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Its so much more than just 'killing'. Nobody would enjoy euthanizing a injured farm animal or something like that. I enjoy stalking, the field craft, the skill of making a good shot, and enjoy looking at a wild animal, being able to seeing its beauty up close. Taking it home and eating it. Shooting is great fun! No need to feel guilty.
If you eat meat do you feel guilty for enjoying a burger? Because you helped kill that animal.
Last edited by JoshS; 22-06-2012 at 16:25.
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Not sure what you are getting at here Ron, please elaborate.Originally Posted by RonW
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Hi all,
I havn't posted in a long time, but what a cracker of a thread. I have hunted and shot from 11 years old. My preffered tool is a close run thing between holly the dog and lamp or the air riffle. As Stratts will very well know, if you can hunt a rabbit in day light with an air rifle your fieldcraft skills are pretty hot.
When taking a wild animal with dog or gun, it is really quite different to rearing your own chicken or lamb and then dispatching it for the freezer.
What are your feelings on rearing one for the pot?
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Mark
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Maybe we should have separate sections for pro hunt and anti hunt. Perhaps call it countrymen and townies. Haha.
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Hounds are the most highly trained and the leading hound will dispatch the `prey` with a bite to the back of the neck, despite what the anti-hunting brigade would have you believe.
If you dont think they are highly trained then gather up 30 dogs and take them out for a walk with no leads.
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Seeing a rapid mk1 being put to use gave me a huge grin... Superb rifles
BBQ rabbit, now that does sound good!
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Probably the most idiotic thing I have read on this forum, and a good way to stereotype and ensure that future knowledge on the topic is subject to bias.
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Nice mate, I bet the farmer was chuffed :-)
Last edited by NetFrog; 23-06-2012 at 18:47.
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Haha, scolded on a forum!
It always has been subject to bias, please tell me more about how the antis would dearly love to rub shoulders with the pros and how they all want to get along.
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"You can't do both son."
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Sammy was out on the bunny's today, not to shabby as he's 18+
Sam with rabbit2.jpg
Sam with rabbit.jpg
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Politicians urinate on us and the media tell us it's raining.
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But did he bring it back to you or eat it himself?
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He did fetch it home, but the wife chased him out was lucky to get the photo
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Politicians urinate on us and the media tell us it's raining.
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I don't hunt with a pack for foxes - never have done, never will do. (prefer motorbikes to horses!) But to hear some of the ill-informed rubbish the antis come up with does make me wince!
Is it a sport or vermin control? to those in the Hunt, its a sport - no real argument there. Is it cruel? By Natures standards, its incredibly humane - the fox is either killed almost immediately or gets away scot-free. The carcase might be torn apart, but its a dead carcase within a couple of seconds of the first dog arriving. You want to see real cruelty (if you athropomorphise Nature..) watch a pack of dhole, or wolves, or hyenas - eating a prey animals guts whilst its still alive.
What is beyond doubt is the good the hunts do to the countryside. Apart from weeding out the weaker foxes, thereby improving the species, they maintain the countryside to ensure themselves good hunting. That means funding farmers to maintain spinneys and copses, hedges etc etc. which would otherwise be cut and ploughed under, and pump a huge amount of money into the regions, with the spin-offs in jobs and infrastructure.
Taking a "moral" stand against hunting I can understand. Failing to understand the issues yet still going on about "post toffs on horses torturing our furry friends" I can't.
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That's one of the best posts I've read on the subject of hunting for a long time Andy, I couldn't agree more mate! Pity the politicians don't see it the same way and change the law back like they said they would if they got power!!
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Looks like a great couple of hours. I am an avid shooter and I have been doing it since I was little with my father. I am trying to pass the same knowledge and respect for nature onto my step-son and I believe that there is nothing wrong with hunting/killing animals for food and for species control.
Nice work
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Absolutely right Sir, if they had actually done so, our law abiding sportsman/women would be competing in the shooting sports in the impending summer games instead of watching other countries enjoying their sporting freedom.
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