Any hunters on Sherdog?

[KOCowboy]

If people wanna hunt things to eat, that's all good. If people are doing it for a rush and to feel big then that's pathetic.

fair enough

is wanting a bear rug or a wolf blanket legitimate in your view?


this is an honest question btw to non hunter

 

[J0N0]

fair enough

is wanting a bear rug or a wolf blanket legitimate in your view?

this is an honest question btw to non hunter

I wouldn't want any part of it personally, but I guess so yeah.

 

[weich]

No meat of any carnivore is awesome

Really? I wasn't aware that fish meat sucked.

 

[cowboyjunkie]

hunting is a way of life here in the Yukon.

nobody eats bear here.

moose, elk and bison..yes...

 

[Protectandserve]

I actually want to pick up boar hunting. I've heard they can be pretty good eating.

 

[J0N0]

Really? I wasn't aware that fish meat sucked.

Depends how high up the food chain they are. If it's a shark for example (I know, some Asian's eat shark fin) then it won't do you much good.

 

[new_mexico1]

If people wanna hunt things to eat, that's all good. If people are doing it for a rush and to feel big then that's pathetic.

It's a crappy stereotype that hunters do it to feel manly or something. There might be some out there but unless you're hunting ultra dangerous African game or something, there is nothing to feel super manly about. It's not easy but it's not something you do to make up for some insecurity or shortcoming. I've seen teenage girls out hunting with their fathers. People just like to hunt. There is nothing wrong or unstable about it.

 

[J0N0]

It's a crappy stereotype that hunters do it to feel manly or something. There might be some out there but unless you're hunting ultra dangerous African game or something, there is nothing to feel super manly about. It's not easy but it's not something you do to make up for some insecurity or shortcoming. I've seen teenage girls out hunting with their fathers. People just like to hunt. There is nothing wrong or unstable about it.

If your kid slit his pet bunny's throat for fun you'd be worried about his mental state, so why's it any different when an adult does it?

 

[CoolPotato]

We don't hunt here in Britain because we're civilized.

 

[KOCowboy]

If your kid slit his pet bunny's throat for fun you'd be worried about his mental state, so why's it any different when an adult does it?

grabbing an animal out of a cage and slitting its throat is not hunting fyi

if my son caught a rabbit bare handed:
1. be worried about rabies or some shit
2. be quite impressed with the fast lil son i have

 

[KOCowboy]

We don't hunt here in Britain because we're civilized.

then leave us alone we already won this fight twice :icon_lol:

 

[weich]

Depends how high up the food chain they are. If it's a shark for example (I know, some Asian's eat shark fin) then it won't do you much good.

I used to eat shark fillets and they were delicious. Mahi Mahi is delicious. Tuna, salmon, trout, all delicious.

 

[J0N0]

We don't hunt here in Britain because we're civilized.

Posh twats do, but there's not a culture of it generally. Fishing's big though.

 

[weich]

We don't hunt here in Britain because we're civilized.

There is hunting in Britain. Perhaps not to the same degree there is in other parts of the world, but there are some great animals to go after.

 

[J0N0]

grabbing an animal out of a cage and slitting its throat is not hunting fyi

if my son caught a rabbit bare handed:
1. be worried about rabies or some shit
2. be quite impressed with the fast lil son i have

It's not hunting, but it's till killing for pleasure.

I used to eat shark fillets and they were delicious. Mahi Mahi is delicious. Tuna, salmon, trout, all delicious.

I'm not a groundhog expert, I don't know the eating behaviours of every animal you throw at me, but as a catch-all rule and scientific law it's the case. Look it up.

 

[KOCowboy]

not hunting in england at all
not even a box day hunt i bet

http://www.eurosafari.com/england-scotland-tours.htm

 

[weich]

I'm not a groundhog expert, I don't know the eating behaviours of every animal you throw at me, but as a catch-all rule and scientific law it's the case. Look it up.

It's your argument, you find and post supporting evidence.

 

[ralphc1]

hunting is a way of life here in the Yukon.

nobody eats bear here.

moose, elk and bison..yes...

The Eskimo eat bear.

I'm from Wisconsin and my Grandfather hunted bear until the early 1960s. I've had bear several times. My grandmother slow cooked it with low heat for about 12 hours. It was very tender.

 

[KOCowboy]

if we are still talking about rabbits they are quite edible... and make nice slippers

 

[J0N0]

It's your argument, you find and post supporting evidence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081121071638AACA4Eu

Carnivores probably have a higher incidence of parasites, but the biggest hazard comes from biomagnification.

Biomagnification has its roots in the energy loss between trophic levels in the food chain. Plants are at the very bottom - they get their energy from the sun, which, for the most part, is inexhaustible. The next level up is consumers, like cows, rabbits, and so on. They consume the plants. The plants use energy for their own, for growth and maintenance... which means that there is an energy loss between the sun and the consumers. The next level of consumers (the carnivores) must eat even more herbivores, because the herbivores use energy from plants to grow, move around, and reproduce... which is another chunk of energy lost.

This means that, as you go up, each level of the food chain must eat an increasing amount of mass from the level below it. Rabbits can survive on a kilogram of grass, while a fox would need 2 kilograms of rabbit, and a wolf would need 3 kilograms of fox, and so on and so forth (I just pulled the numbers out of thin air to demonstrate the concept - they're not accurate).

The problem is, organisms acquire heavy metals, radioactive compounds, and other toxins from the environment. Some of these are human-made, while many occur naturally. They mainly enter the food chain through plants (which absorb water and nutrients from the soil, along with the toxins). The plants get eaten by herbivores, which get eaten by carnivores and so on. Since each level of the food chain must eat an increasing mass of the level below it, the concentration of these toxins *increase* as you go up.

As a result, carnivores would have a higher level of heavy metals, radioactive isotopes, and carcinogenic compounds than the herbivores would have. These can't be destroyed or removed by cooking (i.e. you couldn't cook mercury out of bear meat). It's not so much of a problem if you limit your intake - eating bear meat wouldn't be hazardous, but eating a LOT of bear meat would be (or eating tissue that filters and accumulates toxins, like the bear's liver).