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So after so so many pro and anti gun threads I though I'd see how many here actually use their guns for a tasty reason.

I personally hunt. Both small and large game. I also think that anyone that eats meat should at least once in their life do the same. When you actually are the one to take an animals life and then clean and butcher it, it really does change you.

And not in a bad way I might add. I personally think too many people are divorced from what they eat. Meat means killing another living being. This isn't wrong. But its so much easier to pick up a package in the store than actually deal with the situation.

Anyways:

Deer: .308 single-shot rifle, and my baby, my grandfathers Ithaca '37 Deerslayer
Rabbit/Squirrel: 20 guage break action/ .410 guage sometimes for squirrel
Turkey: Full gauge choke Mossberg 500

Anybody else here use their guns for something besides target/ people?

(not trying to start a fight AT ALL but that is what concealed carry/ home defense is for)

No i do not hunt. Its an ethical thing. I feel horrible accidently killing a racoon with my jeep, I couldnt live if i killed Bambi's mom.
Quite Frankly i do not understand why, if you do not need to hunt for a living, why you feel the need to kill another animal.
But that i just me, if it floats your boat, more power to ya.

Are you a vegetarian?

No, And yes I know It's hypocritical, but I just see myself killing and animal myself for food.

You do realize to eat an animal that someone had to kill it yes? This is why I think more people SHOULD hunt. After you see an animal for what it really is it does change you. Mass produced meat can become very unpalatable when you realize how its made.

I know, but i didn't have to kill the animal myself.

I hunt large game and varmit (coyotes)

.243 is my muley gun and I'm going to be building a .308 next year for everything else. The .243 does double duty for 'yotes. Occasionally go out after rabbits but I let the foxes handle that population problem for the most part. Few things are as tasty as a fresh deer steak.

Never done fowl though I'd like to try some time.

My dream "tag" is to receive a mountain lion tag in the state "lotto" some year. I have a great respect for mountain lions and hunting them is fairly dangerous, it's quite easy for the hunter to become the hunted and such a challenge would be awesome.

I used to hunt coyotes but I stopped. It was too easy. Deer are too easy too in my mind, but my friend is getting me into archery so.

I also live in NY while I know you dont so things are different.

And hotsauceman thats my whole point. And this is just my opinion but when you actually have to take the animal your gonna eat it really does alter your view. In a good way. Animals are animals not commodities. Thats why I think more people should hunt. Its part of the reason I have such a problem with PETA.

But I'll throw up an example I know well. White-Tail Deer in the NorthEast. They are in record numbers that could never have survived in the natural world. WE have artificially increased their numbers to point where a large number either get shot by hunters or starve to death. You tell me what you think is more humane.


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And KM fowl is fething great. At least when your going after pheasants or the like. I still do duck because there are way to many and their way too delicious but its not hard at all lol.

The deer and yotes here are fairly smart, but I do yote hunting as community service, I know there's a population issue with those puppies every where but damn it's bad out here. Keeps my shooting and tracking sharp and keeps the population down, can even earn me some money if I travel out onto the plains and plink at a ranch.

That reminds me my friend wants to take me hunting for "speed goat" or antelope as most people call it out here.

Hunting's pretty important just for conservation, we killed off all the other mainline predators in record numbers, as the apex predator and an intelligent species taking our share of the herd in a balanced and intelligent manner is just our place as stewards of nature. It doesn't hurt that the benefits of being a steward of nature tastes great with some BBQ sauce.

I do not hunt dakka, no.

I am a modern civilised human. My hunting ground is the local market. Besides, much of our native wildlife is still here for a particular reason. It tastes horrible.

Sure, Kangaroo, croc and Emu are tasty when prepared right. But wombat, koala and quokka just taste nasty.
Koala being an indigenous word for "tastes like crap".

I do not burn meat over an open fire (this I leave to my less-evolved knuckle-dragging caveman forebears) - I have a well provisioned kitchen (indoors) that is comfortable and airconditioned and free of flying bugs.

I don't hunt because I don't have a car or a gun or a place the hunt or a licence or someone to hunt with or the will to sit in a tree for hours or the will to tug the skin off of a frozen deer all by myself or the equipment to process the deer myself (no way am I letting someone else do it) or the time.

I wouldn't mind going hunting if the above reasons were rectified cause I fething love venison.

I would prefer to only hunt what I plan to eat. However I could see hunting coyotes if they are a major problem in an area and the population needs to be kept in check.

I wouldn't go hunting just for the sport of hunting. I don't give a damn about antler size and don't care to associate with people who do.

I've been "hunted" Its not fun.

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I don't hunt because I don't have a car or a gun or a place the hunt or a licence or someone to hunt

Pretty much this.

 chromedog wrote:
I do not hunt dakka, no.

I am a modern civilised human. My hunting ground is the local market. Besides, much of our native wildlife is still here for a particular reason. It tastes horrible.

Sure, Kangaroo, croc and Emu are tasty when prepared right. But wombat, koala and quokka just taste nasty.
Koala being an indigenous word for "tastes like crap".

I do not burn meat over an open fire (this I leave to my less-evolved knuckle-dragging caveman forebears) - I have a well provisioned kitchen (indoors) that is comfortable and airconditioned and free of flying bugs.

In short you don't hunt, but you hire "assassins" to do it for you

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I don't hunt because I don't have a car or a gun or a place the hunt or a licence or someone to hunt

Pretty much this.

I'm working on the last one, made a down payment on a tropical island and everything.

The island of Dr Moreau?

 Jihadin wrote:
The island of Dr Moreau?

The Most Dangerious Game

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
The deer and yotes here are fairly smart, but I do yote hunting as community service, I know there's a population issue with those puppies every where but damn it's bad out here. Keeps my shooting and tracking sharp and keeps the population down, can even earn me some money if I travel out onto the plains and plink at a ranch.

That reminds me my friend wants to take me hunting for "speed goat" or antelope as most people call it out here.

Hunting's pretty important just for conservation, we killed off all the other mainline predators in record numbers, as the apex predator and an intelligent species taking our share of the herd in a balanced and intelligent manner is just our place as stewards of nature. It doesn't hurt that the benefits of being a steward of nature tastes great with some BBQ sauce.

Do they have a bounty where you're at?

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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
The deer and yotes here are fairly smart, but I do yote hunting as community service, I know there's a population issue with those puppies every where but damn it's bad out here. Keeps my shooting and tracking sharp and keeps the population down, can even earn me some money if I travel out onto the plains and plink at a ranch.

That reminds me my friend wants to take me hunting for "speed goat" or antelope as most people call it out here.

Hunting's pretty important just for conservation, we killed off all the other mainline predators in record numbers, as the apex predator and an intelligent species taking our share of the herd in a balanced and intelligent manner is just our place as stewards of nature. It doesn't hurt that the benefits of being a steward of nature tastes great with some BBQ sauce.

Do they have a bounty where you're at?

I imagine the owner of the ranch might be willing to throw you a few bucks/beers for every one you kill.

Gone pheasant shooting a few times, but I wouldn't say I regularly hunt, no.

I have as of yet, only been the benefactor of hunters... My uncle regularly takes an elk or deer, and we have that at thanksgiving (along with turkey, ham, roast beef, and brats)

Another family friend goes for black bear every so often, and thats some good eatin's for sure.

I have however, gone salmon fishing a long time ago, and a fish that is "minutes out of the water" fresh, is the best damn fish I've ever had in my life.

Best pheasant, hunting I ever had was when I lived in Iowa.
Ain't nothing like Pheasant that's been living off corn all its life.

Took out a rabbit once with my Nissan 2.5D* . That count ?

*- The D stands for "Donkey" ...

There was also good frog hunting there. An early morning's bird hunt and a couple hours spent bagging some frogs in the afternoon along with getting a sackful of sponge mushrooms out of the woods made for a supper to remember.

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I don't hunt because I don't have a car or a gun or a place the hunt or a licence or someone to hunt with or the will to sit in a tree for hours or the will to tug the skin off of a frozen deer all by myself or the equipment to process the deer myself (no way am I letting someone else do it) or the time.

This isn't directly fully at you. But you and our Australian/ New Zealander/ European members do realize that there are other ways to hunt besides with a gun right? Archery and trapping both spring to mind right off the bat. But Im also not naive to enough to think that there might be different laws governing these things. And by no means MasterFett do you need to sit in a stand to hunt. In fact a lot of hunters do in fact look down on that because its very easy.

I bring it up more for our American followers. I've noticed that a hell of a lot are anti-gun. Also a lot are pro-gun. Both sides seem to be not talking about useful guns at least in the sense of hunting. Handguns aren't hunting guns. They're human guns. Ive also noticed that very few are vocally at least vegetarian. I bring this up because why are people so keen to eat an animal, to but so afraid to see how its done?

And I dont think that everyone needs to kill an animal to be able to eat it. But I do think that everyone that is going to eat an animal should be able to at least witness and be comfortable as to how its done. I say this as someone that ate a lot of processed meat until I started hunting. And I'll admit I have really gotten into the local food sustainable call it hippy viewpoint. And I really do think more people should hunt. At least where I live in the US white-tail deer are a problem. We as humans disrupted the natural balance where now they have an abundance of food and a huge dearth of natural predators. They population isnt going through natural selection they starve to death.

So even if you don't hunt but still eat meat I'd love to see your reasonings.

So if your willing to eat meat why are you against seeing how its made?


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 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I have as of yet, only been the benefactor of hunters... My uncle regularly takes an elk or deer, and we have that at thanksgiving (along with turkey, ham, roast beef, and brats)

Another family friend goes for black bear every so often, and thats some good eatin's for sure.

I have however, gone salmon fishing a long time ago, and a fish that is "minutes out of the water" fresh, is the best damn fish I've ever had in my life.

No offense but you are the first person Ive ever heard of saying bears are good meat. People eat it without a doubt. But it spoils within hours and I really think its more about taking an animal that can take you. Depending on where you live in the US of course. West coast is very different from East coast when it comes to bears.

I don't feel the need to hunt simply because I don't need the meat for my table, which I see as the only reason to do so. If I want to do something 'for sport', it'll involve a ball, or being part of a team.

If the time ever comes that I need to drop a deer or some rabbits to feed my family, then things will be very different, and I won't hesitate. I won't see any honor in it though, because I don't see any glory to be had in proving myself smarter than a friggin' deer. For me, it would be a task, just like cutting firewood to burn.

And if it wasn't for laws(or in a time where the laws didn't matter), if i was simply in need of the meat, I would sure as hell bait that deer in, and then pop it from a tree blind with a single .22 to the forehead, which I know from having farm with goats will absolutely drop a deer in a heartbeat, and put none of the useable meat at risk.

Never been hunting but it is more of a function of environment (not really a hunting family) and time then any problem with hunting itself. I have no problems with hunting, and most hunters I know tend to be more ecologically minded then the people I have met that protest it. I would add the caveat that I don't like trophy hunting. If you are going to hunt, you should at least respect the creature enough to make some delicious stew out of it.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
No, And yes I know It's hypocritical, but I just see myself killing and animal myself for food.

For me that is the only requirement for me to hunt. I could never hunt just to have a head to mount on the wall. If I kill eat, I eat it. No killing deer and hog for sport, if it dies it will be used.

I don't hunt, but my family does raise its own animals. Turkeys and Chickens, and we used to do pigs. We did a cow once, but the last 2 weeks of him deciding to walk through every fence we had made us not do it again. Of course he was darn tasty

 AegisGrimm wrote:
I don't feel the need to hunt simply because I don't need the meat for my table, which I see as the only reason to do so. If I want to do something 'for sport', it'll involve a ball, or being part of a team.

If the time ever comes that I need to drop a deer or some rabbits to feed my family, then things will be very different, and I won't hesitate. I won't see any honor in it though, because I don't see any glory to be had in proving myself smarter than a friggin' deer. For me, it would be a task, just like cutting firewood to burn.

And if it wasn't for laws(or in a time where the laws didn't matter), if i was simply in need of the meat, I would sure as hell bait that deer in, and then pop it from a tree blind with a single .22 to the forehead.

Dont take this the wrong way but I can tell from your post you've never hunted let alone deer.

Its not just about putting meat on your plate. Its about bringing the natural order of things back to where they used to be. Its about realizing that when you eat meat an animal died. If its beef chicken veal or pork they died in a much more horrible way then a deer in the forest.

Do you feel honor bringing home ground beef from the supermarket?

Its this type of sentiment that scares me. We'll eat meat till were fat when its shipped in from TX, but to kill your own? Oh thats barbaric.

And Im not trying to single you out Aegis. Im really trying to see another American on this board give me a legitimate reason if they're not vegetarian (which I respect fully) why they have something against hunting. You eat meat? You should see where it comes from.




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Thank you Ahtman I exalted you. Very well put why you dont hunt.