Ethics & Killing.

[Spear Chucker]

No I'm not, I have to draw the line somewhere, they are difficult to process, and all the ones I shoot get given to a friend, she feeds them all to her raptors, most of mine are headshot with the air rifle or trapped so no chance of lead poisoning her birds.

mine are used in the larsen trap. "harvest" includes "management" of vermin...that ratty foot...fine for a backwoodsman, not my bag.

 

[Pedro]

Not sure any mammal or bird in the uk is inedable, some we just dont want to eat.
Ill eat most things but the biggest killing for fun with no interest in the animal ending up on a plate is game shooting

Well the shoot I'm part of, everything that's edible gets shared out and eaten. So sweeping statements such as yours aren't helpful. Yes, there's some, especially the big ones where that's different, but there's hundreds of small farm/local shoots all over the country where the bag is shared out, taken home and processed as food. In recent years I've been part of 3 different shoots and nothing goes to waste (except perhaps the odd smashed up pheasant and even that is generally taken by someone for their dogs).

In this country's atmosphere at present, trying to diss other shooting sports like this is only shooting each other in the foot. Divided we fall!

 

[Spear Chucker]

What part?

"but the biggest killing for fun with no interest in the animal ending up on a plate is game shooting"

Not where I come from.

 

[shakey jake]

Well the shoot I'm part of, everything that's edible gets shared out and eaten. So sweeping statements such as yours aren't helpful. Yes, there's some, especially the big ones where that's different, but there's hundreds of small farm/local shoots all over the country where the bag is shared out, taken home and processed as food. In recent years I've been part of 3 different shoots and nothing goes to waste (except perhaps the odd smashed up pheasant and even that is generally taken by someone for their dogs).

In this country's atmosphere at present, trying to diss other shooting sports like this is only shooting each other in the foot. Divided we fall!

So you agree it happens, i hate waste but im honest enough to admit the waste and lack of wanting to eat the bag on big bird days. Im not saying i agree with it but it happens.
I was also pointing out the point at the start is flawed, you could eat pretty much everything we control but we decide not to for reasons of tradition. Its ok to kill crow, rooks, magpies and not eat but pigeons its wrong. Its a weird devide

 

[shakey jake]

"but the biggest killing for fun with no interest in the animal ending up on a plate is game shooting"

Not where I come from.

The big shoots of hundreds a day, you think those guns care what happens to the birds? Even thoubh there is hardly any market for the birds millions are breed each year

 

[John Gryphon]

Is there no market anymore for this meat in the pet food trade?
I remember watching a documentary many years ago about a guy who hunted for the pet trade and earned a good living, butcher was with a chainsaw sometimes and straight into the back of the refrigerated wagon when full a drive to the processing plant.

Handling logistics are the problem/vast distances etc....you can only get so many camels in one semi trailer then can be faced with a 1000 mile drive.

 

[John Gryphon]

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