Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 7735960)

You eat the female and you mount the male (if you can afford it!) if not you keep the antlers.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7735964)

You know there are times that I'm really happy for that prostate surgery. ;):rofl::rofl:

This would be one of them.;)

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7735957)

I have a very good friend who hunts deer annually, he hunts alone no alcohol fuelled mayhem for him.

I am the grateful recipient of what is left in his freezer from the previous year.:)

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 7735960)

Sorry if I get you wrong here Fled but I think you have contradicted yourself.

If it weren't for the culling aspect an just for the out and out lets go gun em down aspect, then there would be NO tags.

The tags are limited, so it limits the amount of animals that are killed - or culled.

So if there are 11 x more hunters want a moose than there are tags issued surely that shows that the relevant authorities that issue the tags, are keeping numbers to how many they want killed.

And you can't just go and shoot any old moose either, you may be issued a cow or a bull tag depending on what you apply for and are drawn for.

You eat the female and you mount the male (if you can afford it!) if not you keep the antlers.

I can completely see how it would appall some people and i'll reinstate tht I don't believe anyone is right or wrong.

Just wanted opinions.

Originally Posted by Posidrive (Post 7735932)

Not quite right. The full sequence should be:

Remove Brain. Load chamber. Aim. Pull trigger. If aim is good, bullet hits target. :p

Originally Posted by CaptainHook (Post 7736183)

Nope. Removing your brain would kill you. Can't do any of the other stuff if you're dead. :p:p

Originally Posted by MikeUK (Post 7735119)

But it is the key critical part which separates hunting from other outdoor pursuits

and it the one part hunters spend a great deal of time glossing over, by talking about how they care about the animals, its more humane than farming, how they care about the environment, that its really a social pastime... (Which I find fascinating and also insightful too)

When deep down they know they are just one small step above the sick child that killed his pet for pleasure.

The fact they do it in a social environment allows them to share/deny the collective guilt of giving into to their more primitive urges towards violence against the defenseless

Originally Posted by Lord Vader (Post 7736284)

However you seem think that you are able to judge people of different ages, sex, income levels, education and nationality that spend 1 or 2 days a year hunting as being either blood thirsty, macho, suffering penis envy (ladies included) or just plain stupid. You and a couple others have a misinformed stereotypical image programmed in your head.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7737126)

It's not a misinformed stereotypical image, most hunters (with gun or bow) are white males of limited education. It is a redneck pastime.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7737162)

But of course we sophisticated urbanites, do so love to look down on Rednecks. ;)

Originally Posted by Lord Vader (Post 7736284)

Wow, you are the epitome of ignorance on this subject. You have probably never hunted and likely don't know anyone that does. However you seem think that you are able to judge people of different ages, sex, income levels, education and nationality that spend 1 or 2 days a year hunting as being either blood thirsty, macho, suffering penis envy (ladies included) or just plain stupid. You and a couple others have a misinformed stereotypical image programmed in your head.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7737162)

But of course we sophisticated urbanites, do so love to look down on Rednecks. ;)

Originally Posted by Essex_Man (Post 7737888)

I prefer Canadian red neck to chavs. They don't want to smash ya face when you walk by them or happen to glance at them. They are also polite and friendly and will even open a door...Give me red neck any day over chav's skins mods....I'm generalizing of course. but still.... ;)

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7737162)

But of course we sophisticated urbanites, do so love to look down on Rednecks. ;)

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7737190)

I'd certainly prefer to look down upon them from afar then dress up in costume and spend days in the bush bonding with them.

Originally Posted by Essex_Man (Post 7737888)

I prefer Canadian red neck to chavs. They don't want to smash ya face when you walk by them or happen to glance at them. They are also polite and friendly and will even open a door...Give me red neck any day over chav's skins mods....I'm generalizing of course. but still.... ;)

Originally Posted by newshoney (Post 7746129)

oo er... an uncomfortable truth. We love to look down on them and titter over their primitive uncivilised habits. Makes us feel darned good. Until the moment when disaster strikes (natural or man-made) and then we (I) will be eternally grateful for those people with the skills to help us survive.