On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:38:03 +0000, Harry Krause wrote:

Don White wrote:
That's it...in this case the fenced in area was small and the hunter pays
money so he can walk right up to some of the prey. They also had some pretty
exotic animals..such as tigers, lions etc wqhere the great white hunters had a
safe place in a bunker or platform and the cats were let out of a cage to be
gunned down before they could getaway. One case had what looked like a
mountain goat standing at a fence with an arrow sticking out of it's back.
It seemed to sense what was coming and starred out through the links. The
'hunter walked up, fully clothed in camo, to within 20 feet or so and shot
another arrow into the animal. If these guys are that desperate to kill...send
them to Iraq.

Even non-canned hunting doesn't seem especially sporting.

Couple of big guys go out in a field with a couple of dogs. The dogs go ahead
and scare little birds out of the brush. As the little birds try to escape, the
guys blast them with shotgun pellets.

Guys sit up in a tree, make deer deer, elk, moose calls. Moose moves in, thinks
he's going to get laid. Guys open up with high-powered rifles and kill the
critter.

Guys sit in a blind near a body of water. Fake ducks or geese are floating in
front of them. Guys make duck/goosing sounding noises. Birds fly in, get
blasted.

Yep. It surely is a manly "sport."

"A hunter crouches in his blind,
'Neath camouflage of every kind.
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys.
This grown-up man, with pluck and luck
Is hoping to outwit a duck."
- Ogden Nash

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