Why so little interest in hunting on the forum?

[fat tom]

It just puzzles me. Members go on-and-on about sandwiches,broccoli,ingrown toenails,nose hair and other seemingly inane topics (such as today's threads on washing blankets and personalized towels). I'm not knocking the OP's of such topics, but it seems like guns and hunting go together moreso than a plate of brussel sprouts with a Model 60 lieing on the table beside it. However,when a thread about hunting appears,little,if anything,is contributed. Am I missing something? Clue me in please.
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[kamloops67]

i think many people dont hunt and many that do dont want to brag about it. its just something that is personal between you and the animal.
i think that some of the threads i have seen are disrespectful to the game animal.
i often felt a twinge of regret when i took an animal for my freezer
i know, i know, you want my man card back haha
this is my opinion only

 

[PA Reb]

I don't know the answer to your question but I'll surely talk hunting with you anytime.

 

[kraigwy]

I think it's the time of year. More talk in the fall, I certainly enjoy chatting about hunting.

 

[diamonback68]

I think it's simply because, just like Smith&Wesson, we are handgun people. Most of us don't go hunting with handguns.

You wouldn't hear much about self defense on a hunting rifle forum either.

 

[fat tom]

"i think many people dont hunt and many that do dont want to brag about it. its just something that is personal between you and the animal."

I suppose,IF you are a Native American or an Aborigine.


"i think that some of the threads i have seen are disrespectful to the game animal."


In what way?

I think it's simply because, just like Smith&Wesson, we are handgun people. Most of us don't go hunting with handguns.

You wouldn't hear much about self defense on a hunting rifle forum either.

That makes sense.

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[duppie]

I agree with Diamondback68 on this one,this forum leans more to the handgun enthusiast and while many of you fine gentlemen do hunt, I think most participate in the scores of forums that is devoted to that activity.
I spearfish and cook when the opportunity arises and participate in sites that exists for those activities.

 

[kwselke]

Here's a picture of Andy. He watches over my reloading bench from the wall. I never had the heart to tell him that the bullet that took him was loaded on the same bench.

 

[fat tom]

Well,duppie,I guess I'm just a ONE-forum guy. BTW,there's PLENTY of participation on cooking threads,me included.
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[relic]

Remember you are now on a sanitized family friendly board. With the prior admin, there were groups of hunters that posted often. The hand gun hog hunters got lots of play. Some of their threads were pretty wooly. There were also frequent thds with pics of long gun hunt activities.

It seems that harvesting, dressing, and consuming the bounty of this beautiful country is not popular here any longer. Most of the hunters have gone to more bountiful places.

No editorial intended or implied. Just my observations.

 

[kamloops67]

you dont have to be a native to have a connection to nature, the disrespect i refer to is something i cant easily quantify, some photos just appear to be somewhat irreverent thats all.

 

[fat tom]

you dont have to be a native to have a connection to nature,

That was said with tongue firmly planted in cheek (see the smileys). Jeez!
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[fat tom]

Remember you are now on a sanitized family friendly board.

It seems that harvesting, dressing, and consuming the bounty of this beautiful country is not popular here any longer.

Had truthfully not considered that aspect. Afterall,the owner is an old Georgia boy. I feel sure that he has seen his share of dead animal pics,probably harvested a few himself. Can't say for sure about the mods.
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[duppie]

Had truthfully not considered that aspect. Afterall,the owner is an old Georgia boy. I feel sure that he has seen his share of dead animal pics,probably harvested a few himself. Can't say for sure about the mods.
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Neither had I but it might be a valid reason. I know I sometimes feel like we're walking on eggshells when a less than "Church Polite" subject or opinion is voiced but eventually you say, Oh well and move on to the next innocuous tread.
Maybe the hunters just moved on.....

 

[carpriver]

I use to enjoy hunting, I hunted birds when I was much younger. I enjoyed being out of doors and tramp the corn and wheat fields for ring necks and rabbits, and the edge of the woodland for woodcock. I hunted deer until the wood were filled with sound shooters and territorial hunters who thought state land was their private hunting reserve and would threaten you if use happen to be the area before them. I stopped going into the woods when I was deliberately shot at. I was afraid, not of hunt but afraid I would shot some poor *******. out of reaction. The first idiot came within a breath of being killed, When I came to my senses I was looking down the scope of my 30-06 the cross hairs were on the center of his chest and the safety was off and I had pressure on the trigger. I lowered the rifle snapped the safety on and walked out of the woods.

A deer is not worth the cost of a human life and I am not willing to spend time in prison because some FIB or troll thinks he can come to my area of the state and pretend to hunt and raise hell for 15 days in November.

I now have a personal saying. I don't hunt any more to many civilians in the woods with guns unsupervised.

 

[jdh]

I live in Texas. 90% of the land in the state is privately held. At $500/day/gun I can buy a lot of beef, pork, or chicken for what it cost me to go spend a day in the "woods". A few years ago farmers used to pay us to shoot wild pigs. Then they found out there were idiots, mostly from the big cities, who would pay them to shoot their wild hogs. Now you pay the farmer to do him a favor. Those 10% of the lands that are publicly held have a lottery for hunting spaces if hunting is allowed.

My hunting is pretty much limited to paper these days.

 

[diamonback68]

Maybe the hunters just moved on.....

The hunters were never here.
Smith&Wesson made darn few hunting rifles and shotguns in the long distant past and don't anymore. Not many people hunt with AR15s. I've been on here for 10 years and it has always been a handgun forum. That's why I like it here.

 

[kamloops67]

That was said with tongue firmly planted in cheek (see the smileys). Jeez!
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sorry tom, guess i was being a little defensive . i think i kinda half expected to get flamed for my opinion.haha

 

[fat tom]

The hunters were never here.

I've been here for 10 years myself Dick,and I think you are wrong in that assumption.
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[fat tom]

i think i kinda half expected to get flamed for my opinion.haha

Not by me my friend. I was asking for input and you gave it. Thanks.
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