NY Times Article on Hunting, It's OK if You're Serious About Food

Surprised for once by an article from them, must have slipped by the editors.

“It’s the most human thing to do. I feel like if you’re going to eat meat at all, you have to be comfortable with hunting.”

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I would also like to add, you have to be comfortable with humans owning guns.

FL-NC said:

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You don't have to kill an animal to get meat- they make it at the grocery store!

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Factory meat isn't the same.

Meh, I never read a Yankee news paper outside of maybe the Wall Street Journal. News papers are pretty much dead anymore, anyway. I think the net is killing 'em off. Folks will read local news papers, though. I used to pick up a Port Lavaca Wave now and then if only to see if anyone I knew was in the arrest report.

So where do population/varmint/predator control hunters fit in all of this?

Careful what we wish for in adopting these ideals for the sake of ‘potentially’ expanding the ranks of gun ownership.

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So where do population/varmint/predator control hunters fit in all of this?

Careful what we wish for in adopting these ideals for the sake of ‘potentially’ expanding the ranks of gun ownership.

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“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.” Josey Wales 1976

As long as your shooting, I don’t care if all you kill is paper, tin cans or just time.

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So where do population/varmint/predator control hunters fit in all of this?

Careful what we wish for in adopting these ideals for the sake of ‘potentially’ expanding the ranks of gun ownership.

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I think something happens to a person once they learn that firearms are not evil objects that act on their own volition. If people can learn to own firearms and hunt for food, they can learn how the world really works in connection with nature so population/varmint/predator hunting becomes understandable.

readyeddy said:

I think something happens to a person once they learn that firearms are not evil objects that act on their own volition. If people can learn to own firearms and hunt for food, they can learn how the world really works in connection with nature so population/varmint/predator hunting becomes understandable.

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When a person learns to hunt they also learn that they are now a predator and thus fit into the "whole circle of life" in the natural world.

Shanghai McCoy said:

I read the article and it seemed like a positive depiction of hunting and eating what you get .

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I disagree. There was a real sneak attack at "Cabela's Glam" in there. I agree with the other impressions posted in this thread; "Hunting is good if you're a hipster who is making crazy good-sounding meals [BUT DON'T FORGET: Mountain Lion Fajitas are still UN-ACCEPTABLE)"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/steve-ecklund-cougar-alberta-1.4459546

But mountain lion meat is quite palatable. At one cook-out where it and three other meats were served, the mountain lion platter was the first one cleaned.

In some parts of the world their cat isn’t even taken from near mountains and they love the stuff!

My father, while serving in the Air Force, was stationed in various Asian countries and ate both cat and dog (once unknowingly) and said they were both good. This has made me wonder what bobcat, mountain lion, wolf, and coyote would taste like. I guess I’d try it if you gave me a piece.