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Brian Hutchinson: NHLer vilified in photos holding bear

lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
edited September 2013 in A Moving Train
Brian Hutchinson: NHLer vilified in photos holding bear’s head took part in perfectly legal grizzly hunt

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/201 ... zzly-hunt/

watch accompany video ... worth watching.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,055
    The photo is so bad I thought it was something out of The Onion... except they do better photo shopping than that.

    Ding. Try again. :lol:
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    This guy's name is Clayton STONER.

    GODDAMNIT.
    Why can't MY last name be STONER?

    :D
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i'm against trophy hunting in general ... definitely if its a grizzly and most definitely if its in great bear rainforest ... having said that - the fucking gov't should not allow trophy hunting there ...
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    polaris_x wrote:
    i'm against trophy hunting in general ... definitely if its a grizzly and most definitely if its in great bear rainforest ... having said that - the fucking gov't should not allow trophy hunting there ...

    Part of the reason I posted it is that I did not think Grizzly hunting was allowed anywhere in Canada, especially trophy hunting ... shame on BC or any province that allows this to happen :nono:.
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    He may not be guilty of any crime but he is guilty of being an asshole.
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    dignin wrote:
    He may not be guilty of any crime but he is guilty of being an asshole.

    I tend to think along these lines.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I'm not a fan of hunting in general, but bear hunting is one of the most despicable forms of hunting I've seen. I don't know why someone would take joy in blasting away at an animal quietly eating the honey or bait that you set out for it. Unless you were in a survival/starvation situation, there is absolutely no sport in it.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    know1 wrote:
    I'm not a fan of hunting in general, but bear hunting is one of the most despicable forms of hunting I've seen. I don't know why someone would take joy in blasting away at an animal quietly eating the honey or bait that you set out for it. Unless you were in a survival/starvation situation, there is absolutely no sport in it.

    Totally agree ... but many a deer hunter use salt blocks all winter near their tree stands so once the season starts the deer jus keep coming. Not so sure todays hunters are really hunters anymore.
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    this reminds of the George Carlin joke ... in which he asked someone "why hang a deer head on the wall", the person replied "because it's beautiful", Carlin replied "I find my wife beautiful, I generally just hang a picture". :lol::lol:.

    Now I have paraphrased and likely butchered the joke ... :mrgreen: but the general idea is there.
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  • groovemegrooveme Posts: 353
    dignin wrote:
    He may not be guilty of any crime but he is guilty of being an asshole.

    Yep
  • groovemegrooveme Posts: 353
    lukin2006 wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I'm not a fan of hunting in general, but bear hunting is one of the most despicable forms of hunting I've seen. I don't know why someone would take joy in blasting away at an animal quietly eating the honey or bait that you set out for it. Unless you were in a survival/starvation situation, there is absolutely no sport in it.

    Totally agree ... but many a deer hunter use salt blocks all winter near their tree stands so once the season starts the deer jus keep coming. Not so sure todays hunters are really hunters anymore.

    Very true. They feed the deer all year, then blow them away during hunting season. Almost like shooting the cows in your pasture
  • PingfahPingfah Posts: 350
    lukin2006 wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I'm not a fan of hunting in general, but bear hunting is one of the most despicable forms of hunting I've seen. I don't know why someone would take joy in blasting away at an animal quietly eating the honey or bait that you set out for it. Unless you were in a survival/starvation situation, there is absolutely no sport in it.

    Totally agree ... but many a deer hunter use salt blocks all winter near their tree stands so once the season starts the deer jus keep coming. Not so sure todays hunters are really hunters anymore.


    I'm not sure they ever were, humans have always used technology to give themselves an enormous advantage over the animals they hunt. I don't have a problem with people hunting their own food, but claiming there's any "sport" in it is ridiculous. Anyone using a gun of any description is giving themselves a virtually unassailable advantage.
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Pingfah wrote:

    I'm not sure they ever were, humans have always used technology to give themselves an enormous advantage over the animals they hunt. I don't have a problem with people hunting their own food, but claiming there's any "sport" in it is ridiculous. Anyone using a gun of any description is giving themselves a virtually unassailable advantage.

    I had a friend come back from a safari. This friend had several pictures of many animals on the African plains. As well, this friend had several pictures of themselves smiling and holding a dead animal that they had shot with their big gun.

    Camera? Great idea!
    Gun? Why? Why the need to shoot a zebra? Or antelope? Or whatever?

    I get hunting. My father was an avid hunter and fisherman. I accompanied him and loved it as a youth. He gave it up because he felt immoral. I didn't like that idea at first because I was young, selfish and stupid. I eventually came to understand his reasons though and I adopted those same values.

    I understand a hunter's mindset and because we used to hunt... it's difficult for me to pass judgement on these people. But I cannot understand a trophy hunter's mindset. It's cold, narcissistic, and cruel.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,219
    lukin2006 wrote:
    this reminds of the George Carlin joke ... in which he asked someone "why hang a deer head on the wall", the person replied "because it's beautiful", Carlin replied "I find my wife beautiful, I generally just hang a picture". :lol::lol:.

    Now I have paraphrased and likely butchered the joke ... :mrgreen: but the general idea is there.

    :lol::lol:
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I'm constantly challenging any friend of mine who hunts for sport to drop the gun and try to take down (insert animal here) with their bare hands and see how fucking tough they are.

    I find hunting for sport completely disgusting.
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    I'm constantly challenging any friend of mine who hunts for sport to drop the gun and try to take down (insert animal here) with their bare hands and see how fucking tough they are.

    I find hunting for sport completely disgusting.

    Hugh...

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    truthfully i wish the bears would win more often. problem w/ that is folks would rally up & blast man eaters. fucking sad ass bullshit

    this hockey player deserves to have his teeth knocked out at a game sometime
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