Alberta: Stop playing games, go out and hunt

Healthier?,yeah tell that to Harry Whittington.

No thanks I don't like to kill animals for fun also I like more fishing.

Ha! Ted Morton actually ran for Premier of Alberta last December. Can only imagine what holidays he'd have come up with were he in charge.

Check out the campaign theme song he used... :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFoJGa439j4

Being an Albertan, I can see the truth in this. I find nothing wrong with hunting for sport, so long as it is a species that is in no hope of dying out (Such as the marmot population). And from experience, yes, its healthier for you, mostly because you ARE getting fresh air, which you don't often get while spending all your time in the city. Sometimes its nice to go outdoors for a while, even if you don't bag anything all day. Just go do some target practice if you don't like the idea of shooting a live creature, just don't judge those who do, its culture as they say.

my dad used to hunt, it was cool. and his dad used to hunt, but that was for actual dinner food

(sarcasm)

Hunting teaches kids how to kill.

(/sarcasm)

Mind you, I've got nothing against guns or hunting... but isn't this a confusing message to send to people(namely kids)? The tirade against video game violence has been going out since who-knows-when... and yet now it's a promotion to go use those well-practiced hand & eye coordination skills in those gun games in real life.

Shy of booze's inebriating efforts("ah cha cha cha, delicious"), I'm usually playing videogames to dip out of reality into a no-consequence scenario. And no one gets hurt... but the family/friends I opt to avoid anyway. :D

Anyhow, to wrap this up... I'll end with an open inquiry:
When you've got Bambi in your sights, can you call'em a homosexual expletive or yell "boom, headshot" without being booted from the forest?

In before the self-righteous hypocrites.

Oh wait, sorry, my bad.

"..we haven't seen many people lining up at midnight launch events for new hunting gear."

That's because, not surprisingly, hunters aren't that pathetic.

Man I agree, games are just to violent anyways. Why don't we just go blow a chickens head off instead. If we keep gaming then we might get the idea that it's alright to kill things for fun.

extreme hunting sucks, the sequel was good, but buck hunter is where its at.

and WHY THE HELL isn't there a home light-gun hunting game? don't they realize how well that would sell in canada/the southern US?

As morbid as it sounds, sometimes hunting is a good idea, since in many areas, humans, with our infinite wisdom, have destroyed the populations of native predators, leading to population explosions of former prey animals such as deer. Believe me, I can't imagine taking any enjoyment out of killing a defenseless animal, but sometimes where there is unbalance, the balance must be restored.
Unfortunately, this doesn't really work either, since hunters want the biggest, healthiest individuals, not the weak ones that need to be removed to keep the population strong.
So it's a loose, loose situation with stupid humans to blame, just like all the world's problems.

You know what sucks about hunting? Teamkillers. Those guys are a menace.

Poor defenseless animals?

Now granted, a deer lacks OFFENSIVE traits like claws, teeth, and any other form of weapon.

But to call them DEFENSEless is wrong.

A deer can smell you from 3 miles away. You fart, and nothings coming near ya for a couple of hours.

And even though deer are color blind, their vision is like motion trackers. If a deer is looking at you, and you wiggle your pinky even slightly, hes gone.

But anywho. I'm a hunter, and I admit, its healthier.

When your playing halo 3 what are you doing? Sitting down, eating cheetos, drinking energy drinks.

When I'm out hunting, I gotta walk a mile or 2 to my blind. Then if I hit something, and he runs, I gotta track the thing for as long as I got a blood trail. Farthest track was 10 miles. By the time I found her, I was so tired I had to call someone to pick me and the deer up (I usually gut it then carry it back).

It can be hard work. Granted its not like running a marathon or something. But its much better then sitting around.

I can understand why others don't like hunting. But whatever you do, don't think of us as cold hearted killers.

Most hunters don't hunt "for fun". Most hunters hunt for the meat.

Beef is steroid injected in order to yield more beef per cattle. Also, cows fat grows inside the beef.

Venison (deer meat) is healthy and natural. Also, the deers fat grows on the outside of the meat. Meaning an incredibly lean meat.

Ever put a burger on a George Foreman grill? All that nasty fat and crap comes rolling into that little tray.

Put a venison patty on there...and the tray is empty.

Hunting serves its purpose, and I surely hope its not coming to an end. Because if hunting comes to an end, you can almost guarantee that most wild life parks will close too.

There is an act called the Robertson-Somthing act (I can't remember exactly). But about 5% of all money made on all fishing gear, hunting gear, guns, and ammunition goes directly to wild life preservation.

I believe Tennessee used to have bald eagles, but they became extinct. Now they are back. Why? Not because of PETA. But because of hunters and the money they donated.

So don't down play hunters. We are good people.

To Word and Tiago and any other self-righteous heroes:

Are you both vegetarians? If you are, fine. If not, you should probably shut up about "killing poor defenseless animals" now before you embarrass yourselves further. Just because the actual kill is done by other people far away where you don't have to see it doesn't mean you aren't killing animals too. As for "the weapons these freaks use to hunt," do you know what kind of "weapons" they use in a slaughterhouse? The tools the hunters use are a lot more fair, I can assure you.

And Word... you don't like to kill animals for fun, but you like fishing. Do you think fish are vegetables?

What the hell kind of shooting sport actually DISCOURAGES headshots? It ruins the trophy, sure, but what are you supposed to scream after you get the kill? "BOOM! He'll bleed to death eventually!" Hardly!

Were I to go hunting, I'd bring along my 50 DTC or Beowulf (slight tweak to a BMG case, to make it CA-legal), and would take headshots if I felt I could make 'em. I don't really care about trophies, and the only folks who whine at you about headshots are the Elmer Fudd field+stream types. I'm more into tactical rifles, and would prefer the most humane shot possible rather than chasing some animal while it suffers. I suppose using the really large calibers makes me a 'freak' by the standards of the "aw, poor animal" crowd - but if you consider that the larger the bullet, the less suffering's involved for the animal... well, I'll lug my 24lb rifle out there to do my business. By the way - catch and release fishing? With hooks? I wouldn't even consider torturing a fish like that if I didn't intend to eat it.

Well, people don't understand that hunting is actually for the benefit of the animal. When someone goes and hunts in Canada they need what's called a tag, it's basically a license to kill that specific type of animal. The revenue from the tags go directly to supporting reasearch on speiceis poplations, and if necessary, control. (When population become too much, and the ecosystem can't support any more of that species, they either a) eat up all the food and then they all starve to death or b) the government takes care of it, by either raising the tag limit or paying some hutners to go on a cull and basically shoot as many as they can find to down the numbers, if hunters don't take care of enough of that species in the first place.

And don't frigen get started on cruel deaths. Hunting is one of the most humane ways an animal can die. It's better than becoming sick or old, and then being torn apart by wolves/coyotes, or walking out into the middle of a highway and getting hit by a car and waiting for MNR to show up to put it out of it's misery.

Besides, out where I live 1/3 car acidents are because of animal strikes. I have no problem working real hard, getting some good exercise, spending time out in quiet forsets and taking home a full sized buck. Besides, I'd rather have a deer on my plate than on my windshield.