Skiing's Future

[Campgottagopee]

As far as hunting goes I think people have romantic notions about what it’s like. As if they are gonna move out there and fill up their freezer super easy. The wolves have dispersed the elk and the herds can’t settle in the valleys the way they used to because of development. Sure, you can stand on the border of Yellowstone with all of the outfitters and wait to shoot some trophy when it steps over the boundary but I don’t think you should be up for any sportsman award. Some of the hunting involves thick bush where people often get their faces swiped off by Grizzly bears, so there’s that too. In other places it’s so open the animals can see you from literally miles away. A friend of mine stalked pronghorn for a week. Belly crawled for two days, bedding down when they did, just to get the best shot. The trick he described was to drop them without them running so the meat stays good. He never took that shot that trip and said he’d rather have it that way instead of coming home with shit tasting meat. He said it was wild sleeping out there with them on the prairie.

Good insight right here. Nothing about hunting is easy, that's why it's called hunting and not shooting.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

The trick he described was to drop them without them running so the meat stays good. He never took that shot that trip and said he’d rather have it that way instead of coming home with shit tasting meat.

As a non-meat eater, I had to do a search about that ^^. Jesus, yuck.

Why Meat from Scared Animals Tastes Worse

If you're ever locked in a cage in a gingerbread house, screaming in terror as you're menaced by a wicked witch, take heart: she isn't planning to eat you.

www.atlasobscura.com

 

[Campgottagopee]

As a non-meat eater, I had to do a search about that ^^. Jesus, yuck.

Why Meat from Scared Animals Tastes Worse

If you're ever locked in a cage in a gingerbread house, screaming in terror as you're menaced by a wicked witch, take heart: she isn't planning to eat you.

www.atlasobscura.com

I have shot, killed, and eaten countless running deer. I've never noticed a difference in how the meat tastes. Maybe it depends on the animal?

 

[tirolski]

Yeah, it was wild back then. Can’t legally drive 80 mph with a beer between your legs anymore that’s for sure. ‘Reasonable and Prudent’ read the speed sign at the state line. When the Feds said MT had to comply with a numerical limit or no money for highways, MT said OK and made the speeding tickets $5 and payable on the spot.

Yup.
Riding with my cousin's boyfriend going to north of Seattle on I-90 west of Missoula we were doing ~100mph and a cop pulled us over. He said don’t worry. Gave the cop a $-tenner on the spot. Ticket was for "unwise use of fossil fuels". We were on the way again in a couple minutes. He might have got change back.

 

[x10003q]

I have shot, killed, and eaten countless running deer. I've never noticed a difference in how the meat tastes. Maybe it depends on the animal?

Which animal - the shooter or the shootee?

 

[Campgottagopee]

I have heard

Which animal - the shooter or the shootee?

LOL!

 

[Milo Maltbie]

It's been going on for years.

I know, but now it's becoming mainstream.

mm

 

[Campgottagopee]

I know, but now it's becoming mainstream.

mm

Agree
And it's being accepted by some. That, as you say, is totally unacceptable.

 

[raisingarizona]

U.N. chief warns of ‘a winter of global discontent’

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that war, famine and climate change are setting the stage for a ‘a winter of global discontent’ in his remarks opening the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday morning.

www.yahoo.com

 

[raisingarizona]

Column: California's water usage was built on a historic lie. The cost is now apparent

Human demands for water from the Colorado have far outstripped what it ever could provide.

www.yahoo.com