and the squeal!!! Holy crap it was loud lemme tell ya, but not as loud as when the dogs got him. One had it's head the other it's haunch and they pulled and twisted for what seemed like forever and the screaming just went on.

Hunting is one thing, but the fact that you seem to take pleasure in the terror, pain, and suffering of another living creature is somewhat disturbing. I do believe that most hunters take measures to minimize the suffering of their quarry. I mean, hunt away if you so choose, but at least have the decency to put the thing out of its misery as quickly as possible.

[thirdEye]

figfarmer wrote:

since the government in its infinite wisdom introduced fishers and martens to the area.

You mean "re-introduced." They never should have been gone in the first place, so yes, it was a good thing for the government to bring them back. Just don't ever let your cat or small dog out with them around.

[karra]

But I doo, I doo, I tells ya! Only in this instance the hounds of hell bounded away in leaps as only they can.

Better luck next time I hope, and to that end I've been on the stairmaster all week hoping to improve my own leaping ability by jumps and bounds so I can beat them, to the quarry I mean. Not that I beat my doggy woggys or anything.

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so yes, it was a good thing for the government to bring them back....

Ssshhhhh, Sheila might be lurking and we all know she what a ravenous beast she is.

[Indelible]

i personally really enjoy the sport of shooting rifles and stuff but i don't like hunting. never have. so i shoot at paper targets when i get the chance to, or else i shoot paintballs at people or shoot at people in online 1st person shooter games....i love sniping! it is so fun to see hw accurate i can be from as far as i can get!

[AdamNF]

I also like guns. I mean we have a few in the house. (rifles and handguns) and there is nothing funner then shooting them. But i dont hunt.

[figfarmer]

squeals like a marten: unless of course it's a Martin.

[ChrissyP]

I have nothing against hunting. Used to hunt when I was younger. I don't hunt critters that I don't eat. The rabbits I leave alone, as a result we have a couple lynx hanging around. They are gorgeous. The only hunting we allow on our land is for mule deer. We have them here by the truck load. We once counted 40 deer on our fields. Also no one is allowed to touch our bears. If they need to be put down because they are becoming a problem we will do it ourselves. Never had to yet though thank goodness. We have a lovely blonde bear out here I would love to have stick around. Our chicken, pardon me grouse population has been building so maybe I'll be able to get a few of them. Nothing like grouse. Yumm..