Great NY Times Article-Yuppies Discover Shooting & Hunting

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An incredible discovery has been made in the US, wild animals are low fat, free range, local, and hormone and antibiotic free.

Sorry for you early adapters who knew this all your life, but this is now news.

Schools are being given to teach the newly awakened about shooting and hunting, and all the benefits.

On a more serious note, aside from the added competition in the woods,this actually is great news. More, and decidedly influential people, are taking up the sport of shooting and hunting.

Really nice pro article in, yes, the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/dining/25hunt.html?hpw
 
I read it yesterday. Very good article. And was pleased to know not everyone in my generation is a bunch of wimps. And much to their credit they do seem more ecosystem conscious /sportsmen about the whole thing unlike my fathers friends who will try to/contemplate shooting a deer from their kitchen window or moving car. No flame war intended.
 
"I can't believe anyone here is reading the NY Times!'

Well, my parents subscribed to the Sunday edition for about

Sixty years, and I continue the tradition, so it is now

Up to about eighty years.

I also subscribe to a number of other publications,

With a very wide spread of viewpoint.

Info is info. Opinion is opinion.

Then again, I am one of them

Gun 'totin Machiavellian redneck hippie liberals

Who holds the Constitution and RKBA

Close to my heart and soul.

Half of my mother's family came across the Atlantic,

Almost 500 years ago.

And were part of the Jamestown Colony. Very nearly all died.

Happy Thanksgiving!


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Uh-oh. Yankees with guns makes this ole boy nervous.

Just kidding of course.
I'm glad to see more people hunting, owning guns, being self reliant. Nothing but positive here.
 
Thanks for sharing this. I don't eat most farm-raised meat these days, though I'm fine with hunting for it.

I thought I was the only one who thought this way. For some reason, most vegetarians I know seem to view things differently. :D
 
the OP is right...this really is good news. Now our part is to help the new influx of hunters learn to hunt safely and responsibly.
 
no offense at all but this is one of those double edges swords we need to pay attention to.

all the "yuppies" i personally kow in my state, have the money and the stupidity(?) and eagerness to spend lots of money to purposely out do the joneses. I mean 50k trucks to pull the 50k tow behind camper, multiple cruises for spring break, summer, new years.
Sure its nice that more people suddenly like guns, but it means the limited supply is going to get more limited and far more expensive when the gundealers realize that they now have a new customer segment that considers it a privilege to spend 3 times on an object of the moment then its worth to prove that the "yuppie" is both rich, and worldly.
 
"'I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. ... That's hunting." - John Kerry

The RKBA is not about hunting. All this means is loads of new yuppies with $5k guns and his and her matching Orvis outfits stomping around the woods, still believing (and voting) that you have no need/right to a "terrorist gun " AR or a "high capacity" 15 round mag for your "Saturday Night Special".
 
We all have to start somewhere...

Maybe if they learn and practice a little self reliance... that will affect their thinking in other areas of life.

IMHO, the liberal nanny state should take care of us all mentality is very close to the core of what's gone wrong in this country and will invariably vote to "get those dangerous guns off the street".
 
84B20 said:
I can't believe anyone here is reading the NY Times! :what::cuss:
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I have posted several articles here from the NY Times that have all been either positive or neutral re: guns or hunting.

Honestly, I don't see anything in this article not to like.

It positively portrays new shooters and hunters coming into the sport.

What I choose to read is my business.
 
I read the NY Times as my principle news source (followed by the Daily Show), and I thought this article was great. Some portion of my life is summed up in it: I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a "yuppie," but I was a vegetarian for a large portion of my youth, I grew up in an urban area with no exposure to guns or hunting. I have understood the importance of firearm ownership since I was in HS, but only was able to enter the world of hunting in college, and then only very limitedly. Now I'm in my mid-20s and have been essentially teaching myself how to big-game hunt since moving to Oregon. As the article says, for someone like myself, learning to hunt effectively is a really big thing to tackle on your own. Having any sort of group support, including an instructor (whatever their credentials may be) seems like it would be hugely beneficial.

This article takes place in western VA, an area that spans a huge spectrum of politics, lifestyles, etc. I think that any activities that helps people learn new skills, cross personal boundaries, experience other ways of life, eat better, and be exposed to firearm ownership is a good thing.

Josh
 
Werewolf said:
I wonder if the shot by hunter death rate will go up in the near future?

... Just sayin ...
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Right .... because only rednecks and conservatives are professional enough to use a gun ....

Jeeze, the elitism is thick in this thread.
 
Yeah people lighten up this is a positive development. The founder of the hunting club is going to grad school for business and he's taking a French cutlery class or something or other to learn how to butcher boar meat effectively or whatver. It sounds to me they know what they're doing.

And furthermore the price of guns will not go up. If some guppy turns their nose up to a mosin nagant that costs 90 dollars then the price will remain the same. Furthermore I would think gun rights has to do with awarenss at least partly; if you're only exposure to firearm is the bs on CNN then you are not going to care about 2a however if you have exposure to gins you may not be so apathetic about gun banners.

Ps - most of the time I have to turn my brain off to read the times but it's amajor news source so . . .
 
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The "Bull Moose Hunting Society"? Teddy Roosevelt would be rolling in his grave.

I know when I go out hunting, I'm extremely concerned about my carbon footprint...
 
TR was quite the conservationist. In the old sense, not the Greenpeace sense. Like the Izaak Walton League today, you have to have clear air, clean water, and wild woods ... so you can go fishing and hunting.
 
Does this mean they're gonna sell start sellin' theirHarleys and buying guns.......I could really use a cheap Road King :)
 
Better to have some yuppies hunting to spread the word than to have them talking about how "mean" or "redneck" it is.

The more gun owners there are, the better IMO. They may go shoot an EBR now with someone they met, whereas before that chance was probably slim to none.
 
Somewhere, Ted Nugent is grinning like a madman...

...actually, Uncle Ted is usually grinning like a madman, only more so because of this article and the phenomenon it reports.

I've also noticed lately that a lot of the hardcore foodies like Gordon Ramsay, Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmerman on TV food/cooking shows are becoming more and more enthusiastic about stalking/fishing/animal husbandry for their own meat, to include the whole process of killing/slaughtering, field-dressing, butchering, etc. even before the cooking and eating stage.
 
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