Shoot it.........eat it
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How many people here do??
Following a couple of months of healing, I got an invite from a friend to go shooting last night.
Jumped at the chance. Arrived, got in the landy, shot a few rabbits, then he took a deer.
Do many here do similar?
I can think of nothing more healthy than killing, preparing and eating your own food.
Today has mainly been spent stood in the garden skinning and cutting meat.
Loads of the stuff.
Yum yum.
So, who does the same, who is disgusted (but wears leather!)
Following a couple of months of healing, I got an invite from a friend to go shooting last night.
Jumped at the chance. Arrived, got in the landy, shot a few rabbits, then he took a deer.
Do many here do similar?
I can think of nothing more healthy than killing, preparing and eating your own food.
Today has mainly been spent stood in the garden skinning and cutting meat.
Loads of the stuff.
Yum yum.
So, who does the same, who is disgusted (but wears leather!)
Would do if I were lucky enough to have your permissions/contacts. Rabbits, squirrels pigeons and deer are a natural resource to be harvested and the healthiest of meats.
I'd go further than you. I'd say if you're not prepared to kill and butcher your own meat then you have no right to eat it.
My sporting life is limited to scaring clays and drowning maggots.
I'd go further than you. I'd say if you're not prepared to kill and butcher your own meat then you have no right to eat it.
My sporting life is limited to scaring clays and drowning maggots.
My father does Peasants/Ducks and the occasional pigeon, my aim is rubbish enough at clays which don't zigzag so I don't do the live shooting, but I get a brace or two every time he does, it is as free range as it gets and very tasty once you remove the lead the only (small) downside is that it's not cellophane wrapped and takes a bit of prep, find rabbits a bit of a faff though, more meat on a pigeon.
My parents have a bloke that's started managing the deer population over thiers and several neighbouring farms, plus my father traps quite a few pheasants (no lead shot and borken bones). Got to say you can't beat wild game. Unfortunatly they don't seem to get many rabits down there.
oddman said:
I'd go further than you. I'd say if you're not prepared to kill and butcher your own meat then you have no right to eat it.
Sorry, but this is a ludicrous point of view.Do you have no right to drive a car that you didn't build yourself. Did you build your own house? Do you grow the cotton, harvest it, turn it into cloth and make your own clothes?
Well?
Why the hell should it be any different with meat?
Baby Huey said:
oddman said:
I'd go further than you. I'd say if you're not prepared to kill and butcher your own meat then you have no right to eat it.
Sorry, but this is a ludicrous point of view.Do you have no right to drive a car that you didn't build yourself. Did you build your own house? Do you grow the cotton, harvest it, turn it into cloth and make your own clothes?
Well?
Why the hell should it be any different with meat?
Personally I do shoot a lot - had spatchcocked partridge for supper last night, have another two hanging at the moment along with a couple of hares. I shoot plenty of rabbits and pigeons each year, although not all get eaten - pigeon is however one of my favourite meats. Ducks are rare around here so they are a treat (worth waiting for), but I probably shoot on average one deer a month. I'm still not terribly good at skinning and butchering them, but I get a lot better every time I do it - this is one of the most fun parts IMO.
Anyone who hasn't given it a go should: If you live in London and really are keen, probably your best bet without spending big money is to speak to one of the wildfowling clubs based in Essex or Kent, and see if they can help you.
I once read (it was in response to an attack on hunting) that hunting keeps you honest. No-one deserves to eat the flesh or wear the skin of any animal they would not kill themselves.
Sounds a bit extreme and I don't hunt myself (though I eat meat and wear leather), but I thought it summed things up nicely.
Sounds a bit extreme and I don't hunt myself (though I eat meat and wear leather), but I thought it summed things up nicely.
Whitechief; your thread has arrived.
Emsman said:
BrassMan said:
Don't eat farmed meat, but would have no problem (apart from being a crap shot) with hunting and preparing.
Just out of curiosity, what do you use to kill a deer?
A 243. It stops most things. Generally a head shot.Just out of curiosity, what do you use to kill a deer?
the one with the red tip is a .243
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