re: Trophy hunting douchebags

Obviously opinions vary on what type of hunting is ethical. Most of the hunting I have done involves consumption of the game I kill but from time-to-time I have done some predator hunting and fur-bearer hunting as well which does not involve eating the animal.

And then you have arguments as to what is considered "sporting" entering the debate as well and the line drawing becomes difficult. I suppose a lot of it depends on the individual.

I do think pen hunting of tame animals is wrong and these videos and story are revolting to me. LINK. An apology was subsequently given. LINK

as I said you have to draw a line somewhere.

Edit: I think you may be on to something here--a new ad campaign like Click it or Ticket.

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What in the actual frick is a person shooting a Giraffe for? They are huge and what are you going to do?

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Take pictures of it and try to convince your brainless trust fund baby friends what a man it took to shoot a slow defenseless giraffe with a rifle and scope.

FYI.........every ounce of meat is eaten from the animals killed on those trips. The first time I taped an elephant kill for television, we had followed this bull for several miles on foot. Once the kill was made, we had to backtrack to get the jeep.

When we returned, the native trackers were no where to be found. We were beginning to get worried when someone heard noises coming from inside the dead elephant.

The trackers had already cut their way into the arse of the elephant and were getting ready to "jerk" the entrails. They spend the next two days, removing every bit of that bull and returning it to their village.

One of the trackers said it would help feed their village for several weeks. Don't fall for that BS that these animals are killed, skinned and left for the buzzards. It's simply not true

For the record, Horse is actually pretty tasty.

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I have to agree with OP. I'm all about killing animals for consumption or population control, but to kill them just for the sake of killing them is bullshite.

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Some of these hunts donate the meat to local tribes and shite like that -- but even so, I hate that they pose with the animals.

That picture is disgusting. Hunting is an overrated sport imo, and I've done a little deer hunting in my day. If a 6 year old can kill a deer as easily as I can, it ain't much of a sport. But killing animals like leopards, or elephants is just trying to compensate for a lack of something. I always pull for the beast.

well most of the tribes eat the meat from the animals killed on the hunt. plus id have no problem dropping an elephant, the roll tide had it coming

I had a facebook friend who posted pics of himself with a dead lion and a dead zebra. Who the frick shoots a zebra? Jeez...