Only edible game?

I am a meathunter and care not about any tropphy ( but I cant throw it in the bush), but i try to use as much as possible of the game, but in Germany fur is not PC and the tanning of a foxfur will cost 25€, so I do it sometimes myself (also roedeer, pig, badger...)
The heads are taken, prepared and sold at e-bay.
I eate also "exotic" animals like badgers and crows.
Mostof my huntingcompanions are more amazed of trophys than of eating.

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After having read all the replies, I've concluded that most of the responses "made sense" and could persuade me to just shoot for sport, to control "pests", to shoot animals for economic reasons and for some other reasons w/o utilizing the carcasses. Two replies from the "freedom fighters" {patriotism, a good quality}, although off topic, proffered reasons that seemed a bit "odd" to me. Their reason for hunting is to hone their "hunting" skills in the event of an invasion of the US by a foreign country or an insurgency from within. To each his own, but I've never in 65 years of hunting once thought of that reason to hunt. The replies were interesting, thoughtful and above all, courteous....Thanks again....Fred

Baikal said:

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Perhaps you waited too long. I think the forum allows only a 10 minute window for editing.

flehto said:

After having read all the replies, I've concluded that most of the responses "made sense" and could persuade me to just shoot for sport, to control "pests", to shoot animals for economic reasons and for some other reasons w/o utilizing the carcasses. Two replies from the "freedom fighters" {patriotism, a good quality}, although off topic, proffered reasons that seemed a bit "odd" to me. Their reason for hunting is to hone their "hunting" skills in the event of an invasion of the US by a foreign country or an insurgency from within. To each his own, but I've never in 65 years of hunting once thought of that reason to hunt. The replies were interesting, thoughtful and above all, courteous....Thanks again....Fred

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Well Fred you did ask the question and apparently wanted our responses!

If you are referring to me being a Freedom Fighter, thanks I appreciate that remark.

You asked for a reason:I doubt that as a young lad out scouring the country side for a woodchuck we are secretly thinking we need to learn how to do this so that when we are invaded etc. (nonsense). I did say that the reason we do this perhaps is so that we can improve our marksmanship and hunting, yes at the cost of some varmints life I suppose.

Then you asked for the motivation:I said "the motivation would be the fact that these hunting prowess learned as a young boy (girl) would some day have to be put to use.

Perhaps we don't know what would motivate someone of such a young age to take a life that they were not prepaired to eat or stuff. Maybe it's just what everyone else around us in the country did the same thing so that is why we did it too! The kids that didn't kill stuff probably went to take dancing lessons, heck I don't know. I for one do not consider killing a varmit like a woodchuck, the taking of a life, that's just not the way I look at it. If I were to kill a person then yes of course, that would be the taking of a life. However the taking of a varmit or the like, I don't feel that way.

The justification: Would be in my opinion is that if these lessons learned by shooting and hunting were ever to be needed to be pressed into service for defense of our own freedom, then thank God we had hunted and killed stuff back then so we would already know how.

Off topic, perhaps if you think it is, however I was merely giving you MY thoughts on the question as you requested. Glad you have refrained from killing stuff as you got older, I havne't!

Have a goodn :thumbsup:

rabbit03 (the freedom fighter)

Thanks for your much more detailed thoughts...perhaps your initial post was incomplete and really didn't "tell the whole story" and would cause someone to think your motivation to hunt was "sorta different"? Like all the other responses, I found your last reply to be thoughtful and not at all that different from many others that were posted.....Fred

I figure as long as it's okay for folks to swat and poison flies, it's okay to shoot other pests. Pretty basic.

Of course, in the best of another world we used to do public service during informal range sessions with our high power benchrest rifles. Smear a little honey or fish slime on the target board at 100 yards, then shoot at the flies that collected. Way more fun than you can imagine!!!!!

Is it possible that we have an instinct that drives us to hunt? :hmm: Especially young males. My father didn't hunt but I couldn't wait to shoot at all the critters in my area. After getting my first rifle I was out shooting rabbits, ground squirrels, crows and anything else I could find. Didn't eat any of these but did make an attempt to take the hides of the rabbits.

GW

-----"HAD" a young groundhog move into my yard last week--got kicked out of his mothers home and moved into mine--"""UNWANTED IN MY YARD ALSO""" 22 rimfire put him to sleep---now to patch up the damage-- :nono: :nono: :nono: NOT EATING HIM-- :nono: :nono: :nono:

Well I tell you I've ate alot of things.But I killed an Old Ram brought the meat home with all intentions of eating it.I tried several ways of fixing it but there was just no way I could.

So I fed it to my Dogs.

oneshot

In fact, in spite of having unlimited does tags this year, unless I can find a replacement family I won't be shooting a single one because they've moved out of the area, and as yet I haven't found anyone who'll take them.

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Hey Roundball, my state has a program that streamlines donating game to homeless shelters and others that need the food. Maybe your state has one or maybe you could start one. It would be a big project and maybe not your cup of tea but you might be able to get the ball rolling for other folks who would jump in and help or finish the job.

My state stopped the donation of game meat to shelters and the homeless because the game meat does not meet FDA regs. My state Game&Fish dept. will except leftover meat for the zoo's and Wildlife Rehab. as long as it has not been turned into spicy sausage.

-----SPICY SAUSAGE---send it to me----- :v

This is when direct donations to needy people should take over. To Heck with those government regulations! Sounds like someone in the Meat industry that is selling its excess meat to the homeless shelters is squawking about competition, and loss of profits. Your legislature should pass a law putting an end to that kind of bureaucratic road block. And, if its a federal inspector that is causing the problems, then Congress should act. :thumbsup:

Americans have been taking care of the poor for many years before the FDA was ever created. I Like what Roundball does with the Game he doesn't eat. Its what makes America great. Government inspectors, and assistance made be needed to help the Urban poor, but where game is hunted, there are a lot of rural poor, and elderly families that can use the help. I do hope that hunters who can and do still donate venison to food banks will take care of the deer well, and treat the meat as if there were going to serve it to their own families. But, the horror stories I have heard come from people who work in the processing plants , and how little care is taken to keep the meat from spoiling until it can be processed.

My first rule is "you eat or wear what you kill." That being said, owning a ranch means there are going to be animals killed that are not edible but because they are killing livestock. Coyotes for example. And farmers in these parts can't kill enough wild pigs that are destroying their fields.
I have passed on bobcats and a mountain lion because I had seen no evidence of predation. But I do follow my basic rule and have taught my son the same.

I was concerned about our Regs as far as donating meat.Found out I could grind it and Package it myself at Home,just have to put my Name and I.D. number on it.Makes it alot easier that I thought it would be.

This is in Missouri.

oneshot

Homer Simpson would not even eat a coyote. Ummmmmm, (drool) coyote - arrhhhsggh.......

There's some "edible" game meat that I won't eat and here's the reason. Visited a butcher shop to have some sausage made using my venison that was de-fatted, de-sinewed and any trace of gunshot meat removed but after smelling the odor of urine, intestinal remains and rotted meat emanating from a dozen or so deer lying on the floor, I walked out and made hamburger out of my sweet meat. Judging from this episode and if I had any say-so on whether charities etc. should accept game meat, I say no thank you. Evidently some hunters don't know how to field dress or "handle" deer, etc. and I personally wouldn't accept packaged game from anybody except relatives or members of our hunting party.....Fred

I have donated venison front quarters to the local 'bread of life'. they ask that I bone it out and strip any large sinew-ridden meat out (as in lower fore legs, I just cut the large chunks of meat out) then they cut it up into stew meat. I've eaten the stew made from it. it's tasty. they get the boned out legs/shoulders/rib meat. I keep the flank/skirt steak for stir-fry myself. or fajitas. and I keep the neck roast along with the rest of the meat.