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[Timster]

Anyone here ever tasted buffalo (bison)?

Yummie!

Had a buffalo steak last month at Montana City Grill in Montana City, Montana that was absolutely the best cut of meat I've ever tasted in my entire life.

And I've eaten at more than one of those top-end, $50 steak places, too.

Ok. Just to set the record straight...

BSG? You had nothing to do with bringing that Buffalo to its demise. You did not put the 22 Cal into its forehead. You did not skin it. You did not cut it into steak size pieces. Yet, You had a very enjoyable dining experience.

Just for the record mind you. And I mean you no disrespect. This is the disconnect that the American public has with their food.

Someone has to kill an animal, somewhere, for you to enjoy that steak. No matter the species. (Even Fish. ) Just saying.

As an ethical Hunter that only hunts by "Rules of Fair Chase"; Not hunting over a feed lot, harvesting and processing my own (Kill) [let's not mince words here; "Cull" means the same thing.] ... I appreciate organic meat and fully support its continued growth in the food industry. At least until they can figure out how to reduce Deer / Car Collisions, and keep them from running down Main Street and eating our Gardens and flower beds because we killed off All of the predators...

But as long as we are going to consume meat; something has to die.

We Sportsman are doing everything we can to bring back some balance, but it ain't going to happen overnight.

Tim-

[Scooter]

Mark Zuckerberg, of all people, is trying to live out that very philosophy:

Turns out that as part of a "personal challenge" he sets each year, Mark Zuckerberg has adopted a new dietary habit In this case, Facebook's CEO now only eats what he personally kills.

This year, my personal challenge is around being thankful for the food I have to eat. I think many people forget that a living being has to die for you to eat meat, so my goal revolves around not letting myself forget that and being thankful for what I have. This year I've basically become a vegetarian since the only meat I'm eating is from animals I've killed myself. So far, this has been a good experience. I'm eating a lot healthier foods and I've learned a lot about sustainable farming and raising of animals.

I started thinking about this last year when I had a pig roast at my house. A bunch of people told me that even though they loved eating pork, they really didn't want to think about the fact that the pig used to be alive. That just seemed irresponsible to me. I don't have an issue with anything people choose to eat, but I do think they should take responsibility and be thankful for what they eat rather than trying to ignore where it came from.

[Sean]

Have to get this off my chest...

Bloody, buggering, bastard Barcelona!
How are those fuckers so good?

Thank you.

[oldr_n_wsr]

What Timster said.

Here on Long Island we are having the beginnings of a deer problem. Of course the Bambi lovers didn't notice it 5 years ago when the deer around here were looking kinda malnourished. All they noticed were the doe and fawn in their backyards, take a picture and put it on their facbook page and brag they lived in the great outdoors. Then the deer started eating their precious ornamental gardens (these people do not grow veggies) and they started to complain.

A deer hunt was suggested, but of course that was shot down (pun intended). Now it has gotten worse. The deer are not much larger than a great dane, they spread dee ticks (and lyme disease) and people are hitting them with cars (more likely SUVs) and still no hunt.

We are now trying to get the deer to rub on a post that has tick killer so at least the lyme disease problem is being addressed.

[dales]

You did not put the 22 Cal into its [buffalo] forehead.

Prolly just bounce off?

[BoSoxGal]

I thought urban deer were being managed back east with birth control darts? That's an idea, anyway.

But really, it's cruel to let them get so overpopulated that they can't forage successfully. A hunt to cull would be appropriate.

[loCAtek]

Well, you kill off the natural predators like wolf and cougar, 'cause their not cute enough and you're gonna throw the whole food chain outta whack.

[Timster]

Absolutely not working BSG! Pipe dream at best, and just more do-gooder crapola to be frank. And because of the lack of predation [Ty LO]; they have become insanely overpopulated Nation wide. Which is a significant cause of starvation and disease. Rhetorically, I ask; which is more humane? A quick and relatively painless death where the meat can be used to feed hungry families? (There are many programs now where Sportsman can donate the "meat" to food shelters. Or one of slow starvation where the animal suffers without reason and their protein rendered unusable? Obviously a non sequitor. Yet some people cannot see the forest for the trees.

To the second part; Agreed.

Think "Bostich" Bosco. This is how they put down cattle on an industrial scale.

[Rick]

Bow hunting is allowed within the city limits of Little Rock...

[dales]

Wdaya all hunt for?

[Gob]

My car keys usually...

[Rick]

Wdaya all hunt for?

Sorry, deer over population was mentioned.

There is a bow deer season within the city limits of Little Rock.

I don't live there so I don't partake...

[oldr_n_wsr]

I believe they had a deer hunt last season (maybe the one before) with a bow and a shotgun slugs seasons. I remember where the do-gooders disrupted it.

Just last month (maybe it was March) they opened up a spring turkey season (all of one weekend) for kids under 18, but older than 12 (I think) and they needed a licensed adult with them. Shulda seen the uproar and the coutner roar from the hunters and most imprtantly the kids that participated and even those that didn't.

Gotta check out what they have planned here on LI for fall deer and turkey season this year. No way if I get a job before then can I take a week or so off to head to Maine to hunt. And if I don't have a job, no way I can afford to go.

[loCAtek]

Think "Bostich" Bosco. This is how they put down cattle on an industrial scale.

You mean the Nail Gun, Mister Timster?




Or THE NAIL GUN!!!

[oldr_n_wsr]

Probably but I think they reuse the nail.

[loCAtek]

Damn image Nazis, wassup wit'dat?

[Rick]

7 Shade free hours with a cutting torch.

I'm gettin old and it's hot...

[Rick]

It's a shame when $3.36 a gal for gas seems like a good deal...

[kristina]

It is a good deal.....compared with $4.10 here in NoCal! And that's down from nearly $4.50 a few weeks ago.

[oldr_n_wsr]

around 3.99 here on Long Island