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20. Wouldn't work,

Reply to Heather MC (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:24 PM

Dec 2013

I reload my own ammo, as do thousands upon thousands of gun owners.

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I would like to announce that as a young person I hunted for food [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 OP

We fished for food. Same thing. n/t pnwmom Dec 2013 #1

Nothing wrong with hunting for food. bigwillq Dec 2013 #2

I agree, but trophy hunting I hate. n/t RebelOne Dec 2013 #7

So do I (nt) bigwillq Dec 2013 #25

No, nothing wrong with it at all. I prefer it to factory farmed meat nt Mojorabbit Dec 2013 #37

My husband did the same. HappyMe Dec 2013 #3

that's a good iea. Yeah, my brother and I used to do a lot of fishing in the lake near us too. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #5

There's a Hunt For the Hungry Program in WI. HappyMe Dec 2013 #6

"...very poor people end up doing what they need to do to survive" etherealtruth Dec 2013 #4

Nothing wrong with hunting, but i bet you never needed an AR15, to take down Heather MC Dec 2013 #8

you are right. I am for restriction of some guns out there. and univeral background checks Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #10

I like Chris Rock's Plan, Give them the gun but Charge $5,000 per bullet Heather MC Dec 2013 #13

Wouldn't work, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #20

Ok, $5000 per primer ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #70

I love Chris Rock's stand up comedy routines, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #73

Other than Chris rock being an idiot know-nothing... cleanhippie Dec 2013 #77

You do realize Chris Rock is not a constitutional scholar? hack89 Dec 2013 #80

Some hunters do use AR15 or the higher powered AR10 to hunt deer but ... spin Dec 2013 #17

Even if you wanted too Sgent Dec 2013 #38

But I thought most news reports when talking about ar15s always call them hi powered rifles Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #68

Depends on what you mean by Sgent Dec 2013 #69

One reason the military went to small caliber bullets is they found that when you kill Bandit Dec 2013 #95

I've several guns, for hunting Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #9

That used to be us... cynatnite Dec 2013 #11

We just had a nice bowl of moose bone soup for lunch. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #12

A lot of people get preachy behind what they THINK is a sustainable lifestyle. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #14

Nicely stated. appal_jack Dec 2013 #15

One summer, I fished for it to save money. badtoworse Dec 2013 #16

I lived with a foster family for a year when I was in high school and venison was the Cleita Dec 2013 #18

Over Thanksgiving weekend my Mom talked about growing up csziggy Dec 2013 #19

Used to have squirrel for breakfast missingthebigdog Dec 2013 #22

Same here wendylaroux Dec 2013 #60

Yum! X_Digger Dec 2013 #23

my dad was in the military demigoddess Dec 2013 #21

I think most people in the South have eaten venison Aerows Dec 2013 #24

Quite a few in the Great Lakes region of the north have too. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #28

Indeed Aerows Dec 2013 #30

Moved to Houston 5 years ago :)... but it's brrrr chilly here (45-ish). ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #31

LOL! Aerows Dec 2013 #32

PS - they have the dry cold Aerows Dec 2013 #35

I was sort of chuckling at your soup thread the other day. Jenoch Dec 2013 #92

Heck I STILL hunt. growing up I not only shot rabbits and squirrels littlewolf Dec 2013 #26

there`s nothing finer than a deer roast that`s just cooked to perfection! madrchsod Dec 2013 #27

venison is a wonderful meat. luckily i can get ground bison at the grocers here. dionysus Dec 2013 #29

Some places in TN during the Great Depression were "hunted out"... Lars39 Dec 2013 #33

In WV the deer herd is the one natural resource that is used to the benefit of all citizens. hollowdweller Dec 2013 #34

Hunting them Aerows Dec 2013 #36

Yep. One area where some rural land owners and sportsmen who hunt game find Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #39

This is the part that made this post about guns... Agschmid Dec 2013 #40

because I implied I had no guns around me Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #43

Grew up eating probably 50% meat that my dad brought in fishing or hunting Lee-Lee Dec 2013 #41

As a POOR person I hunted also up to 9 months ago. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #42

dumster diving? eww Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #44

Isn't that what you've been doing lately? pintobean Dec 2013 #48

a little different Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #49

It's worse. pintobean Dec 2013 #51

well, I'm sure my hobby won't last long Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #52

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #61

I am defending DU in every post Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #62

He knows that BainsBane Dec 2013 #64

He went over there to call them on their shit BainsBane Dec 2013 #63

Thank you. I appreciate what you've said. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #65

Did you get my PM? BainsBane Dec 2013 #66

Yes. I will respond to it in a little bit.... Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #67

I hate not being in the "know" snooper2 Dec 2013 #75

Ok, I gotta be nosey. But you're the one who brought it up... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #93

Unexpected inheritance 10 months ago. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #99

I figured it must have been an inheritance. Sorry for the loss of the person ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #100

Yeah, guns! Iggo Dec 2013 #45

I am about as big of a gun control proponent as you can imagine Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #46

Bothered? I'm havin' a good ol' time! Iggo Dec 2013 #47

Are you ok? cleanhippie Dec 2013 #78

I am now. Iggo Dec 2013 #90

hunting is about as "locavore" as it gets KittyWampus Dec 2013 #50

agreed. just mentioning that in contrast to people who can afford to shop at upscale markets Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #53

There seems to be a double standard in GD on gun posts SecularMotion Dec 2013 #54

no. mine was locked, and I appealed saying it was more about hunting for food Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #55

It's happy talk about hunting with guns SecularMotion Dec 2013 #59

It's happy talk about locavore hunting, not about... Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #74

The difference is SecularMotion Dec 2013 #76

The OP is not about hunting with guns, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #79

There is no need to hunt for food. We don't live in caves anymore. SecularMotion Dec 2013 #82

Yeah, you go ahead and eat that store bought, factory farmed, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #84

Here I fixed it for you SecularMotion Dec 2013 #86

Call it what you like, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #87

Actually, one cannot first "slaughter" without first hunting and killing... Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #88

Caves are the homes of neanderthals and the uncivilized SecularMotion Dec 2013 #91

It sounds as if you don't know any poor people who can't afford to buy food, Tanuki Dec 2013 #96

Being poor isn't an excuse to hunt for food SecularMotion Dec 2013 #97

In the long run it's much cheaper to hunt your own food. Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #98

Sorry. Doesn't fly. This is clearly a thread about hunting. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #85

A lot of people around here are subsistence hunters Warpy Dec 2013 #56

I can't think of anything more organic than hunting one's own food. yardwork Dec 2013 #57

Wouldn't that be the epitome of locavore? n/t BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #58

In Tennessee (and I'm sure in other states as well), Tanuki Dec 2013 #71

I fish for food only because I love eating them. Taste a hell of a lot better B Calm Dec 2013 #72

I don't turn down game when it is offered to me. GoCubsGo Dec 2013 #81

Some years back they called Detroit mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #83

'Dillo chilli is damned good though I have not made it.. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #89

*Insert snooty, elitist, ignorant comment here* Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #94

Me too Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #101

Locavore is someone emphasizing a diet of locally produced food Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #102

Oh, cool. That makes me one too Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #103