Drago
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But that is exactly what I am talking about.
You kill a moose and put it in your truck to take to an abattoir, maybe wrap it in a plastic sheet to avoid making a mess
OR
You drape its head over the cab and let it bleed all over the cab.
Why would anyone choose the second option which is obviously a display of the kill?
I grew up with a family of shot gun owners and had my first gun at ten. I was always told by my bampi(grandad) that you eat what you shoot.
Um, not really. Australians would never think of doing something like the (thankfully) failed badger cull to one of it's native species, or to treat a previously believed extinct species - beaver - that miraculously reappeared as an environmental hazard.shall we just leave Aus, that's just a different case where every moving thing must be dead in the out back!
You said you can't afford to shoot them. Other people do pay to shoot them. They do shoot them for sport and fun and the perceived social benefits, otherwise they'd just nip down the butchers and save on the whole palaver like buying a chicken.2) ALL pheasant's, wood cock's etc etc shot on the organised pheasant shoots where birds have been raised for shooting is eaten. it does not get shot for sport and the fun of it and then slung on the dung heap at the end of the day
Driving a blood spattered truck into Montreal after a boozy week end and tracking an animal for months may not be quite the same scenario HovR although the macho buzz might be the same.
I assume you flagged these chaps down and chatted with them about their hunt? Otherwise we're just jumping to conclusions.
Whilst I'm sure that (by sheer luck) people have shot large game on a "boozy weekend", it by no means represents the majority of hunters. Have you ever tried packing a 1000lb animal out of the forest and into a truck whilst drunk, or better yet hungover? Neither have I, but I can safely assume it wouldn't be a fun or easy task.
I saw a guy on a bike run a red light once, but that is by no means my view of all cyclists.
I think you are extrapolating my friend. I am offering my reaction to something I witnessed which had a hint of blood lust, I am not making a judgement about everyone who hunts animals for whatever reason. If you read my post again you will see that I am making a distinction between types of gun owners but doubt the sincerity of some who justify theirs on the basis of a hunters validity when they behave as these characters do.
I assume you flagged these chaps down and chatted with them about their hunt? Otherwise we're just jumping to conclusions.
Whilst I'm sure that (by sheer luck) people have shot large game on a "boozy weekend", it by no means represents the majority of hunters. Have you ever tried packing a 1000lb animal out of the forest and into a truck whilst drunk, or better yet hungover? Neither have I, but I can safely assume it wouldn't be a fun or easy task.
I saw a guy on a bike run a red light once, but that is by no means my view of all cyclists.
many people wouldn't and won't understand and that doesn't surprise me, but for many people who own land rovers or any pickup that is a hard working vehicle they kind of enjoy getting it covered it mud, blood and what ever else they can. chucking a moose over the cab and driving 20 miles home sounds like fun to us!But that is exactly what I am talking about.
You kill a moose and put it in your truck to take to an abattoir, maybe wrap it in a plastic sheet to avoid making a mess
OR
You drape its head over the cab and let it bleed all over the cab.
Why would anyone choose the second option which is obviously a display of the kill?
I say i can't afford to do the actual shooting on these shoots, you pay £1,000 at the start of the year which covers stuff like the peasant feed and fencing etc and then you pay £20 per day you shoot, this pays us beaters (that walk through the woods or game cover scaring the birds up to the guns) and those who are there purely to pickup the dead pheasants with dogs.You said you can't afford to shoot them. Other people do pay to shoot them. They do shoot them for sport and fun and the perceived social benefits, otherwise they'd just nip down the butchers and save on the whole palaver like buying a chicken.