This kind of behavior hurts us all........... - Page 2

Kreyzhorse · August 25, 2011, 07:44 PM

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Yep, there are slobs everywhere

+1.

I was hunting antelope on public land out in Wyoming and we came across a lot of antelope that had been shot and left to rot. As we talked to the locals, some of them mentioned that they thought one of the other local boys was to blame. Fast forward a few days and we got to see the local Game Warden arrest what I can only assume was the shooter. That was a nice sight to see.

Discern · August 25, 2011, 09:08 PM

Dad taught us the rule "If you kill it, you clean it, you eat it" - within reason. We did not eat gophers, raccoons, coyotes or foxes. All of these were hunted for population control. Even the fur bearing were hunted for population control. When their numbers were down, we would let them be - except for the coyotes.

C0untZer0 · August 25, 2011, 09:17 PM

^ Raccoons are supposedly tasty and were a part of the American diet for decades and decades. It was even at one time a dish served at the Whitehouse.

Down South there is still a big raccoon BBQ that they do...

I've heard that squirell is not that much different from gophers.

Louisiana has such a problem with Nutria that they tried to convinve the Chiness to start eating them. The hope was to build an export market for the things - and people would hunt them for a bounty.

I guess it didn't work so well, Nutria are still destroying levys and undercutting roads.

Is the gator tail mostly white meat?

Discern · August 25, 2011, 09:23 PM

I do not eat rodents. If you want the gophers, I will mail them to you COD. :-)

We would hunt the raccoons if they started going after our garden or damaging the buildings. Raccoons can do a lot of damage to building and equipment. What I have hear about raccoon meat is it can be greasy.

With home grown beef and hunted venison no need for gophers or raccoon meat.

youngunz4life · August 26, 2011, 12:40 AM

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od green · August 26, 2011, 07:24 AM

According to our state regs, that would fall under wanton waste which that would make it illegal. Tho we don't have many gators here.

Doyle · August 26, 2011, 07:46 AM

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According to our state regs, that would fall under wanton waste which that would make it illegal. Tho we don't have many gators here.

Yes, Fl (where the crime happened) also has a wanton waste statute. However, the gator poaching penalties are far stricter. Penalty for wanton waste will get you a slap on the wrist. Penalty for gator poaching will get you thrown under the jail.

Daryl · August 26, 2011, 10:33 AM

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What I have hear about raccoon meat is it can be greasy.

This first time you skin and flesh a 'coon hide, you'll KNOW it's greasy.

rickyrick · August 26, 2011, 11:00 AM

I was imagining that raccoons tasted like corn, marshmallows with a hint of shredded V-max

tahunua001 · August 27, 2011, 01:19 PM

when I was a young buck(only 5 years ago but still makes me feel learned) me and my best friend decided we were sick of hunting in our usual stomping grounds(plus he had shot the only buck in that place the week before) so we went to a farm he knew had lots of bucks. when we got there we saw a fence that was lined with 7 beautiful all non typical deer racks. when we asked the farmer if he had a problem with us hunting on his land he pointed at the fence and told us that he had recovered all of those racks in the 2 weeks since season started from bucks who were shot and left to rot on his place and now he wont let anyone hunt on his place ever again.

way to ruin it for the rest of us slobs

LSnSC · August 27, 2011, 01:39 PM

For most, gator hunting is a novelty. All they want is a trophy to say, "been there and done that." If they couldnt post pics or show off trophies, I wounder how many would actually hunt them?

bswiv · August 27, 2011, 03:07 PM

You'd be surprised at how many gators we clean ( We process them in the fish market during the season. ) for guys who are pumped about the meat.

Not saying that you are not mostly right but here in FL the meat is prized.

youngunz4life · August 28, 2011, 01:57 AM

from what I understand: absolutely none of a hunted gator is wasted(if you are hunting it for the correct reasons)

Ambishot · August 28, 2011, 01:08 PM

True hunters don't do this to an animal. I've never hunted down south but isn't there a FL equivalent to Operation Game Thief?

Kimbertron · September 5, 2011, 10:40 PM

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It's too easy to be ethical. I've got a brother-in-law who loves to hunt deer, but doesn't enjoy deer meat. When he shoots a deer, he asks if any of us want the meat. If not, he calls two or three other buddies to see if they want it. If not, he hauls it to the meat locker and tells the owner of the processing plant to give it to a poor family.

It's not hard to do the right thing.

This is what annoys me the most, if you want to hunt only for the trophy at least make a phone call there are plenty of people willing to take meat off a hunters hands. I could be wrong in assuming this is also true in Florida but where i live its very easy to give away meat with very little work.

Gunplummer · September 5, 2011, 11:31 PM

This is how campfire rumors get started. Maybe it was just scavengers. That is what we call guys that find dead trophies and cut parts off them. When I drive down to West Virginia on Thanksgiving week it is not unusual to see a large bodied deer laying in the median of the interstate with the head gone and caped down to the shoulders. On the Monday after Thanksgiving Pa. rifle season opens. You can bet who ever took the head isn't going to tell people it was a road kill.

August 26, 2011, 12:40 AM	#30
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	nutria - would like to find that racoon BBQ(never heard of it or tried it) http://www.nighthawkpublications.com/images/181-09.JPG http://photocompetition.upclive.com/...aale_zahne.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3Anuws4NkI...278_nutria.jpg __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

August 26, 2011, 11:00 AM	#34
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,238	I was imagining that raccoons tasted like corn, marshmallows with a hint of shredded V-max __________________ Woohoo, I’m back In Texas!!!

August 27, 2011, 01:19 PM	#35
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	when I was a young buck(only 5 years ago but still makes me feel learned) me and my best friend decided we were sick of hunting in our usual stomping grounds(plus he had shot the only buck in that place the week before) so we went to a farm he knew had lots of bucks. when we got there we saw a fence that was lined with 7 beautiful all non typical deer racks. when we asked the farmer if he had a problem with us hunting on his land he pointed at the fence and told us that he had recovered all of those racks in the 2 weeks since season started from bucks who were shot and left to rot on his place and now he wont let anyone hunt on his place ever again. way to ruin it for the rest of us slobs __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

August 28, 2011, 01:57 AM	#38
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	from what I understand: absolutely none of a hunted gator is wasted(if you are hunting it for the correct reasons) __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

August 28, 2011, 01:08 PM	#39
Ambishot Senior Member Join Date: April 29, 2011 Location: US Posts: 274	Pukes, slobs... True hunters don't do this to an animal. I've never hunted down south but isn't there a FL equivalent to Operation Game Thief?

August 25, 2011, 09:08 PM	#27
Discern Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Posts: 471	Dad taught us the rule "If you kill it, you clean it, you eat it" - within reason. We did not eat gophers, raccoons, coyotes or foxes. All of these were hunted for population control. Even the fur bearing were hunted for population control. When their numbers were down, we would let them be - except for the coyotes.

August 25, 2011, 09:17 PM	#28
C0untZer0 Junior member Join Date: April 21, 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,555	^ Raccoons are supposedly tasty and were a part of the American diet for decades and decades. It was even at one time a dish served at the Whitehouse. Down South there is still a big raccoon BBQ that they do... I've heard that squirell is not that much different from gophers. Louisiana has such a problem with Nutria that they tried to convinve the Chiness to start eating them. The hope was to build an export market for the things - and people would hunt them for a bounty. I guess it didn't work so well, Nutria are still destroying levys and undercutting roads. Is the gator tail mostly white meat?

August 25, 2011, 09:23 PM	#29
Discern Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Posts: 471	I do not eat rodents. If you want the gophers, I will mail them to you COD. :-) We would hunt the raccoons if they started going after our garden or damaging the buildings. Raccoons can do a lot of damage to building and equipment. What I have hear about raccoon meat is it can be greasy. With home grown beef and hunted venison no need for gophers or raccoon meat.

August 26, 2011, 07:24 AM	#31
od green Member Join Date: March 28, 2009 Location: Viola DE Posts: 22	According to our state regs, that would fall under wanton waste which that would make it illegal. Tho we don't have many gators here.

August 27, 2011, 01:39 PM	#36
LSnSC Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2010 Posts: 514	For most, gator hunting is a novelty. All they want is a trophy to say, "been there and done that." If they couldnt post pics or show off trophies, I wounder how many would actually hunt them?

August 27, 2011, 03:07 PM	#37
bswiv Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: NE FL....... Posts: 1,081	You'd be surprised at how many gators we clean ( We process them in the fish market during the season. ) for guys who are pumped about the meat. Not saying that you are not mostly right but here in FL the meat is prized.

September 5, 2011, 11:31 PM	#41
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	This is how campfire rumors get started. Maybe it was just scavengers. That is what we call guys that find dead trophies and cut parts off them. When I drive down to West Virginia on Thanksgiving week it is not unusual to see a large bodied deer laying in the median of the interstate with the head gone and caped down to the shoulders. On the Monday after Thanksgiving Pa. rifle season opens. You can bet who ever took the head isn't going to tell people it was a road kill.