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10/27/2010 06:26:13 PM · #1 |
Soo, get this, country music star Troy Gentry took part in (and was fined for) a hunt of a captive tame bear, who, instead of being given the dental care it needed, was shot for profit.
I hunt (or at least I used to), and I photograph wildlife, so these type of scumbags really shit in my Cheerios.
So, just chalk this up to another negative against "rental wildlife"...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDsUx4PH5Aw (Warning, very disgusting/sad and mildly graphic)
I think the worst part is the whole "I'm a big tough hunter" bullshit that he's trying to pull off. |
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10/27/2010 06:32:26 PM · #2 |
Don't even need to watch the video. That whole mentality is absolutely disgusting. That's it, Mr Country Music star, show the whole world what a goddam macho man you are and go kill some poor captive bear.
Now, let's see Mr Asshat go up north to, say, Churchill, Manitoba (aka the polar bear capital of the world), and go out there on foot after a wild adult polar bear with say a Daisy .22...that would be fair. |
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10/27/2010 06:38:55 PM · #3 |
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10/27/2010 06:56:24 PM · #4 |
the difference between hunting and killing........
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10/27/2010 07:04:10 PM · #5 |
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10/27/2010 08:06:44 PM · #6 |
| I want to go and hunt this asshole. What a dick. Sorry about the language but c'mon people. Thats just sick. |
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10/27/2010 08:25:32 PM · #7 |
Hunting is a damn stupid thing. It doesn't matter how it's done, it's for stupid, empty and selfish people. F*** those guys and who helped them.
Message edited by Manic - edited for language. |
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10/27/2010 08:33:13 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by pedrobop:
Hunting is a damn stupid thing. It doesn't matter how it's done, it's for stupid, empty and selfish people. F*** those guys and who helped them. |
No, what *they* did, which is not in any way hunting, was a stupid, cruel, selfish thing. Hunters, who respect wildlife, who hunt legally and in a sportsmanlike manner, are not in any way to be cast in with the likes of these guys.
Message edited by Manic - edited for language. |
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10/27/2010 10:50:26 PM · #9 |
| I wish I didn't watch that.... |
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10/28/2010 12:28:02 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by pedrobop:
Hunting is a damn stupid thing. It doesn't matter how it's done, it's for stupid, empty and selfish people. F*** those guys and who helped them. |
ummmm.... what??
I think what "he" did was inexcusable. However, your comment is discriminatory and hurtful to many people and their way of life. I have no doubt that nothing I say will change how you feel. I'm sorry you feel this way about my way of life. My guess is you have some bad information concerning the subject of hunting.
Message edited by Manic - edited for language. |
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10/28/2010 12:44:04 AM · #11 |
As I said in my original post, I hunt (or at least used to...)..
You hunt because you're hungry, and a responsible hunter takes his prey with as little distress to the animal as possible, actually this is one reason I rather dislike fishing - too drawn out and painful for the animal for my preferences.
Again, this guy is no hunter, and I would strongly prefer to not be painted with the same brush.
Then again Pedro, I'm not sure what the Brazilian culture is when it comes to hunting, but I suspect that you eat meat too, if not then you can indeed paint with as broad of strokes as you do, but remember please that if you eat meat you really should have nothing to say against hunting (at least ethical hunting, not the crap that this jerk did), as it's only a way to gather food and if done responsibly it does play a role in proper ecology. |
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10/28/2010 04:58:40 AM · #12 |
Another similar 'hunting/murder' story in the news this week...
The Exmoor Emperor, the largest wild animal in Britain that was reportedly gunned down for his massive rack may still be alive!
He was believed to be endangered due to publicity brought by recently published photographs shot by a nature photographer...
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10/28/2010 06:11:10 AM · #13 |
Wait. The Exmoor Emperor got publicity because a nature photog shot him?
And no other photog did? No locals told the photog about that magnificent beast?
A stag that big has been around a helluva long time. No doubt he had already been shot many times with a camera. |
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10/28/2010 07:07:40 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
in a sportsmanlike manner |
Surely it would only be sportsmanlike if you either armed the animals, or were only hunting with a penknife.
I'm not sure "sniped from a distance with a rifle" counts as sportsmanlike.
/hide |
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10/28/2010 07:28:56 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by ganders:
Originally posted by kirbic:
in a sportsmanlike manner |
Surely it would only be sportsmanlike if you either armed the animals, or were only hunting with a penknife.
I'm not sure "sniped from a distance with a rifle" counts as sportsmanlike.
/hide |
kind of like how the predator hunted humans with invisibility and high tech weapons... |
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10/28/2010 02:02:40 PM · #16 |
| this is sick!!! If you not hunting for food then ur a MURDERER!!! |
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10/28/2010 02:40:34 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by MegaColor:
this is sick!!! If you not hunting for food then ur a MURDERER!!! |
If the animals didn`t enjoy it they wouldn`t join in.. |
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10/28/2010 03:29:53 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by ganders:
Originally posted by kirbic:
in a sportsmanlike manner |
Surely it would only be sportsmanlike if you either armed the animals, or were only hunting with a penknife.
I'm not sure "sniped from a distance with a rifle" counts as sportsmanlike.
/hide |
kind of like how the predator hunted humans with invisibility and high tech weapons... |
Yeah but none of that helped him against Arnie .. maybe animals should be shown that video to learn a trick or two ?
Message edited by author 2010-10-28 15:34:17. |
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10/28/2010 03:38:26 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by apercep:
the difference between hunting and killing........ |
Hunting/Killing - the end result was the same. |
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10/28/2010 04:15:03 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by apercep:
Originally posted by pedrobop:
Hunting is a damn stupid thing. It doesn't matter how it's done, it's for stupid, empty and selfish people. F*** those guys and who helped them. |
ummmm.... what??
I think what "he" did was inexcusable. However, your comment is discriminatory and hurtful to many people and their way of life. I have no doubt that nothing I say will change how you feel. I'm sorry you feel this way about my way of life. My guess is you have some bad information concerning the subject of hunting. |
Your way of life is killing animals? Are you an Inuit living in the Territories? If not then your way of life was chosen and isn't necessary for survival. You live in Maine and the last time I was there I didn't see any Inuit or Aboriginals hunting to stay alive because they didn't have food.
Hunting is a sport and if you think killing animals for sport is a justifiable means to have fun then I have nothing further to say to you. |
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10/28/2010 06:03:03 PM · #21 |
In Brazil we understand people who hunt to eat. We understand indigeous people and we accept killing animals to eat, as our style of life. My culture is not used to have fun killing animals, and most people feel something about them here, even if you LOVE meat of any kind.
I'm almost a Psychologist and i usually don't refer to things i don't know and offend hobbies i don't like. But hunting for fun is stupid for me and i think people who do it could find adreline doing other things whithout killing animals. Now, if you say to me that is a tradition in your family to kill an specific animal and eat it at dinner and this animal is born on a place to be hunted and you are legally alowed to do that, i'll not offend you anymore, even not understanding why you have fun while you see an animal die by your hands. Any other reason is really stupid for me, and selfish, considering the world we are living in.
And what is the big difference between those guys and people who hunt for fun? The animals people kill are not stupid and slow like that bear, that's the excuse? I hope not... |
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10/28/2010 06:21:46 PM · #22 |
Hunting IS an American tradition..so stop offending.
Without responsible hunting you would have disgusting overpopulation of sick, starving, and diseased animals. Look to some places back east where they decreased the hunting of deer. they have very few predators (if any) to control them.
//www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/opinion/chatlist/hunting-is-necessary-61228.shtml
Besides...live your own life. If it involves no meat, good for you. You have NO RIGHT to tell another how to live or what to eat.
VEGETABLES SCREAM TOO!
//www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp?pg=1
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10/28/2010 06:47:36 PM · #23 |
Maybe the US was wrongly interfering with the natural order of things by
helping out Europe during WW1 and WWII. |
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10/28/2010 07:45:43 PM · #24 |
Hunting/Killing - the end result was the same. [/quote]
love/rape - the end result was a child....
(this is not how i feel.. but how your logic works.) |
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10/28/2010 08:12:44 PM · #25 |
We are animals.. We are omnivorous.. we eat meat and animal products..
I don't kill for fun. I pursue my prey in the same way any predator does.
To all those who say, "animals don't use guns-bows-weaponry" I say "I don't have claws-fangs-venom-talons-wings-ect." Most prey can see, hear, and especially smell many times better than I can.
No, I don't need to kill an animal to eat meat, but one must die for me to do so.
How is the butcher any less evil than I?
When I am successful, in finding my prey, I use many hard-earned, well honed skills and ethical and proper hunting etiquette to most cleanly and quickly and humanely harvest that animal.
To be a successful hunter is a feeling that can not be properly expressed in words, nor is it like any other feeling. We are where we are in this world because we made it to the top of the food chain. For all but the most recent human history this is how we survived.
A true sportsman respects his game and values the life that was given. |
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