Duck hunt, old school style

[lethe]

wait for it 

Dora's BackCam - Peregrine taking a Duck

[kopfjäger]

Peregrines are awesome.

[WarrenJ]

Eagle Catches Wolf

[kopfjäger]

Eagles are fearless 



http://youtu.be/hV3ajQRniNg

[kopfjäger]

http://youtu.be/T4_4d_99ApE

[Speeddog]

I remember long ago seeing a TV program on guy that could shoot ducks on the fly with a bow and arrow.

[kopfjäger]

I remember long ago seeing a TV program on guy that could shoot ducks on the fly with a bow and arrow.

With a recurve 


http://youtu.be/K56K5sLzNDs

[hbliam]

I just can't ever "get" hunting.

[kopfjäger]

I just can't ever "get" hunting.

I guess it's far easier to just shop the meat isle in the grocery.

[LowThudd]

I just can't ever "get" hunting.

Let's see...

"Get" my own food with:
No Hormones
No Steroids
No Antibiotics
No Cage illnesses
Sustainable food source without cruel cages and farm waste
MUCH lower fat than farm raised
Lower cholesterol than boneless skinless chicken
ETC.

Sounds like quite a deal to me, even if you leave out the instinctual desire to go out into the wilderness and "Get" me some food in a beautifull wild environment.

[hbliam]

I guess it's far easier to just shop the meat isle in the grocery.

I go to a legit butcher but yeah it is easier. I also live no where near anywhere that you could hunt. And I don't see the point of killing an animal for sport. To feed your family? No problem.

[hbliam]

Let's see...

"Get" my own food with:
No Hormones
No Steroids
No Antibiotics
No Cage illnesses
Sustainable food source without cruel cages and farm waste
MUCH lower fat than farm raised
Lower cholesterol than boneless skinless chicken
ETC.

Sounds like quite a deal to me, even if you leave out the instinctual desire to go out into the wilderness and "Get" me some food in a beautifull wild environment.

I have no problem with hunting for food. I don't "get" hunting for sport. And 99% of the guys hunting for sport that say they do it for food are full of shit.
As far as how much "cleaner and safer" it is: https://www.avma.org/public/Health/Pages/Disease-Precautions-for-Hunters.aspx

[LowThudd]

I have no problem with hunting for food. I don't "get" hunting for sport. And 99% of the guys hunting for sport that say they do it for food are full of shit.
As far as how much "cleaner and safer" it is: https://www.avma.org/public/Health/Pages/Disease-Precautions-for-Hunters.aspx

I'll let you find the info pass on the fifty or so diseases I found in 30 seconds of Google "disease precautions fr hunters"

Most hunters DO eat their kill. That is the point. It is also required in many areas like Alaska that requires you to make use of the meat for people food. Also, there are many organizations who will take fresh game to feed the needy. Seems to me like a win win even for sport hunters who donate the meat.

[hbliam]

Most hunters DO eat their kill. That is the point.

But they don't "need" the food from the kill. That's my point. Instead they hunt a defenseless animal and kill it for sport. That's sick.

[LowThudd]

None of us NEED to eat meat. Caged animals live most of their life in a cage to small to turn around in, just waiting for death. That is my idea of sick. As fpr the link you posted, if you read down a little you would see that improperly handled meat and contact with live animals are the source for even the possiblity of most of it. Here is a source for problems with farm raised animals meat EVEN when properly cooked: http://www.naturalnews.com/025716_antibiotic_animals_antibiotics.html

In case you did not know, there are MANY areas of this country that have an overabundance of deer, pigs and other animals, and it becomes necessary for US to cull the heard, much as native americans did for thousands of years. We are the caretakers of this land, and the Fish and Game department will even make recomendations to hunt certain animals when their numbers are too great. Furthermore, deer tend to live between 6-8 years, at which point they die a horrible agonizing death when their teeth wear down to the roots. At this point the generally die from desease or starve to death. That is a lot more cruel than a short while of pain near the apex of the animals effective life.