Anyone going hunting Stephen's Day?

Dudess · 22-12-2007 01:12PM

Aw I love driving through a hunt - gives me an excuse to shout abuse at them.

ejmaztec wrote: »

If red-coated fox-hunting was a British tradition, I would have thought it would be frowned upon as much as any other British tradition in Ireland. Must be some picking and choosing going on. Perhaps the participants are involved in some kind of snobbery, where they can pretend that they're lords ands ladies of the manor, when they're dressed up like second-hand tampons on horse-back.

I suppose there are those who are descended from the plantation heads - Anglo-Irish, C of I, whatever. Plenty of those involved in hunting aren't though.

Pigman II · 22-12-2007 01:17PM

I doubt it. The only time I ever cried at a movie was Return of the Jedi when

they killed that Ewok.

Hard as nails now I am.

bunny shooter · 22-12-2007 01:25PM

Pigman II wrote: »

I think it's a fantastic idea to go out and kill a few madra-rua. Beyond sport it's doing the country a terrific ecological service to try exterminate them as foxes are basically the pikeys of the animal kingdom.

Crows !

leninbenjamin · 22-12-2007 01:29PM

i've been on a hunt before and Jaysus i'll tell ya something, it was the most boring bloody day of my life. never again.

bunny shooter · 22-12-2007 01:29PM

Hunting is part of human nature. It's part of what we are and what we were

Dudess · 22-12-2007 01:31PM

Human nature? If there was a nuclear strike and no food, perhaps. But when we've cars and there's Tesco and the like, it doesn't strike me as necessary.

HammerHeadGym · 22-12-2007 01:31PM

Those guys are pussies.

Call themselves hunters. I don't know any hunters who wear white and fire engine red to go hunting. If you really want the thrill of fighting an animal, strip to the waist, put a knife between your teeth and get in a pit with a female boar during springtime.

Not until then will you have earned my respect.

Pigman II · 22-12-2007 01:32PM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

i've been on a hunt before and Jaysus i'll tell ya something, it was the most boring bloody day of my life. never again.

I imagine it's a lot like golf?

leninbenjamin · 22-12-2007 01:39PM

Pigman II wrote: »

I imagine it's a lot like golf?

except infinitely worse. nothing happened apart from the dogs ran after something. hurrah! that was it.

Ronan|Raven · 22-12-2007 01:47PM

We go hunting here every stephens day. It is really good fun. We round up several newly arrived Dubs and let them run loose, a five minute head start is usually given then it is game on.

Mweelrea · 22-12-2007 01:51PM

i'm not a fan of hunting but drag hunting i have no problems with

Genghiz Cohen · 22-12-2007 02:08PM

Mweelrea wrote: »

i'm not a fan of hunting but drag hunting i have no problems with

Yeah, that's as interesting as the red-coat hunting, I.E. not very:rolleyes:

ejmaztec · 22-12-2007 02:10PM

Dudess wrote: »

Aw I love driving through a hunt - gives me an excuse to shout abuse at them.

I suppose there are those who are descended from the plantation heads - Anglo-Irish, C of I, whatever. Plenty of those involved in hunting aren't though.

I would say that the Catholic majority borrowed the tradition from the ones who had their mansions burned down before they did a runner. One of my Catholic ancestors had ideas above his station, riding with the hunt, and all that crap. While he was mixing with the hobnobs(not the biscuits), his farm wasn't being farmed so he went bust.

I think the ones involved in it now are the nouveau-rich, one step from the gutter people who think that us ordinary scum will think that they're royalty.

dlofnep · 22-12-2007 02:10PM

Killing animals for fun seems a bit cruel to me. I'm no tree-hugger, but I'd feel bad if I killed an animal. That's just me.

bunny shooter · 22-12-2007 02:15PM

Killing for the sake of it is a waste. Killing for food or to control, not exterminate, vermin is justified

Canis Lupus · 22-12-2007 02:16PM

Personally don't agree or see the point of it. I'd have thought we'd have come on a bit as a species by now to not get kicks out of hunting animals for "sport".

dlofnep · 22-12-2007 02:17PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Personally don't agree or see the point of it. I'd have thought we'd have come on a bit as a species by now to not get kicks out of hunting animals for "sport".

Agreed. Especially bunny rabbits. They are just cool.

Tar.Aldarion · 22-12-2007 02:38PM

No, this year I think I won't be hunting...
Maybe I can buy something in Tesco to eat.

Caliden · 22-12-2007 02:43PM

I certainly am. Gonna shoot some bunnies and foxes. Can't wait

Tar.Aldarion · 22-12-2007 02:45PM

If I can't find anything to eat in Tesco can I join you?
But I think I'll be on some sort of buggy instead of a horse, they can go faster.

ejmaztec · 22-12-2007 02:50PM

Caliden wrote: »

I certainly am. Gonna shoot some bunnies and foxes. Can't wait

Their families will hunt you down - then the boot will be on the other paw!

You'll really be screwed when you're outside the Pearly Gates only to find that God's a rabbit!:p

dlofnep · 22-12-2007 02:51PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

If I can't find anything to eat in Tesco can I join you?
But I think I'll be on some sort of buggy instead of a horse, they can go faster.

Dominos pizza man!

Mossy Monk · 22-12-2007 02:59PM

Mairt wrote: »

You'd rather stay at home doing it?

Yes.

Trojan911 · 22-12-2007 03:08PM

Yep, I'll be going out for the foxes, but not on horseback. Dogs & shotgun.

bunny shooter · 22-12-2007 03:17PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

You'll really be screwed when you're outside the Pearly Gates only to find that God's a rabbit!:p

Imagine what I'm in for then ?

A-Trak · 22-12-2007 03:24PM

Whilst I've always enjoyed shooting and hunting in the form of stalking and shooting, can't say I'd ever want to dress up and drag hunt a single fox, with a huge pack of dogs and an equally huge pack of pricks on horse back.

Not really much sport in that. 1 fox vs 50 dogs / horses & riders.

Anyway my shooting would be similar to this as I've only recently taken it up.

DonJose · 22-12-2007 03:32PM

A-Trak wrote: »

Anyway my shooting would be similar to this as I've only recently taken it up.

Nice video

what a fukking jacka$$ of a "hunter", how many shots did that idiot take.

ejmaztec · 22-12-2007 03:40PM

bunny shooter wrote: »

Imagine what I'm in for then ?

Yep, you won't even get to the gates - you're going straight down by default!:p

IRLConor · 22-12-2007 04:38PM

Dudess wrote: »

Human nature? If there was a nuclear strike and no food, perhaps. But when we've cars and there's Tesco and the like, it doesn't strike me as necessary.

How do you think the food gets to Tesco? Do the cows die of old age? Do the chickens commit suicide (perhaps by jumping into traffic while crossing the road)?

Given the choice between being raised as fast as possible on a farm (possibly in cramped conditions), stunned and then bled to death or living out in the wild as nature intended and then being shot by someone who was doing their utmost to kill me quickly I know which one I'd pick.

Hunting with hounds makes no sense to me though. If you're exterminating vermin (like foxes) then you use a gun, it's way more efficient. If you're hunting for tasty food (deer), you don't use dogs to make the kill, you use a rifle. That way you get more edible meat. I don't think it's necessarily more cruel (if you think it is, then by extension you should also consider wolves in the wild to be cruel when they kill as a pack), it's just a bit pointless.

To answer the OP's question, no I'll be indoors stuffing myself. Can't afford the horse either.

I shoot, but I don't hunt (although I love the taste of pheasant and wild venison).

leninbenjamin · 22-12-2007 04:44PM

IRLConor wrote: »

How do you think the food gets to Tesco? Do the cows die of old age? Do the chickens commit suicide (perhaps by jumping into traffic while crossing the road)?

depending on the type of hunt. shooting is grand, but the one with dgs where they purposely scare the animals sh*tless then let the dogs tear it to shreds while it still alive all for the sake of entertainment... bleh.

Anyone going hunting Stephen's Day?

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