| 86. Been asking myself that question for a long time. It is "fun" to some. To most? I wonder. nt |
| -PHOTO: How the HELL do you "hunt" this for "sport?" At what point does it seem like "fun?" |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Feb-04-11 09:12 PM |
#0 |
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It's a mindset I can't begin to understand:( nt |
snagglepuss |
Feb-04-11 09:15 PM |
#1 |
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First, you have to brainwash yourself into thinking you're a "hunter" |
flvegan |
Feb-04-11 09:31 PM |
#2 |
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I don't think that is necessarily fair. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Feb-05-11 09:34 PM |
#52 |
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I don't hunt, but my grandfather and uncles hunted to feed their families. |
driver8 |
Feb-05-11 10:24 PM |
#56 |
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I agree. |
Badfish |
Feb-06-11 03:43 PM |
#64 |
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I'll be the first person |
flvegan |
Feb-06-11 04:50 PM |
#69 |
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The orignal poster said "for sport" |
HERVEPA |
Feb-06-11 05:42 PM |
#73 |
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And after reading the thread .. |
Badfish |
Feb-06-11 05:53 PM |
#78 |
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They paint a broad stroke too... |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Feb-06-11 05:54 PM |
#79 |
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If people need to hunt to eat... |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 03:14 PM |
#107 |
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My freezer works just fine |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-07-11 04:07 PM |
#111 |
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You can only keep one deer during the season. |
Lucian |
Feb-08-11 01:52 AM |
#130 |
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Yes it does. |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-08-11 02:26 AM |
#131 |
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do you eat only one vegetable a year? argument fail. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-08-11 06:43 PM |
#144 |
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+ 1,000000000000000. nt |
Lorien |
Feb-07-11 04:17 PM |
#112 |
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so that means your ancestors were egomaniacs, right? got it. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-08-11 06:48 PM |
#145 |
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Awwwww, how sweet! Being in the Bambi generation, |
Curmudgeoness |
Feb-04-11 09:35 PM |
#3 |
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hunger. and please, no shit about groceries |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-04-11 09:40 PM |
#4 |
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yeah. plus lamb, goat, cows and chicken are cute too. |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Feb-04-11 10:24 PM |
#10 |
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yeah. plus lamb, goat, cows and chicken are cute too. |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Feb-04-11 10:24 PM |
#11 |
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I know, but I'm not addressing people who kill to survive |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Feb-05-11 04:15 AM |
#22 |
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Don't be so sure about Ted. |
A Simple Game |
Feb-05-11 09:54 PM |
#53 |
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I would venture to guess that everything the top 2% does is for "fun" |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-07-11 08:15 AM |
#90 |
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Anyone can be ignorant... |
LanternWaste |
Feb-05-11 02:38 PM |
#40 |
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imagine hunger. and yes, you too can be ignorant but, can you be educated |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-05-11 04:04 PM |
#44 |
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He asked how they can do it for sport. |
Iggo |
Feb-07-11 10:35 AM |
#94 |
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I don't know why "they" have decided to call it a "sport". -- |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-07-11 10:09 PM |
#118 |
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Zing! ... Whoosh! |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-08-11 05:50 PM |
#141 |
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. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-07-11 10:09 PM |
#119 |
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. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-07-11 10:09 PM |
#120 |
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Actually, they don't hunt the fawns. Nor the does. And then they |
david13 |
Feb-04-11 09:42 PM |
#5 |
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Don't know about California |
MicaelS |
Feb-04-11 11:00 PM |
#14 |
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I don't know any of the rules. They had a show on tv last night, |
david13 |
Feb-05-11 11:13 AM |
#33 |
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i saw that show, it was disgusting |
shanti |
Feb-06-11 05:50 PM |
#77 |
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Ummmm... |
TheMightyFavog |
Feb-04-11 11:36 PM |
#16 |
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Fawns no. Does - sometimes. |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-05-11 01:46 PM |
#36 |
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That is the morality to it. The doe situation is based on the fact |
david13 |
Feb-05-11 02:33 PM |
#39 |
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In Idaho they hunt does |
jmowreader |
Feb-06-11 04:18 PM |
#68 |
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Gotta kill the does |
AngryAmish |
Feb-06-11 04:52 PM |
#70 |
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Thank you. And for many farmers that cute animal is nothing more than a pest |
LynneSin |
Feb-07-11 11:51 AM |
#95 |
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Even if this were true it would also be more honest than pulling up to a window... |
alphafemale |
Feb-04-11 09:45 PM |
#6 |
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Ya shoot the adult males, not the fawns. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-04-11 10:13 PM |
#7 |
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Or when they are so over crowded they are no longer healthy |
csziggy |
Feb-05-11 12:13 AM |
#19 |
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I second what you say. Protein on the hoof is going to be harvested one |
hedgehog |
Feb-05-11 05:33 PM |
#47 |
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The coyotes here are too used to humans just like the deer |
csziggy |
Feb-05-11 10:37 PM |
#57 |
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We had a neighbor about half a mile away who used to keep tigers. |
hedgehog |
Feb-06-11 01:51 PM |
#60 |
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Yeah, aside from the ethics of keeping the big cats confined at all |
csziggy |
Feb-06-11 04:07 PM |
#66 |
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+1000000000000000 |
we can do it |
Feb-09-11 03:58 PM |
#157 |
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Some people like to play with their food before eating it. |
jobycom |
Feb-04-11 10:22 PM |
#8 |
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There would be lots more vegetarians if we all had to kill and clean our own meat. |
davsand |
Feb-04-11 10:24 PM |
#9 |
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Been there done that |
LynneSin |
Feb-07-11 11:52 AM |
#96 |
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Me, too. Which is why I'm vegetarian. |
jobycom |
Feb-07-11 03:02 PM |
#102 |
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Never phased me that way but I have no desire to do it again |
LynneSin |
Feb-07-11 03:41 PM |
#110 |
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I think there would be fewer. |
Deep13 |
Feb-07-11 03:11 PM |
#105 |
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You know what happens when hunting gets outlawed? |
Archae |
Feb-04-11 10:30 PM |
#12 |
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The wolves and lions and other predators would keep that in check. |
boppers |
Feb-04-11 10:34 PM |
#13 |
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The deer still have natural predator enemies. |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Feb-05-11 06:18 AM |
#23 |
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Deleted, double-click |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Feb-05-11 06:18 AM |
#24 |
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To be fair, the first natives killed off our lions 10,000 years ago |
Odin2005 |
Feb-05-11 11:03 AM |
#32 |
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I saw a mountain lion as recently as two years ago. |
boppers |
Feb-05-11 09:08 PM |
#50 |
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They're cute too! |
boppers |
Feb-05-11 10:18 PM |
#55 |
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Those aren't actual lions, though. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-06-11 11:30 AM |
#58 |
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Actually, in the East, coyotes are moving into the niche previously |
hedgehog |
Feb-05-11 05:35 PM |
#48 |
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I've never understood that line of thinking in the slightest. |
Xithras |
Feb-07-11 12:53 AM |
#87 |
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My story on why I support deer hunting. |
TheMightyFavog |
Feb-04-11 11:43 PM |
#17 |
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Archae's picture may be a worst-case scenario as far as car-deer crashes go... |
TheMightyFavog |
Feb-04-11 11:49 PM |
#18 |
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What if that was a motorcycle? Many of our brethren have been killed that way. dc |
david13 |
Feb-06-11 05:41 PM |
#72 |
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Only outlaws will have huntings? |
jobycom |
Feb-07-11 03:03 PM |
#103 |
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Let's look at it from a different perspective... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-08-11 09:19 PM |
#150 |
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When it's an adult. |
krispos42 |
Feb-04-11 11:33 PM |
#15 |
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From a wildlife management point of view |
Mopar151 |
Feb-05-11 02:15 AM |
#21 |
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Ewww. I've actually heard and seen that happen. (a predator after a deer) |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-05-11 07:34 AM |
#26 |
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Too late to edit, but I just now noticed |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-05-11 09:00 AM |
#28 |
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Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. |
MilesColtrane |
Feb-05-11 02:02 AM |
#20 |
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I ate what I killed back when I still hunted. |
hobbit709 |
Feb-05-11 06:51 AM |
#25 |
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At the point when you get the paycheck for going on TV to prove you CAN'T SHOOT WORTH SHIT! |
HopeHoops |
Feb-05-11 07:50 AM |
#27 |
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It's possible to be cute and tasty; many animals do it. Personally, I'd shoot something with a |
Brickbat |
Feb-05-11 09:09 AM |
#29 |
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There's no need to hunt |
Swampguana |
Feb-05-11 09:11 AM |
#30 |
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You're kidding me right? |
LynneSin |
Feb-07-11 11:57 AM |
#97 |
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A friend's farm had so many deer |
Inchworm |
Feb-08-11 03:10 AM |
#133 |
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There's no need to hunt |
Swampguana |
Feb-05-11 09:11 AM |
#31 |
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You're Canadian and you're against hunting? What next, |
david13 |
Feb-06-11 05:46 PM |
#74 |
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My favorite part is when they talk about how quick a gunshot is... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-05-11 01:29 PM |
#34 |
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+1000 |
flvegan |
Feb-05-11 02:02 PM |
#37 |
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Yeah, I'll bet it didn't... |
MicaelS |
Feb-05-11 03:50 PM |
#42 |
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+1,000 |
Mad_Dem_X |
Feb-07-11 02:41 PM |
#99 |
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I'm sure the irony struck them, although not as hard as the bullets. n/t |
krispos42 |
Feb-07-11 11:12 PM |
#121 |
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As slow as a gunshot *sometimes* may be, it's faster than starving to death. eom |
yawnmaster |
Feb-09-11 04:09 PM |
#158 |
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It comes along with |
quakerboy |
Feb-05-11 01:43 PM |
#35 |
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OK, I'll answer |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-05-11 02:16 PM |
#38 |
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Great post, exactly my feelings n/t |
MicaelS |
Feb-05-11 03:51 PM |
#43 |
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plus a brazillion |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-05-11 04:32 PM |
#45 |
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Thank you ... my feelings exactly ..... and I do hunt and fish .... |
littlewolf |
Feb-05-11 04:57 PM |
#46 |
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The neighbor who hunts my land goes out with a camera |
hedgehog |
Feb-05-11 05:40 PM |
#49 |
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Going out to kill an animal. Great way to bon with your kid |
HERVEPA |
Feb-06-11 05:48 PM |
#75 |
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Many people certainly think so. |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-06-11 11:18 PM |
#82 |
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It's far better than stuffing factory-farmed hamburgers full of shit into their holes. |
PeaceNikki |
Feb-06-11 11:32 PM |
#83 |
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Or, they could be vegetarians, like my kids and grandkids (nt) |
HERVEPA |
Feb-07-11 09:54 AM |
#93 |
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Such a long post that never addresses the issue of .. |
Badfish |
Feb-07-11 07:46 AM |
#88 |
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Perhaps, like me, this poster |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-07-11 08:11 AM |
#89 |
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I don't think it's "Fun" in the sense of playing a game. I think it's more "sense of accomplishment" |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-08-11 05:11 PM |
#139 |
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Ah, nothing like bonding with your kids than taking the life of something. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 03:16 PM |
#108 |
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So, you don't fish with your kids? |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-08-11 05:11 PM |
#140 |
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I imagine a lot of people get off on killing animals for sport |
LanternWaste |
Feb-05-11 02:41 PM |
#41 |
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As cute as they are, you have to look at it from a preservation standpoint. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Feb-05-11 09:28 PM |
#51 |
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Texas has a briazillion hunters and a brazillion deer hit by cars. |
jobycom |
Feb-07-11 03:13 PM |
#106 |
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Hunting has replaced wolves and other predators in controlling deer population. |
Kaleva |
Feb-05-11 10:07 PM |
#54 |
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Pennsylvania still holds pigeon shoots which are beyond barbaric. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Feb-06-11 11:47 AM |
#59 |
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Interestingly, most respondents here have evaded the "sport" and "fun" aspects of your query. |
Heidi |
Feb-06-11 01:57 PM |
#61 |
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Maybe it's because we don't really understand the mindset |
Crystal Clarity |
Feb-06-11 03:30 PM |
#62 |
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but, really -- what isit, that is so hard to understand... |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-06-11 03:38 PM |
#63 |
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Well, that sounds pretty callous. |
HERVEPA |
Feb-06-11 05:49 PM |
#76 |
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oh dear ... go buy a steroid laden chicken in a store then... |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-06-11 06:45 PM |
#80 |
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Do people think that cows die of happy old age and land on their plates? |
PeaceNikki |
Feb-06-11 11:39 PM |
#85 |
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Maybe not. I'm a vegetarian. Next argument please. |
HERVEPA |
Feb-07-11 09:50 AM |
#91 |
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That's YOUR choice, but please don't sermonize here. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-08-11 01:13 AM |
#127 |
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That goes both ways... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-08-11 09:17 PM |
#149 |
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then do please explain. I'm all ears. So far, the "other" side |
Joe Fields |
Feb-09-11 08:30 AM |
#152 |
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I don't look down on omnivores... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-09-11 12:26 PM |
#153 |
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I marvel at people who think I can wave a magic fucking wand |
Joe Fields |
Feb-09-11 02:38 PM |
#155 |
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My sermon... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-09-11 03:01 PM |
#156 |
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You answered nothing. I was looking for a solution from the other side. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-10-11 12:50 AM |
#160 |
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As I said... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-10-11 01:24 AM |
#163 |
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That is not what you directed to me originally. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-10-11 03:07 PM |
#166 |
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Excuse me? |
WillParkinson |
Feb-10-11 04:46 PM |
#167 |
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go suck a vegan hot dog then. next smart ass remark, please. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Feb-08-11 04:47 PM |
#135 |
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Sport or fun may not be the proper words. One way or another |
david13 |
Feb-06-11 05:34 PM |
#71 |
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There are primal urges that we can choose not to follow. |
HERVEPA |
Feb-07-11 09:52 AM |
#92 |
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Uh, yeah, I know. I didn't say I was a hunter, did I? dc |
david13 |
Feb-07-11 09:28 PM |
#115 |
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I didn't say you were. |
HERVEPA |
Feb-08-11 04:53 PM |
#136 |
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Are you telling us that you have claimed the moral high ground? |
Joe Fields |
Feb-08-11 01:15 AM |
#128 |
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OK |
HERVEPA |
Feb-08-11 04:54 PM |
#137 |
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You must think you are really special. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-10-11 12:51 AM |
#161 |
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People have hunted for 2 million years, so of course people find it enjoyable. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-09-11 11:47 PM |
#159 |
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I hate the thought but I understand the need. |
Sky Masterson |
Feb-06-11 03:57 PM |
#65 |
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You DON'T hunt that for sport... |
jmowreader |
Feb-06-11 04:07 PM |
#67 |
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Informative posting from Cornell University: |
triguy46 |
Feb-06-11 07:34 PM |
#81 |
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Much More Humane |
On the Road |
Feb-06-11 11:38 PM |
# |
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Much More Humane |
On the Road |
Feb-06-11 11:38 PM |
#84 |
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Been asking myself that question for a long time. It is "fun" to some. To most? I wonder. nt |
Skip Intro |
Feb-07-11 12:38 AM |
#86 |
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It's only a sport if |
Mad_Dem_X |
Feb-07-11 02:40 PM |
#98 |
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If you live in the city, it's hard to understand, unless you have an open mind. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-07-11 02:44 PM |
#100 |
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I don't hunt |
Kali |
Feb-07-11 03:01 PM |
#101 |
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Imagine it's more than 18 inches away... |
Deep13 |
Feb-07-11 03:09 PM |
#104 |
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On the friends topic |
RandomThoughts |
Feb-07-11 05:15 PM |
#113 |
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Head on fire? |
Deep13 |
Feb-07-11 10:04 PM |
#117 |
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Yup. You don't |
Enthusiast |
Feb-07-11 03:36 PM |
#109 |
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I think it's built into the DNA. I don't hunt, but understand the folks who |
Old Troop |
Feb-07-11 07:52 PM |
#114 |
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it's what cowards do |
Skittles |
Feb-07-11 10:02 PM |
#116 |
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Would you call Native Americans cowards? |
Kaleva |
Feb-07-11 11:19 PM |
#122 |
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anyone who kills for FUN is a COWARD - END OF STORY |
Skittles |
Feb-07-11 11:45 PM |
#123 |
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I' ll take that as a Yes to my question. |
Kaleva |
Feb-08-11 12:00 AM |
#124 |
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done |
Skittles |
Feb-08-11 12:05 AM |
#125 |
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So, sport fishermen are cowards? |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-08-11 06:53 PM |
#146 |
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have you ever in your life eaten meat? |
Joe Fields |
Feb-08-11 01:17 AM |
#129 |
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When deer populations get out of control, I fully support allowing hunting |
NuclearDem |
Feb-08-11 01:01 AM |
#126 |
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If you're starving, then it's fine to hunt... |
WillParkinson |
Feb-08-11 09:14 PM |
#148 |
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Had some deer meat this evening |
Inchworm |
Feb-08-11 03:01 AM |
#132 |
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Hunting sucks. |
Highway61 |
Feb-08-11 06:56 AM |
#134 |
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Dear Skinner, EarlG, & Mods: The Lounge??!!! Really???? |
OmahaBlueDog |
Feb-08-11 05:06 PM |
#138 |
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I hadn't seen this until it was moved. |
HuckleB |
Feb-08-11 05:54 PM |
#142 |
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Absolutely adorable... I'll tell you how I hunt for what you call "Fun" or "Sport"... |
Glassunion |
Feb-08-11 06:38 PM |
#143 |
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I fully understand the hunting for need argument. |
panader0 |
Feb-08-11 08:11 PM |
#147 |
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On the topic of where is the good |
RandomThoughts |
Feb-08-11 09:30 PM |
#151 |
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All hunters are Neanderthals |
OwnedByFerrets |
Feb-09-11 01:50 PM |
#154 |
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I'm not surprised you said that, since ferrets own you. |
Joe Fields |
Feb-10-11 12:53 AM |
#162 |
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We like to play God when it comes to animals |
Kaleva |
Feb-10-11 01:30 AM |
#164 |
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I don't know, but I do know that it's fun to eat meat |
Hippo_Tron |
Feb-10-11 01:53 AM |
#165 |
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