Went for a drive today
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Really? Well thats truly unfortunate. It would seem the ethics, sportmanship and centuries of heritage we once prided our way of hunting on has gone to ####. Instead it has been replaced by #######s with guns who go around shooting up the woods and leaving a trail of wasting carcasses in thier wake.
Anyway how about we just leave it at that shall we? I have voiced my opinon, you all have voice yours and thats it.
Im sorry this thread had to turn out this way, but thats the way she goes
I love to be judge by some faceless callsign on the internet. I am now truely shamed. And to think you got it all figured. Who says you can't learn something new on gunnutz...
Wow I did I miss something ? We out here don't go gopher "hunting" we go gopher SHOOTING because there is no intention of doing anything with them after other then to wait for Coyotes to show up. At that point we shoot Coyotes. Pigeons are a feral species in North America brought over during the settlements therefore we shoot them as well, usually around the grain bins where they tend to gorge themselves. They are also a species that are of breeding age after about three weeks of age making them rapid multipliers. Magpies are far from rare out here and tend to go after calves at birth mainly pecking out their tasty eyes. So when we go for drives down our lanes we take a gun to go "shooting" in the fall we go "hunting" when we want to fill our freezer. Sportsmanship has nothing to do with it, it is just life in the West.
Farmer Harv
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No, the fact that you continue to expound on something that you have no idea about, and are unwilling to listen to reasoned argument about why you are misinformed makes you a Liberal.
So, the fact that I still value ethics and sportmanship in hunting makes me a liberal?
bladerogers
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LOL! Cote. Tell you what, next spring I'll take some footage to show you just how many gophers there are. The hills and prairies are literally crawling there are so many in spots. I've had days where shooting 300 on the same section of land never put a dent in the population. You want 'em, I'll send them your way, but you pay the shipping and fees for packing on ice...
Unreal...eat gophers. If we didn't shoot them out here they'd likely die a more miserable death from some disease that could potentially spread to other wildlife, domestic animals or even water supplies. You don't go for "unethical hunting" and this holier than thou $h1t is what I don't go for. And yes, we don't hunt gophers, we just shoot them, and sometimes make videos and put them on youtube. That's after the farmer who invited us out to is farmland to rid his lands of this serious pest has supplied us with ammo (rimfire only...I just take them home and shoot target with them), given us a place to stay and kept us fed and "watered" (read into it what you will). The appreciation is the icing on the cake, they treat you like you've worked a long hard day!
Unreal...eat gophers. If we didn't shoot them out here they'd likely die a more miserable death from some disease that could potentially spread to other wildlife, domestic animals or even water supplies. You don't go for "unethical hunting" and this holier than thou $h1t is what I don't go for. And yes, we don't hunt gophers, we just shoot them, and sometimes make videos and put them on youtube. That's after the farmer who invited us out to is farmland to rid his lands of this serious pest has supplied us with ammo (rimfire only...I just take them home and shoot target with them), given us a place to stay and kept us fed and "watered" (read into it what you will). The appreciation is the icing on the cake, they treat you like you've worked a long hard day!
bladerogers
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Meh, just read your post on pest control = good, so disregard the offer...I don't want to pack them up anyway. Regardless though, you are entitled to your opinion. Me on the other hand, sometimes I get that itch to drive out of the city to remind me of what a .223 Vmax does to a rabbit or gopher. I highly doubt it gets wasted anyhow, easy meal for the coyote that got away perhaps?
Meh, just read your post on pest control = good, so disregard the offer...I don't want to pack them up anyway. Regardless though, you are entitled to your opinion. Me on the other hand, sometimes I get that itch to drive out of the city to remind me of what a .223 Vmax does to a rabbit or gopher. I highly doubt it gets wasted anyhow, easy meal for the coyote that got away perhaps?
I'm always happy to see what my 870 does to a family of magpies that has been waking up the landowner at 5am every morning. I don't see the Magpie, Coyote, Gopher, Muskrat, crow populations getting any kind of real dent in them either.
ive eaten domestic ones, not as good as chicken, but not bad either. ive yet to pop one in the city and take it home though.
Anyway, I dont want to preach to anybody, but thats it simply what I think of the whole thing. I will continue hunting for meat and you guys can do what ever you want, inside the law.
I never said I had a problem with taking care of pest that are causing a proble to you, your neighbours or your friends and family, I simply wanted to voice my disagreement with killing these animals and letting them go to waste just for the hell of it. Not only is that uncalled for, but it also makes all hunters and gun owners look bad in the eyes of the public when they hear about stories like this.
My idea of ethical and sportmanlike hunting is getting a license or tag for a game animal, hunting it a manner within the law and making use of the meat. That way, the animals death was not pointless and you gain something material out the shooting of it, such as the meat.
Anyway, lets drop it there shall we. It would seem my view has already given me a bad enough rap around here. I admit, my bit about the gophers was uncalled for , since I do not live out west, but I stand by the rest of what I said.
As much as I like firearms and hunting and the like, I just cant justify killing an animal with no intention of making use of it and if it is not causing a problem ( varmits or predators)
Back to the original topic, congrats on the new gun. Sakos are very nice rifles.
I never said I had a problem with taking care of pest that are causing a proble to you, your neighbours or your friends and family, I simply wanted to voice my disagreement with killing these animals and letting them go to waste just for the hell of it. Not only is that uncalled for, but it also makes all hunters and gun owners look bad in the eyes of the public when they hear about stories like this.
My idea of ethical and sportmanlike hunting is getting a license or tag for a game animal, hunting it a manner within the law and making use of the meat. That way, the animals death was not pointless and you gain something material out the shooting of it, such as the meat.
Anyway, lets drop it there shall we. It would seem my view has already given me a bad enough rap around here. I admit, my bit about the gophers was uncalled for , since I do not live out west, but I stand by the rest of what I said.
As much as I like firearms and hunting and the like, I just cant justify killing an animal with no intention of making use of it and if it is not causing a problem ( varmits or predators)
Back to the original topic, congrats on the new gun. Sakos are very nice rifles.
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sillymike
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Letters/2008/10/20/7149516-sun.html
On a side note, there are probably more birds killed by cars every day that birds killed by shooter... I think we should stop people from driving around while the birds are free...
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On a side note, there are probably more birds killed by cars every day that birds killed by shooter... I think we should stop people from driving around while the birds are free...
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Sorry, couldn't resist
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