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re: What's the point in trophy game hunting?
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:32 pm to Masterag
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:32 pm to Masterag
Typically it shows master skill, since killing a trophy is typically hard to do since they are usually the alphas and very smart so it takes skill to bag one...or incredible luck.
Anyone can go shoot a doe or catch a fish, not everyone can get the big one. As far as the lion thing, I don't get it because it wasn't done in sport with all if the guides there and baiting. Now I could understand going it alone or with 1 guide and it be considered a skilled sport
Anyone can go shoot a doe or catch a fish, not everyone can get the big one. As far as the lion thing, I don't get it because it wasn't done in sport with all if the guides there and baiting. Now I could understand going it alone or with 1 guide and it be considered a skilled sport
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Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:32 pm to fillmoregandt
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What's a bigger challenge: hunting a predator in it's natural habitat while factoring in it's senses of smell, hearing, sight, etc? Or shooting a 80 pound doe over a 50lb sack of corn to get 40 lbs of meat? <--- hunter (for both meat and trophy)
sorry, but any "hunt" that involves someone guiding you along the way doesn't really count in my book as a challenge.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:37 pm to Masterag
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sorry, but any "hunt" that involves someone guiding you along the way doesn't really count in my book as a challeng
No if you are hunting in an unfamiliar area then having a guide is more of a safety factor. Baiting is something altogether different and I feel not sporting. I have no issues with baiting for a deer or similar hunt where the end result is meat in the freezer to feed you and your family.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:45 pm to Masterag
in high school I dated a girl whose father was a professional big game hunter. their house was huge and filled with all kinds of stuffed animals including a full sized bear on hind legs standing. Was interesting and creepy as frick.
I figured I didnt need to be the next thing stuffed for messing with his daughter. That relationship didnt last long!
I figured I didnt need to be the next thing stuffed for messing with his daughter. That relationship didnt last long!
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:56 pm to Masterag
Hunting should be borderline spiritual, and a way to connect with the land, the cycle of life and also to provide meat.
I don't find any taxidermy attractive, except maybe some big ole antlers, sans head. I see folks on my FB holding up leopards and even one a-hole who shot a giraffe.
A fricking giraffe. And he was proud of it.
Still, I hate the PETA SJWs far more.
I don't find any taxidermy attractive, except maybe some big ole antlers, sans head. I see folks on my FB holding up leopards and even one a-hole who shot a giraffe.
A fricking giraffe. And he was proud of it.
Still, I hate the PETA SJWs far more.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:57 pm to Aubie Spr96
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This. fricking lion and giraffe taste like chicken.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 4:58 pm to Masterag
I don't get the mentality of it either, but there's another angle to the whole knee-jerk reaction that the poaching of this lion has triggered.
You get rid of trophy hunting and a lot of these smaller, poorer nations will cease to have conservation programs. Just like in the US, a large part of the funding for them comes from legal trophy hunts and those hunts also play an important part in herd management.
Here's a short piece on the whole topic.
You get rid of trophy hunting and a lot of these smaller, poorer nations will cease to have conservation programs. Just like in the US, a large part of the funding for them comes from legal trophy hunts and those hunts also play an important part in herd management.
Here's a short piece on the whole topic.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:37 pm to Masterag
It's the joy of paying for the privilege to kill exotic animals, and it makes me sick.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 8:23 am to Masterag
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I don't understand how folks get pleasure for killing animals just to put their heads up on a wall?
There are all different varieties of trophy hunters. Some pay big money, go to a high fenced guaranteed hunt, and shoot a trophy class animal, just to have a trophy mount. However, to hunt a trophy in the wild, means you are hunting the most difficult specimen to kill, they are smarter, and harder to get than any of the younger animals. Most people don’t get an opportunity to kill a free range trophy, a lot of the ones who do, will say it was luck. My kids kill all the meat we need, so I strictly hunt for a trophy... I haven’t killed anything in the last three years, just haven’t seen the quality animal I am looking for.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 8:50 am to Masterag
I wonder how many people in this thread realize that you can kill a wild animal both for meat and for trophy?
I know lots of hunters that do this. Yes, their ultimate prize is the massive 12 pointer, but they won't let the meat go to waste. Deer meat is frickin delicious, after all.
I know lots of hunters that do this. Yes, their ultimate prize is the massive 12 pointer, but they won't let the meat go to waste. Deer meat is frickin delicious, after all.
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