Big game backlash: Protests against celebrity hunter Melissa Bachman mount

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I understand the lion is a much more endangered species than a bear, but Troy Gentry,famous Country music star, should REALLY be ridiculed for what he did. He even made a video and this big production acting like he got this bear on a thrilling hunt when in reality it was a TAME bear (actually hand fed in the past) in an ENCLOSED fairly small area. That, in my opinion, is not hunting. And he made it even worse by lying about it and making a video like it was some great achievement.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/country-star-gentry-indicted-on-bear-killing-charges_1005522

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDsUx4PH5Aw (Worth watching this to see how bad the Troy Gentry bear killing actually was. It REALLY pissed me off)

What Troy Gentry did was one of the most disgusting things I've seen regarding hunting here in the United States. I've hunted since I was either 6 or 7 years old and have eaten every single thing I have ever killed except a few groundhogs that were doing damage to our garden. I go to painstaking care when fly fishing for trout to wet my hands, etc. before handling trout that I return to make sure they inflict as little damage as possible, etc. So, I am in the belief that you eat what you kill. I also prefer something more of a challenge such as muzzleloader, bow, and fly fishing. Although, I use high powered rifles on occasion.

Wow, what a piece of filth. I watched that video right up until the bear walked up. Sometimes I just can't take it. I hate when pieces of garbage pick on other things.

Sure, country radio tries to derail the Dixie Chicks for some comment. Where were they with this scum?

 

[Christian Liberty]

Wanting to save lions has nothing to do with thinking it's cool to kill them for sport. There are better ways to raise funds than killing a vulnerable species.



Really.

Victimless for who?

Here is a statement on what happens when/if the tiger becomes extinct- same applies to the lion:



Educate yourself.

People.

 

[matt0611]

Why is this such a big deal?

Am I missing something here?

Some lady kills a wild animal (that is not even "endangered" by the way)

The animal parts look like they will be all used.

Looks like she had a good time.

Outrage not found. Meh.

 

[oyarde]

There used to ba a Russian place in St Louis that had lion on the menu .

 

[Danke]

There used to ba a Russian place in St Louis that had lion on the menu .

Did it taste like chicken?

 

[jmdrake]

My apologies for turning it more grimly but does anyone remember number of Americans who signed up petition after following trophy photos were published?

Caution: very graphic

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...g_a_dead_Afghan_boy_by_the_hai r_in_2010.jpg

http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/conten...mage.img.640.512.jpg/1380037711667.cached.jpg

http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-198947-videoposter16-abcd.jpg

Sad the pics you posted. But sadder that this video garnered more outrage.

 

[Origanalist]

Did it taste like chicken?

Kitty chow yuk.

 

[phill4paul]

Love all these non-hunters telling people what "a real hunter" is.

There is a difference between "game hunters" and "trophy hunters." I've hunted game. I can have my opinion of "trophy hunters." Got a problem with that? Then ya can get over it cause there ain't a damn thing you can do about it. Doesn't that just chap your ass?

 

[specsaregood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDsUx4PH5Aw (Worth watching this to see how bad the Troy Gentry bear killing actually was. It REALLY pissed me off)

What Troy Gentry did was one of the most disgusting things I've seen regarding hunting here in the United States.

Wow, watched the video. If its all true (I assume it is) that guy took douchebaggery to a whole new level; such a level that it might just require a new word to properly define.

 

[oyarde]

Did it taste like chicken?

I never ate it there , but have on a couple of continents , my kills , once I was hunting the Lion , another time , it was hunting me , nah , does not taste like chicken . If you are interested , remind me later , I can put my best lion steak recipe up on my Sparrow Pie recipe thread on Rev

 

[oyarde]

Did it taste like chicken?

If you cook it right , more like a gamey wild bull, or , as the Mrs calls some of the beef steaks I bring home , rodeo bull .

 

[silverhandorder]

Bunch of hippies. Wars and mass consumption of meat is a thousand times more evil. She paid 80k for that trophy. You know how many people in Africa have a job because of people like her? I bet trophy hunters kill far less then locals and poachers.

 

[shane77m]

Bunch of hippies. Wars and mass consumption of meat is a thousand times more evil. She paid 80k for that trophy. You know how many people in Africa have a job because of people like her? I bet trophy hunters kill far less then locals and poachers.

but, but, but she killed a poor defenseless lion.

 

[Deborah K]

Cheese and crackers! If I didn't know better, I'd swear I logged in at the HuffPo based on some of the liberal whiny assed comments. Guess what, ladies, your Big Mac didn't fall from a tree, and your 10 piece chicken dinner didn't get plucked from a bush.This critter was fair game, and fed a bunch of hungry folks. Sorry you find lions so cute, but meat is meat. And this is FAR more humane than what goes down at the Tyson Factory where your latest batch of chicken tenders shipped from.

You assume too much.

 

[Deborah K]

It's about raising the money to protect the species. If you have a better fundraising technique, you are welcome to do it. On the other hand, this is actually being done and it works. Thank God! If it was up to animal rights activists, many would die while the activists endlessly debated but did nothing helpful.

hmmm...isn't that kinda a like violating the Constitution in order to save it? Like I stated before, the so-called trophy hunters can hunt the poachers - there's an answer for ya!

 

[Deborah K]

You raise an important point. The treatment of corporate-farmed animals in this country is far more repugnant than this situation. A chicken with her beak burned off, being crapped on by the caged chicken above, then soullessly slaughtered is far more inhumane than this ridiculous "hunt." Far more animals are abused and killed to feed this obese country than necessary.

True. John Robbins wrote a book about it many years ago called: A Diet for a New America. And then there's the docu-drama called: Fast Food Nation. Horrific!

 

[brushfire]

Why is this such a big deal?

Am I missing something here?

Some lady kills a wild animal (that is not even "endangered" by the way)

The animal parts look like they will be all used.

Looks like she had a good time.

Outrage not found. Meh.

I'm with you.

Just as with duck hunting, it creates a market for conservation.

Also, there is huge money to be made with most exotic hunting, and it puts a lot of pressure on poachers and supports conservation.

I would shoot a lion, if I could bring it home and eat it. Of course, I'd have to have $20,000 expendable (its probably more than that, but I'm not an exotic game hunter). The sad thing is, those who I know who hunt exotic game might get a dinner from the meat, and then they have to fly back home without the animal. Just not worth it to me.

At least the lion had a more respectable life, and had been killed in sport. Some folks may want to have a look at the industrial agriculture going on in the US.
I would have to think that this energy could be used in better ways, over demonizing a sport hunter.



Sorry, I guess I just dont get all the emotion either...

 

[Deborah K]

I'm with you.

Just as with duck hunting, it creates a market for conservation.

Also, there is huge money to be made with most exotic hunting, and it puts a lot of pressure on poachers and supports conservation.

I would shoot a lion, if I could bring it home and eat it. Of course, I'd have to have $20,000 expendable (its probably more than that, but I'm not an exotic game hunter). The sad thing is, those who I know who hunt exotic game might get a dinner from the meat, and then they have to fly back home without the animal. Just not worth it to me.

At least the lion had a more respectable life, and had been killed in sport. Some folks may want to have a look at the industrial agriculture going on in the US.
I would have to think that this energy could be used in better ways, over demonizing a sport hunter.



Sorry, I guess I just dont get all the emotion either...

It isn't an either/or issue for me. Both are equally repugnant.

 

[brushfire]

It isn't an either/or issue for me. Both are equally repugnant.

I understand. My point is that there are much greater atrocities happening, which are much more harmful on several levels. Things that are deliberately hidden from consumers.

It was also my intention to bring up the conservation benefits that come as a result of exotic game hunting. All things considered, I think that exotic game hunting creates much better conditions for the animals than if it were not to exist at all. Eliminating exotic game hunting means increasing the market for poaching, and since poachers dont pay for conservation, it leaves conditions worse off... starting to repeat myself, sorry, but its unfortunate that many folks overlook this fact.

When I do fish and hunt, I do so with the intention of respecting the animal, and that means killing it as humanely as possible. It also means utilizing as much of the animal as I reasonably can (I dont eat fish heads, and I dont make bone necklaces, but I limit waste and I dont kill for the sake of killing). The trophy thing I dont get at all, really. I'd rather take a trip to the gulf and pack my cooler with snapper, and enjoy the experience for months to come. Still, I will not deny the fact that there are many benefits due to having a market for exotic game - more so than without.

Sorry if I ramble on about the topic... I wasnt even going to post, but I'd seen this thread here and then my wife got an email with the topic. We had the same discussion - she was ready to petition, and I dont think I was effective in conveying "the big picture" with her either.

 

[shane77m]

I worked at a chicken hatchery once. They use a guillotine type device with a heated blade to cut the tip of the beaks off of baby chicks. We also threw away thousands of live male chicks into a large hopper with each hatch.

The ones that survive go on to live in crowded houses where the lighting, temps, food, and water is controlled to an extent as to cause maximum growth. They get to eat and sleep in their own wastes all the while they are being pecked to death by other chickens.

The nasty things sure taste good though, when they are fried.


Game reserves are a win/win situation. Better than being stuck in a small cage or plot of land at the zoo.

On the reserve, endangered animals are given good habitat and protection from poachers. Something they are not guaranteed in the wild.