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Warpy

(110,901 posts)
54. Hardcore paleo diet, anyone?
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:53 PM
Aug 2016

Yes, 80-90% of their diet was from gathering plant foods and snaring small game, both provided by women. However, for manly men justifying a diet of meat, meat, and more meat, the paleo hunting methods using a spear, bow and arrow, or large rock dropped off a cliff would be wholly authentic. Never mind that when hunting was lousy, grubs and termites were on the menu. With supermarkets around there is no reason for that nonsense.

This is the way to do it, up in the Rockies, flint tipped spear in hand. Authentic to the last.

Whatever it takes to receive maximum entertainment from killing a bear, have at it. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #1
I prefer an appropriate rifle. Fun? Folks love the meat! Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #18
Me: flamethrower underpants Aug 2016 #2
There's no place to Fla_Democrat Aug 2016 #4
This is one of my all time favorites IADEMO2004 Aug 2016 #53
Why hunt at all? We have supermarkets. TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #3
I once saw a cow squeezed from a huge ketchup spritzer at Safeway. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #17
I know some people... Xolodno Aug 2016 #32
Sorry, but I'm always highly skeptical of that claim. ronnie624 Aug 2016 #58
Which claim are you objecting to? Brickbat Aug 2016 #67
There is only one, ronnie624 Aug 2016 #83
Well, it certainly depends on what you mean "has to" and "eat," I guess. Brickbat Aug 2016 #86
It's possible in red States That Guy 888 Aug 2016 #80
Exactly. Indulging in pre-evolutionary practices for the procurement of foods that are underahedgerow Aug 2016 #57
Poe's law strikes again... TipTok Aug 2016 #60
Here's two reasons. Adrahil Aug 2016 #63
and then there are all the assholes who just do it for fun Vattel Aug 2016 #90
Hunting doesn't appeal to me... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #5
Mountain climbers know that the mountain might kill them. JoePhilly Aug 2016 #6
Heh-heh. I think the biggest hunting danger is a heart attack, dragging out a deer. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #15
This is what I hunt with. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #7
Nice equipment. On occasion, I meet shutterbugs in the woods. Most seem aware Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #20
Not my pic, unfortunately. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #23
I hope to, one day awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #38
That'll get you longer hunting seasons for more species, too. HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #62
You want a fun hunt? Come to work with me. I hunt people. NightWatcher Aug 2016 #8
If you oppose hunting, fine. But some antis need to get their emotions/prejudices Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #11
Ernest Hemingway: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #64
I guess the key there is "...and liked it..." Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #66
I don't know if I'd like it; I do know I wouldn't like hunting anything that couldn't shoot back. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #88
Do you eat him after you harvest him? ileus Aug 2016 #70
What an African-American Rosewood, FL pogrom victim asked a white lynch mob member Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #81
I fish. Lance Bass esquire Aug 2016 #9
LOL! Me too. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #10
Ha! Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #14
You seem to have confused hunting with carrying an AR-15 to a political rally. Why? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #12
You seem simply confused. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #13
Your statement is confusing PJMcK Aug 2016 #52
I've bowhunted before. Only deer though Recursion Aug 2016 #16
Atlatls, and presumably other spears, are legal means in MO and AL... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #34
I have it on good authority that hammers are more dangerous than rifles. flamin lib Aug 2016 #19
Well, the topic is hunting WITHOUT a gun. Did you clear your post with GD hosts? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #21
Are there any restrictions sarisataka Aug 2016 #22
Not for thieves. linuxman Aug 2016 #26
I have it on good authority that Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #51
I like pitfalls, myself. bluedigger Aug 2016 #24
I wouldn't, personally. linuxman Aug 2016 #25
You use guns for more than hunting animals. You are a gun promoter, even using a gun reference Hoyt Aug 2016 #27
So, what is your position on hunting instruments? Spear or no? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #29
We'd be better off if gunners could live with a spear rather than AR15s and a gun in their pants Hoyt Aug 2016 #31
That would be an interesting sight. Some fashion statements could be made. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #35
I hunt for meat, but prefer safeinOhio Aug 2016 #28
Where FL is way ahead of TX: It allows taking of roadkill. Quite progressive. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #30
I used to hunt with a rifle but I had a friend who was killed my senior year of High School. dilby Aug 2016 #33
That is very sad. Fortunately, it is increasingly rare. In Texas... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #36
Calvin had it right HERVEPA Aug 2016 #37
Pretty funny. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #39
I take the basic premise more as serious than funny. HERVEPA Aug 2016 #41
It would help to know what you are talking about, some context might help. Rex Aug 2016 #40
Background: EX500rider Aug 2016 #42
Oh okay, thanks that now makes sense. Rex Aug 2016 #43
You may recall the latest "Cecille the Lion" posting, this time someone killing a bear Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #44
Okay thanks, I am impressed at the stupidity of anyone that will attack a bear with a spear. Rex Aug 2016 #45
If folks are into ritual combat cum hunting, then take on hogs with a knife... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #46
Feral hogs are mean, nasty creatures. Rex Aug 2016 #47
I think I'd rather have a .30-30. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #48
I think I would rather let someone else do it. Rex Aug 2016 #49
Never been drawn to hunts for "big and dangerous game." Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #50
Was the bear attacking people? Was it self-defense? Did the hunter eat the bear? Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #56
Honest answer: It was a regulated hunt (meaning SD is not required)... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #65
I take no issue with that. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #85
Hardcore paleo diet, anyone? Warpy Aug 2016 #54
what provides you personally with the maximum entertainment value of killing for sport? Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #55
A little unclear, but I enjoy the pursuit of an animal which is superbly equipped for evasion... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #72
This is a great answer. Brickbat Aug 2016 #75
My point there originally was, assuming you were only doing it for enjoyment, so to speak Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #84
Why not find a less creepy hobby? LeftyMom Aug 2016 #59
Seriously. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #61
Why don't you try hunting? We ALL kill to eat. Including yourself. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #73
Tell me again why you should hunt at all? For "adventure and food," pnwmom Aug 2016 #68
I have explaind this. Which method of killing to eat do you practice? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #74
Rocks and Spears are dumb...long bow is nice and traditional in a Fred Bear kind of way. ileus Aug 2016 #69
Good point. Play fair with a dangerous animal? No-o-o. There is greater "fairness" with Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #76
Long bow could be cool, popular enough - but at that point I'd be choosing a Compound Bow. jmg257 Aug 2016 #71
Not slaggng long bows, just one of the instruments thrown back at me by the Manly crowd. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #77
Oh understood! Wrestle a bear bare fisted or be a wuss! jmg257 Aug 2016 #89
My regrets for repeating a comment. saidsimplesimon Aug 2016 #78
Shhh. Don't tell anyone that! Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #79
You know there is no answer that will MicaelS Aug 2016 #82
Thanks, I will. So much anger, I think, because we all kill to eat. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #87
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