Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
I am aware of that. Why not in this country? Why not all meat? The same mixed morality that vegetarians are supposed to have? Fancy a Human Burger?
What can one shoot?
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Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
So I read. My question is "by choice?"It has happened in many parts of the world including Scotland!
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MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
Moss m8, have a word with some of the farmers you pass in the mornings, i reckon if you approach properly and ask nicely they'll give you permission to shoot on their land.
now if your running a decent rifle anywhere from about 10-11.9ft lbs you should be good for rabbits, tree rats (greys only) and other vermin, mags, pigeon and rats. the cotton tails and tree rats are quite edible as is the pigeon
get yourself over to some air rifle forums and have an ask on there and they'll have all the info you need, pigeonwatch is a good one
also, i understand many people see the taking of any life to be abhorrent, i respect this view, i just have a different one.
remember people, meat is murder....tasty, tasty murder..
pete
thanks MelonF; one of the farmers I meet from time to time is my dad, on the farm where I grew up.
As it happens I have no desire to shoot anything.
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I had some Korean meatballs the other night.
They really are the dogs' bollox.
I don't think that any of us are in a position to pontificate about the source of animal protein. I'd happily give dog and cat a go.
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
- Location
- Llangollen
I know a guy who eats all the squirrels he shoots.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I know people who inject crack cocaine. They are a-holes as well!
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
- Location
- Llangollen
I'm not totally convinced that all meat eaters are on exactly the same moral plane as crackheads.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
My point is that because somebody does something it does not make it morally right.
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
Seriously i wish i lived on the same holier than thou plane as you. it must be nice to think you dont have to respect people because they dont share the same view as you.
Oh and the irony of calling people a-holes when
frankly you're acting like one.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
This in a thread entitled "What can one shoot". I would be far happier if it had been entitled "Can I shoot xyz?" The eating of meat has gone OT anyway. The argument was about the perceived pleasure in the act of shooting another creature.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
As a meat eater I'd also say any animal/meat is fair game for consumption (assuming it's suitably abundant). Society has deciced along some semi-arbitary lines what we deem as eatable and not eatable, what's vermin and what's not and what are weeds and what are not.
Personally I think cats are vermin kept by people.
Personally I think cats are vermin kept by people.
Last night a mouse scuttled along the factory floor,it was a beautiful thing. It sat under a box washing its face, it had just come out of the works toilets, i dont blame it ,it like a pig sty in there some of the people are filthy beings.
The last few years every so often a bird of prey makes an appearance on my ride, its a beautiful thing gliding around the valley then i ride back into civilisation with the litter strewn in the gutter ,people there are some disgusting ones.
I drove home from work this morning, there was a family of rabbits playing on the roundabout and the bit of road that cars were not using, that made me laugh.
I watched a big snake swim up a stream one night in Australia about 7 feet long ,that was special.
I sat patiently at the end of a jetty once till dusk and then it appeared a salty croc came to check me out,he lay there floating with a glint in his eyes, that was special.
I walked the coastal path in Devon one late evening there sat 3 seals, that was a sight.
A grass snake appeared once whilst camping skittled straight across my path out of the bracken ,that was very lucky to see one of them.
Photograph a insect or butterfly and look at its detail, it is amazing.
Live and let live, i believe in reincarnation one day i might be that mouse.
Respect wild life and it will show itself.
The last few years every so often a bird of prey makes an appearance on my ride, its a beautiful thing gliding around the valley then i ride back into civilisation with the litter strewn in the gutter ,people there are some disgusting ones.
I drove home from work this morning, there was a family of rabbits playing on the roundabout and the bit of road that cars were not using, that made me laugh.
I watched a big snake swim up a stream one night in Australia about 7 feet long ,that was special.
I sat patiently at the end of a jetty once till dusk and then it appeared a salty croc came to check me out,he lay there floating with a glint in his eyes, that was special.
I walked the coastal path in Devon one late evening there sat 3 seals, that was a sight.
A grass snake appeared once whilst camping skittled straight across my path out of the bracken ,that was very lucky to see one of them.
Photograph a insect or butterfly and look at its detail, it is amazing.
Live and let live, i believe in reincarnation one day i might be that mouse.
Respect wild life and it will show itself.
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MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I made it perfectly clear in the post that I was asking can magpies, specifically, be shot. I did not make any suggestion that it was for pleasure - I did explain that it was because the magpies were being perceived as a pest.
My question was one of the law.
My question was answered.
It was you who inflamed the debate by choosing to call my post repugnant and choosing to argue based on the title not the substance.
Discounting the "repugnant" comments, it was interesting following the debate even after my question had been answered but I lost all respect for it after the a-hole comment .
