Hunting.

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:10 am

Its not just for feeding people anymore.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:42 pm

I don't think I understand that video. The guy kept saying... didn't have to shoot it, just came running up to him and caught it. And the woman in the background... Oh pretty little doe... huh?

As for hunting though, I lived in a very rural area in southern Utah and "The Hunt" is HUGE there. Many times we'd get snowed in and what we had in our freezers kept us going till the plows came. Venison and Elk are good tasting. Much better than beef. And we killed humanely. Not like the slaughter houses. The hunt is like a holiday i these places. No school on the 1st Monday. A real party atmosphere. We locals did not "trophy hunt" and we did not hunt for sport. We respected what we were doing. It's a way of life.

I know it's hard for "city folk" to fully grasp that there are still ppl and places like this in America, but there truly are. My father was taken aback by my choice of places to live. He even said to my friends, "I didn't know there were still ppl like you in the world." He didn't mean it badly, he was just surprised is all. Backwoods hicks? Okay, call them what you will, but yes, hunting is alive and well and the meat is much better than store bought stuff.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:47 pm

Rain, you are SO right!! Venison and Elk are 2 of my all-time favorite meals! Anything I've killed myself I love to eat.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:52 pm

Well out here in the back country of San Diego there isn't any ELK to kill, actually I don't think you can even buy elk... :wah: Now salmon, shrimp, lobster we have plenty of them this time of year..:-6

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:18 pm

I like going hunting with my rifle, and it bugs me when people say to me: "your so cruel!!". All I know is, that when I get snowed in, I'm glad I'm a good shot....

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:29 pm

woppy71;484486 wrote: I like going hunting with my rifle, and it bugs me when people say to me: "your so cruel!!". All I know is, that when I get snowed in, I'm glad I'm a good shot....

There isn't a whole lot that is more satisying than getting off a good 15 yard quartering away shot, is there? DAMN but I miss hunting.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:32 pm

You know, I miss it too. The smell of sage, watching the sunrise, the cold 10 below chill in the air, the friendship shared..... sighing

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:35 pm

I can remember the times I used to get up at 2 in the morning, get to my favourite hunting ground...... watch the fog / mist roll down the hilly ground or through the forest..... very invigorating..almost intoxicating

caesar777 · Post by **caesar777** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:33 am

I personally am a vegetarian, but I have no problem with people who hunt in order to feed themselves. This is as nature intended. Farms are what I have a problem with, and people who hunt for fun alone and have no intention of eating their prey, fox or elephant hunters for example.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:46 am

Rain;484466 wrote: As for hunting though, I lived in a very rural area in southern Utah and "The Hunt" is HUGE there. Many times we'd get snowed in and what we had in our freezers kept us going till the plows came. Venison and Elk are good tasting. Much better than beef. And we killed humanely. Not like the slaughter houses.

Slaughter houses *have* to kill humanely, by law (UK - not sure about USA). In

the UK, hunting with bows and arrows in not legal, and there are strictures on

what calibre guns may be used to take what animal. I these are Good Things.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:49 am

SnoozeControl;484607 wrote: I've never had venison in any variety that didn't taste gamy... stew, jerky, soup, steak. I don't care for the stuff.

It's just a "different" taste, IMO. You can get extra-specially-tasty bits here

and there, but that's normally down to damage caused to the carcass by the

bullet, or bad butchering. You can leave beef to mature, if you like - it does

improve it (IMO).

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:14 am

I dont particularly like venison at all. I dont care dor huntng because I think deer are so graceful looking and beautiful. However, I dont think its WRONG. Thats so funny rain, the "woman" 's voice you heard was my co worker and its a guy!! I cant wait to say that to him!!! THe deer was actually shot. They were just joking around that they caught it. It was dead in the vid.

Rob thought it was hilarious and kept laughing about it so I posted the link.

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:18 am

Elk are primarily grazers, eating a variety of grasses and forbes. In winter, they paw through snow to reach grass, or turn to twigs, buds and the bark of trees. Among trees and shrubs, elk seem to prefer aspen, red maple, fire cherry and blackberry. They also browse oak, striped maple, black cherry, Juneberry and witch hazel. They drink from streams and springs and, if necessary, during the winter they get water by eating snow.

Deer, in spring and summer, deer eat green plants; in fall and winter they switch to acorns and other nuts, twigs and buds. Like cattle, deer are ruminants.

I have ate both, and prefer venison over elk.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:52 pm

DG, omg, too funny about the voice. And now the video makes sense. Ok.

btw... that looked like a tiny yearling. Much too small to qualify as a legal kill. Where was this?

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:08 pm

It is a yearling, and its completely legal.

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:09 pm

Wow. In Utah the horns (ok, ok... antlers) have to be at least 6 inches tall to be legal. And doe's have to be of a certain height. That one in your video would Never have been shot at. Different laws in different states I guess.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:56 pm

SnoozeControl;484607 wrote: That was a messed up vid.

I've never had venison in any variety that didn't taste gamy... stew, jerky, soup, steak. I don't care for the stuff.

I've heard elk is different, but I've never had the opportunity to try it. The area I live is also a hunter's paradise, so maybe one of these days someone will slip me some meat. Er... you know what I mean.

I'd make you some venison chili that you'd love... guaranteed. Paul did

and he'd never had venison before.

Part of the problem with the wild game is most hunters go for the large

males, and there is testosterone throughout. Commercial beef you eat

is most commonly males that were castrated at an early age. If

someone ever got you a doe, (a deer, a female deer)

you'd likely

tolerate that a lot better.

Now BEAR, there's some good eatin'. Greasy as all get out, though.

:-6

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:10 pm

i am a big chicken poop. i cannot and will not ever eat anything wild....period. :p :-2

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:18 pm

My husband is a big buffalo fan. His family raised them. Even bred a male to a cow and had a beefalo running around in the yard. Weird looking creature. He also likes bear. I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if I want to.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:59 am

Rain;485845 wrote: My husband is a big buffalo fan. His family raised them. Even bred a male to a cow and had a beefalo running around in the yard. Weird looking creature. He also likes bear. I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if I want to.

What animal do you mean?

This: or this?

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