Hunters are always blabbing about the thrill of the hunt, thrill for them not the animal they are stalking, and the great sport in the great outdoors.

Why not let them hunt each other, now that would be a thrill, put two of them in a 6 to 10 acre plot of land and give each like weapons (12 gauge, 30-06, a Randall Knife, and some rope. Then turn em into the field and say he who runs out of the boundries or is dragged out is the won who looses!

How many would enjoy the thrill of that hunt? On equal terms, same geography, same enviornment and how much nerve would depend on the individual.

Charlie

^ I think that I saw that episode on the Twilight Zone.

It has been done in movies and TV...but just think of how much fun it would be to see how much nerve and sport the "hunters" would derive from being the "hunted" as well....lots of em would take up Checkers and mah jon pretty quickly!

Charlie

Wow, I just read all the posts and a couple of things occurred to me. First, isn’t it great that the only minority that is ok to stereotype and look down on these days are rural Americans? Second, when I examine this debate closer, I just see a difference in worldview. No matter what side of the argument you’re on, it seems to me that you either believe that the world was created for you to do whatever you wish with it, or that, you evolved with everything else and have to take care of it as in the words of Ms. Garrison from South Park:

In the beginning we were all fish. Okay? Swimming around in the water. And then one day a couple of fish had a retard baby, and the retard baby was different, so it got to live. So Retard Fish goes on to make more retard babies, and then one day, a retard baby fish crawled out of the ocean with its [waves his left hand limply] mutant fish hands... and it had buttsex with a squirrel or something and made this. [points to a rodent] retard frog squirrel, and then that had a retard baby which was a... monkey fish-frog... And then this monkey fish-frog had buttsex with that monkey, and... that monkey had a mutant retard baby that screwed another monkey and... that made you! So there you go! You're the retarded offspring of five monkeys havin' buttsex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!

David

Charlie - that is why we have paintball and airsoft. It is against the law to kill people.

Most hunters have some sort of value system. Most of it is based on how we were raised. I catch and release bass but I eat crappie and catfish. I shoot deer, rabbits, birds, squirrels and coyotes but would not shoot a hawk or owl. Now if I was a farmer who had issue with predators killing my livestock I would have no qualms with killing them.

Some of you guys really need to get a grip - we are talking animals here not people.

Maybe it's not dead. It could just be sleeping.

AWESOME PIC MIKE!!!

Good for you you my friend.Ignore all of the **** that dont have anything positive to say.

We shoot "beautiful" animals because we can and its legal and its fun!!!

If it was legal to shoot certian birds of prey, I would shot them too..stuff them is some cool scene and put them in my house!!!

I like having their hides in my house, I like making things out of them, I like looking at them. I re live the moment every time i stroke my hand along their backs.

Hopefully the bleeding heart PETA loving liberals will never have their way and the tradition of hunting every animal that is legal to hunt will continue for many many years to come!!!

v

I am so far from a Peta bleeding heart liberal that it is not even funny, but I do value beautiful animals and creatures of nature......that Bobcat is not going to harm a farmer's livestock...lame argument....

If he does eat a chicken or two, so what? Now that you guys have murdered it, why not mount it in some attack pose, so you can justify the murder!

I agree with Bassdude and yes, I believe in hunting, but not something like that....hunt for food. Does bobcat or lynx taste like chicken? I doubt it!

Like I said, you brave outdoorsmen would piss in your pants if someone were sighting down on you with a 30-06 or an express rifle........try hunting each other then tell me about your sporting blood, not baiting traps to shoot something that beautiful.

Charlie

Nice coloring. It will make a beautiful mount. Good job!

re 22. your attitude sickens MY SOUL!!!! Man has been killing these animals before columbus landed on america. It "SICKENS MY SOUL" to see how pitiful people have become. Taking away and HATING things that have been going on in this world and others for CENTURIES. I struggle to understand where this came from. Where did this great wisdom come from that man should not kill animals. I just dont get it.

FIRST..we cant smoke anywhere....whats next in the name of progression?????
Will it be illegal to be fat, illegal to be ugly, will we all be foced to be vegitarians becuase some fn genius deems a COW as "BEAUTIFUL"???????

It sickens MY soul to see our cities grow larger and further away from where this country came from. It sicken my soul to see a father teach his children that hunting is BAD. That you should not kill these beautiful animals.
I'll tell you what, I would ANY DAY much rather have my child reading about Fred Bear, honing his hunting skills, learning about weather patterns affecting game movements, Studdying habbits of animals in nature, learning to accuratly shoot a fire arm, and.....planning a hunt following through and proudly displaying his kill in his house..ANY DAY ...
Before I would see him staring at the tv, sitting in his bedroom with a fn Ipod shoved in his ears, engrosed in fn play station, hanging out with gang bangers, and doing drugs.

Dont knock something you dont understand!!!

v

Did I mention I like Cat... It looks like Rabbit when it's dressed and taste like chicken when it's cooked.... Cat the other white meat...

Hog

I am The Mrs. to the hillbilly post here:

Until you are put into a position where you need to decide wether to shoot one of God's beautiful creations I don't feel that you have the right to call someone the names that I have read here.

This animal was not stalked. To be honest the kids were in the backyard and this animal sat on the hay bails watching every move they made. All that we had to do was walk over to it and fire. The animal was no longer afraid of humans.

Regarding the chickens. We had taken the steps to build them a more secure area. Once a predator gets a taste it doesn't matter how secure an area you build.

I also do not believe in killing for sport. But, what was done in this situation was a necessary evil. I am an educated person and not some inbreed. I do save up for my childrens education. Before you start slamming someone for where they live you need to sit back and examin your own life. We all live in glass houses.

God did create all creatures great and small. So where do some of you get off thinking that you are holier than thou. It really hurts to know that there are people out there who can be so insecure with themselves that they have to slam others.

God bless you all.

It is amazing how one picture seems to give people the right to not only judge the guy's morals, but to question his gene pool too? WOW. Talk about judgemental people who need to take the plank out of their own eyes before they point out the spinter in someone elses.

Get your own lives in order before you try to tell someone else how to live. This is not your excuse to jump on the soap box and spread your personal morality around. Unless of course your goal is to turn people off and lose any chance of changing minds? If that is is, great job, mission accomplished....

Leave the guy alone.

Charlie is Caspar Milquetoast.

Can't have it both ways Chuck. You flamed the guy and agreed with the people bashing him. Now you agree with bassdude.

Take a f***ing stand and stick with it.

As I stated, I would not have shot the animal, but I am not going to insult and berate this guy because he did.

Aw Shawn, you big bitch you!

Charlie

ah... y'all shut up an' pass the damn Fuentes....

Fuentes for murdering a beautiful animal, I think not!

Charlie

Yep, I'd be smoking a Nice Cohiba Lancero while roastin up some of them back strips on the Charcoal Grill..

Cat... Taste's like Chicken!

Hog

grmcooper made two mistakes. One was posting the picture on a cigar site. The second was giving it the title "25 lb bobcat".