I didn’t say you can’t reply and I didn’t say you can’t say “wow”.
What I’m talking about is things like…
Both of those are not just “WOW’s”. They border on insulting/taking shots at others.
Don’t do that, and you’ll be good.
That’s too bad.
There are some great posts in this thread. I enjoy different types of hunting for different reasons.
Pheasants: I enjoy being outside. I enjoy watching a well-trained dog do exactly what hundreds of years of breeding and thousands of years of instincts have programmed him to do. I enjoy the surge of adrenaline when a 6 pound bird flies out of a clump of grass at your feet. I enjoy displaying my skill with a well-aimed shot. I enjoy the ribbing I receive for a poorly-aimed shot. I like going home and making a pheasant pot-pie.
Ducks: I enjoy looking at the weather forecast, wind direction, and a lake map and trying to guess where the ducks will want to land. I enjoy that the ducks almost always prove me wrong, but every once in a while I guess it right. I enjoy the whistling sound of a flock of mallards zooming over your head, sounding for all the world like miniature jet fighters. I enjoy crouching in the weeds, turning my head back and forth to see if that flock of teal will swing around just one more time! I like studying flocks of birds on the water, seeing where the new birds land, and using that information to plan my decoy positioning.
Deer: I’ve been hunting the same patches of woods for 30 years. I love walking through the woods in the early morning darkness knowing right where I’m going with no flashlight, map, or compass needed. I enjoy setting my skills against the ears, eyes, and nose of a whitetail. I enjoy bringing delicious meat home to share with family and friends (see my thread about making Venison Wellingtons). I like that the meat I’m serving to my family has had a natural life, has never been confined, and did not suffer cruelly in a processing plant. I like butchering my own deer, knowing that I have control over every step of my meal from field to table. i like catching up with family members that I only see during hunting/Thanksgiving.
So there are just some of the reasons why hunting is “fun”. Although that’s not probably the word I would choose.
August, I’m with you on the birds. The tension that builds during a duck hunt, especially if you’ve ever done one on open water, is just fantastic. Dove is similar.
Quail is just damn difficult, but watching the dogs work is a joy. There’s so many ways to do it. 2 or 3 pointers? Do you use a flush dog? A Retreiver? Wild quail is such a very rare treat to hunt, but something you’ll talk about forever.
Deer hams can be brought to local barbecue places. They will ask to see the fish and game permit tag. Sliced up, smoked, barbecue deer meat is some of the best barbecue you’ll ever eat.My mom made quarts of this sauce and froze it. A great starter for whatever she planned to cook for dinner. I love her version of a frito pie using this meat sauce lettuce, shredded cheese, sour cream, and she likes onion and tomato on hers.
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ground deer with added beef fat makes a great chili, spaghetti sauce, hamburger helper etc. . Dad got his venison ground and packaged locally.
My mom made quarts of her meat sauce and froze it. A great starter for whatever she planned to cook for dinner. I love her version of a frito pie using her meat sauce, lettuce, shredded cheese, sour cream, and she likes onion and tomato on hers.
Yep, just general agreement.
Since this is my thread that I started, and stuff.
Hum, dee-dum, and all that…
Not sayin’ anything offensive, but still be’in’ all in my own thread and stuff…
Wow! and all that…
You OK with this, “Idle Thoughts”?
No offense intended…[tip-toe-ing-my-ass-in-here]
This should go well…
Really, really done now.
Do not reply to me, because I’m done here.
Or perhaps, just go away…
The question has been asked and answered quite handily, at this point.
at post #68.
He has not apologize. He’s been fairly explicitly unapologetic, by redirecting attention to his words “In my opinion” for example.
He said that in his opinion, lots of people are lying. When it was pointed out that this is insulting, he just said “Hey I said it was my opinion.” That’s not an apology, it’s the opposite. Then he also said “But hey maybe I’m wrong that people are lying.” Also not an apology, as people weren’t insulted that he might be right, they were insulted that he insinuated that they are liars.
Not that the tone of his OP was offensive in the first place. He made the hyperbole in
Correct, and he has not only not done so, he’s actively denied (in so many words) that there’s any good reason for him to do so. He’s wrong about this.
What he should have said is something that means “I can see that what I said was insulting, I shouldn’t have said that. I want to assure everyone I don’t actually think you guys are lying.”
Stop posting in this manner. You are not compelled to reply if you don’t have any interest in the topic any more, but replying in the manner you are can be taken as trolling, which is against the rules here.
Put simply: If you don’t want to post in this thread any more, then don’t do it.
Most people would assume that putting “fun” in quotes that way was a deliberate attempt at poisoning the well right from the start.
I have never hunted and don’t have much use for it or the justifications often employed in its defense. Except for deer hunting. I encourage hunters to kill as many of those rats with hooves as possible, before they eat my garden or get into fatal collisions on the highway.
at any rate, most venison I’ve had has been more or less pretty close to the flavor of lamb. sometimes pretty close, sometimes stronger. I’ve found that using spices or preparations geared towards stronger tasting meat to work well; look to south Asian (e.g. Indian) or Mediterranean dishes.
though I’m perfectly happy with giving a venison steak or tenderloin a light dusting of curry powder and salt and grilling/broiling it. I prefer meat that actually tastes of something.
and if you really want to know what’s “fun” about it, for me it’s actually the relaxation. day in and day out, I’m bombarded by noise. People yakking, cars running around, TVs blaring, asshole teenagers blasting their $1000 stereos in their $300 cars, etc.
I go out in the field, I’m alone with my thoughts, and just sit still and listen to the calm sounds of nature. wind rustling the remaining leaves on the trees. some birds fluttering and chirping. the rustling of a groundhog running through the leaves. Squirrels fucking. The gentle sound of snowflakes falling on the ground cover of dry leaves. a turkey strutting around.
that sort of thing. Plus, I know where meat comes from, and I’m willing to do my own killing to feed myself. If you’re vegetarian or vegan and disagree with hunting, then you’re ideologically consistent and we’ll have to agree to disagree. If you’re not, and you’re going to moan about how awful hunting is while you snarf down a Big Mac, then you’re a hypocrite.
Kind of a shame. While I was still living in Michigan, even post baiting legalization, I still saw a lot of people that were focused on identifying good spots. I’d been along on some of those pre-hunt checks myself. There’s a place for just turning some of the four legged car wreckers in to food efficiently… it doesn’t seem so much like hunting though.
the other fun part is listening to non-hunters talk about how hunters should hunt.
I just want to say I like everything about this post. Well said.
All this is a big part of what makes life worth living.
Huh??? :eek: 
:dubious:
I’m always in for some game, and I’m not a hunter.
You wrote that you were served venison hundreds of times, no less. It seems to me unlikely to the extreme that every single time you were served it, it was badly prepared.
I also don’t buy the argument “some people don’t like game in general”. I mean how could you have an aversion that would happen to cover things as different as, say, quails, boar and everything in between but somehow wouldn’t have any aversion for any farmed meat? Not liking meat, I can understand, but equally disliking any kind of meat that happens to be hunted makes no sense to me.