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Agreed.

Antler less hunts in Oregon are typically harder to get than general seasons. I don't pass on bucks or bulls so long as they're legal. It could be a spike or a massive 6pt, both will fill the freezer.

And yes the Cougar I killed was feeding off house hold pets and Llamas in the small town up in the hills where I hunt. So yes it was a nuisance animal.

If someone is paying thousands to go to Africa and "hunt" exotic animals I am not a fan of them. However, in many cases they are an integral part of conservation to ensure healthy herds and depredation (to healthy levels) in some of the wildlife preserves. The meat & bones and hides go to the tribes and the money goes to the guides who also pay fees to the parks.

To me that is not hunting but so long as it is helping to maintain balance then so be it. The poachers and ass hats who kill everything and leave it are the real bad guys.

 

A big part of that too is the animals are often bred to be hunted. I forget the exact species but a type of Antelope was on the brink of extinction until people came to hunt them and it became profitable to keep them and raise them.

A fat fuck sitting in a shed inside an enclosure to shoot a domesticated endangered animal led in front of them by a guide pretty much on a leash is the farthest thing from hunting IMO but if it's improving peoples lives in the country and saving species from extinction it's worth it.

 

Yeah kind of a lose lose/win BS situation but it has done a lot of good in some areas. Because the "shooting" of exotic game has become big business it has reduced poaching in some areas and increased animal numbers. Take a Safari in Africa, chances are some rich fat fuck is just beyond the horizon paying 20k or so to shoot some animals. Kinda sick and twisted but it keeps them alive for future generations.

One cool thing I did see is you can pay to go on trips with scientists and you "hunt" the animal with a tranquilizer gun. You pose for a picture and they tag it and get some science stuff from them and then off they go.

 

Killing cougars is trophy hunting, as long as the shooting of woodchucks, prairie dogs, coyotes, and any other animal killed for any purpose other than being an invasive species or food. Cougars don't have any natural predators, only competitors. God forbid someone have fun or a good time regulating the population of an apex predator that has been sanctioned by the fish and game commission.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=overpopulation+of+elephants

 

Depends on the hunter and what's being hunted.

No, the definition of trophy is "anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award." or "anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.".

If you apply that to hunting then it would be killing an animal, taking a piece of the animal, such as antlers, and preserving them (aka taxidermy) to show off or remember the hunt. I and plenty of you guys probably know someone with a deer, elk, or moose head on the wall. They would by definition be a trophy hunter.

Most hunters realize this is a bullshit definition because they go out with the intention of getting food but also like to remember their hunts. Most hunters see trophy hunting as paying gobs of money to have someone on a game ranch guide you through killing livestock or killing without the intent of eating the animal (giraffes) and only taking out the head or whatever. Some view it as selective hunting in anyway shape or form.

That's why I posted the link in the first place. Basically the majority of hunters could be considered a trophy hunter. Heck, taking a picture of the kill is considered a trophy by how they are describing it.

In Wyoming, game and fish sees mountain lions, black bears, and gray wolves as trophy killing. Pretty much any big game predator will be considered trophy. You probably see hunting those species the same as hunting coyotes...management.

 

Yep, we were learning about that in one of my classes. Kinda cool but would suck for the animal. Could you imagine waking up over and over again wondering wtf just happened and why you smell like human? haha.

They have also began selling tags for animals that are sick and dying. Rather than have them die of old age or from sickness, they can make a good chunk of change that can go to help run the national parks and hopefully further protect the animals. There isn't a lot you can do about poachers other than standing guard 24/7 and fighting back. The only way to solve that problem would be to some how devalue what's being poached or do what they did for the white rhino and just remove what it is they are poaching for.

 

I am not trying to prove anyone wrong. I don't see it as trophy hunting either. I was just trying to explain why I thought the article was a WTF in the first place.

 

This is now the HUNTING THREAD..

 

Give it a bit and we will be back on track with people having sex with weird things again.

 

Here you go

https://youtu.be/dq9bv7fvPUo

 

I think the only Asians I've ever seen that could dance are the group Waveya.

 

+1

+1

 

Waveya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZhZAr1cQU

I like the second video better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4QFZgs6wvk

 

Tasty!





AFK for a while...

 

Plot twist.. they were born as boys.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...-twister-party-teens-police-article-1.2186085

 

Well...I guess it was bound to be reposted haha.