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kamimatsu

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In response to blip #107514

CCoyote said:
Absolutely agreed. It's very hard for me to dredge up respect for anybody who kills for fun. They can rationalize all day about how their blood-soaked passtime brings thousands of dollars to poor villages, but I don't buy it. It's an excuse to take the edge off a spoiled person's gross selfishness.

what about the ultimate irony of having the prey be another hunter who kills for sport, and vice versa? of course, those who hunt for food would be exempt, especially if they are respectful to their food (using every part, making sure it's quick, etc.) it is, after all, important to respect the one who feeds you, and that still holds true if the one that feeds you is a wild animal

Lance Armstrong

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TheHuskyK9 said:
Tried that new grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell. Tasted good but was feeling a bit nauseous afterwards. I don’t think I’ll trying it again. The chicken quesarito is still my fav tho

Everything at Taco Bell is made of the same 10 or so ingredients so nothing can be too much worse.

Just give me a bowl of melted cheese fam.

French Fried

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You know how in movies, when someone reads a letter, you can hear the voice of the person who wrote the letter reading it?

That happens to me when I read menus

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    user 272767

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    In response to blip #107509

    Sharp_Coyote said:
    Or better yet (and more $$), take a helicopter into a stocked, or at least prepared and controlled, sanctuar...erm...environment.

    The dangers and effort are minimized, for maximum killing enjoyment. Kinda like glamping in a well-stocked RV.

    Obviously, this kind of trek is for the wealthy degenerate; take away the $$ forked over, and I'd say that most 'normal' people who trophy hunt are actually sustenance hunting, while also keeping mementos. If not, back to me calling it poaching.

    Absolutely agreed. It's very hard for me to dredge up respect for anybody who kills for fun. They can rationalize all day about how their blood-soaked passtime brings thousands of dollars to poor villages, but I don't buy it. It's an excuse to take the edge off a spoiled person's gross selfishness.

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    TheHuskyK9

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    Tried that new grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell. Tasted good but was feeling a bit nauseous afterwards. I don’t think I’ll trying it again. The chicken quesarito is still my fav tho

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    coyotebear

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    In response to blip #107505

    CCoyote said:
    They ride a jeep into the bush with a high-powered rifle to shoot an animal at a distance where it has no chance whatsoever of either defending or fleeing. They take guides with them, so they don't really have to do the strategy for themselves...

    Or better yet (and more $$), take a helicopter into a stocked, or at least prepared and controlled, sanctuar...erm...environment.

    The dangers and effort are minimized, for maximum killing enjoyment. Kinda like glamping in a well-stocked RV.

    Obviously, this kind of trek is for the wealthy degenerate; take away the $$ forked over, and I'd say that most 'normal' people who trophy hunt are actually sustenance hunting, while also keeping mementos. If not, back to me calling it poaching.

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    user 272767

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    In response to blip #107502

    French_Fried said:
    @CCoyote: elements of strategy, competition, and physical/mental endurance

    They ride a jeep into the bush with a high-powered rifle to shoot an animal at a distance where it has no chance whatsoever of either defending or fleeing. They take guides with them, so they don't really have to do the strategy for themselves. What competition; with other hunters?

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    coyotebear

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    French_Fried said:
    @Sharp_Coyote:
    That being said Trophy Hunting is a valid sport as well

    We've been catching and killing things to eat since, well, forever, yet it seems to me that the primary difference between trophy hunting and poaching (be it rhino horns, or bear gall bladders, or what have you) is that the hunter usually pays someone (oft governments) large sums for the privilege of killing a thing, legally, simply for the act of killing it.

    Trophy hunting may be considered a sport, it just does not seem particularly ... sporting.

    Epantsimator

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    @Sebastian_Viccar Let it never be said your work was in vain. You're the hero we need, but not the one we deserve.

    IguanasAreCool

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    In response to blip #107476

    Sharp_Coyote said:
    The biggest question always seems to be hunting for sustenance (as in learning to skin and process an animal for food)

    vs trophy hunting

    (where almost every single person in the world, minus trophy hunters, agrees that trophy hunting sucks)

    It would be for food, the hide for leather. Skull and antlers I guess would be a nice wall decoration, if the antlers aren't used to make things, such as dog toys, and or handles for various things. Use as much of the animal as possible, nothing wasted.

    coyotebear

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    IguanasAreCool said:
    Hmmm... I may have developed an interest in hunting. Always enjoyed outdoor activities. I've never hunted before outside of fishing though. Something to research I guess.

    The biggest question always seems to be hunting for sustenance (as in learning to skin and process an animal for food)

    vs trophy hunting

    (where almost every single person in the world, minus trophy hunters, agrees that trophy hunting sucks)

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