Could you shoot something (non-human)

[eddy]

Ok this is kind of relating to this thread:
http://www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk/fo...168#post146168
Easy Q

[chrisch]

I must have killed thousands of wee furry things over the years. If you want to eat meat you gotta kill it first.

Chris

[Kate]

I voted yes.

If my life or the life of my family or friends depended on it I wouldn't hesitate!

EDIT: Doh!!!!! I'm SO thinck sometimes!!!!! I step on ants...does that count?!

[Jay]

Got to agree with Chris - anyone who eats meat should be made to kill, gut, skin, wash, prepare and eat an animal at least once. Haven't for manys a year (but only because the old Bill won't grant me a firearms certificate ). I am a dab hand with a hunting bow as well - used to be the proud owner of a 1970's fiberglass reverse strung US Forest Ranger issue bow. Took two of us to string it but f**k me, it was powerful. Found a few 'lost' arrows dug halfway into pine trees before now

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Kate

I voted yes.

If my life or the life of my family or friends depended on it I wouldn't hesitate!

Savaged by a hedgehog............

Spikey little sods.

Chris

[Lynne]

I have killed animals before but only to put them out of their misery when injured but if it came down to killing something to survive I would - have gutted rabbits etc before - just a bit messy not a problem though

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Kate

I voted yes.

If my life or the life of my family or friends depended on it I wouldn't hesitate!

But you would have hesitated, or you wouldn't have been able to make the decision as to whether or not their lives depended on it!

[eddy]

So out out of the yes' so far how many have killed something themselves for food?

Just interested you see as when i lived in the US we went out hunting just to see what all the bs was about. TBH shooting at rabbits and sh*t isnt really up my street but being able to shoot an M16 assualt rifle was wicked fun!

[Zdu]

I think every meat-eater should be made to kill and gut an animal at least once in their life. I used to catch rabbits in my youth.

I went deer hunting in the States to judge for myself what it was all about. I was hopeless. I scared off at least three deer and managed to kill nothing but tree-trunks. My friends sent me back to the car and I had to wait there. When they returned with their kill I wasn't too impressed and went all moral and sulky. Unfortunately, being the hypocrite I am I was first at the table for the venison later on that night.

The moral of the story - if I survive a world disaster which kills all rabbits and tinned food I'll die of starvation.

ps. Being crap at hunting makes you feel like John Voight in "Deliverance"

[JAG]

Done a chicken once on a leadership course.