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Flaxbee

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29. Hunters are atrocious and have serious mental problems. Unless you need the food,
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 11:12 PM
Oct 2015

or unless there is a scientific reason to "cull" a herd that can't sustain itself (which usually happens because idiot humans kill predators and allow for the proliferation of "prey" species) hunting is an abomination. Anyone who considers it "fun" to kill another living being is demented.

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Yeah shenmue Oct 2015 #1
I really have no issue with hunting cape buffalo Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #2
cowards just want to have fun Skittles Oct 2015 #9
you nailed it november3rd Oct 2015 #59
They're the deadliest of the five Recursion Oct 2015 #34
Thanks for posting Judi Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #3
Gun culture of the world unite. nt onehandle Oct 2015 #4
I think one of the African nations should open a human hunting "playground"... mak3cats Oct 2015 #5
We have already been doing that all over the world since the beginning of history -- be it Cal33 Oct 2015 #46
You got that right. bluedigger Oct 2015 #6
That mindset is utterly incomprehensible to me. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #7
" " " " n/t MBS Oct 2015 #45
plus one Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #66
He must be so proud. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #67
COWARD Skittles Oct 2015 #8
I've got an idea of how to raise the money AND make it sporting without killing anything uppityperson Oct 2015 #10
rather like counting coup. I love the idea. niyad Oct 2015 #11
Exactly. You want to prove your courage? Here's how to. uppityperson Oct 2015 #24
what a sick, twisted, perverted asshole. may he be ian gibsoned. niyad Oct 2015 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Oct 2015 #13
sick prick, and ITS NOT HUNTING DAMMIT restorefreedom Oct 2015 #14
Congratulations!!! hibbing Oct 2015 #15
The internet will find him. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #16
A missile would be too good for those lowlifes. forest444 Oct 2015 #17
He needs more time to enjoy the wildlife more closely in Africa instead of escaping. Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #26
Never trust a fart. Maynar Oct 2015 #32
Case in point: Chris Christie. forest444 Oct 2015 #36
That's really rude! Wow. Disgusting. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #38
That is so stupid I LOL. PufPuf23 Oct 2015 #48
Did the media create a copycat? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #18
another private ranch canned hunt "adjacent to a national park". wonder how they spit the 'fee'. Sunlei Oct 2015 #19
Idiot PatSeg Oct 2015 #20
50,000 a year? PatSeg Oct 2015 #21
lousy rotten FUCKER! lastlib Oct 2015 #22
It brings me great sorrow to kick and rec this thread. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #23
Posing with his kill: German hunter pays £39,000 to shoot largest elephant in Africa for 50 YEARS - Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #25
"but he said a prayer to the Great Spirit and he gave the meat to poor people and locals MisterP Oct 2015 #27
When stuff like this happens reminds me of George Carlin's iandhr Oct 2015 #28
Hunters are atrocious and have serious mental problems. Unless you need the food, Flaxbee Oct 2015 #29
It's a shame that these idiots need a gun to go into battle with an animal passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #30
Reminds me of a line in the movie I saw last night HeiressofBickworth Oct 2015 #31
WTF? avaistheone1 Oct 2015 #33
Biggest asshole in Africa in 30 years. eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #35
Thrill killing despicable piece of shit asshole. Jack-o-Lantern Oct 2015 #37
Welcome to Mugabes Zimbabwe MFM008 Oct 2015 #39
Is Mugabe responsible for trophy hunting in the other African countries which allow it? Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #40
Or a no running start in front of a herd of angry elephants. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #41
The Zimbabwe elephant population is actually too large. Nitram Oct 2015 #42
WHY....................................Zimbabwe -----------------WHY turbinetree Oct 2015 #43
this should not be legal. MBS Oct 2015 #44
14 DAY ELEPHANT HUNTING PACKAGE oberliner Oct 2015 #47
"It is always a fair chase-both ways" oasis Oct 2015 #56
Shit - packman Oct 2015 #49
German elephant hunter will be named and shamed, vows Zimbabwe taskforce Eugene Oct 2015 #50
Once he's named, I hope the German public will take it from there Number9Dream Oct 2015 #61
In other news: another baby was tossed form a NY window. jonno99 Oct 2015 #51
Population of African Elephants ~ 500,000 and dropping 20% a decade n2doc Oct 2015 #52
Thanks for the needed perspective...nt jonno99 Oct 2015 #60
What prevents your posting in in LBN yourself? Please do follow up, teach DU a little perspective.nt Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #65
The evil that humans have wrought on this planet tabasco Oct 2015 #53
Spend a day at a factory farm oberliner Oct 2015 #54
I'll never understand the idiocy of receiving entertainment from killing sentient life. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #55
this just in olddots Oct 2015 #57
doesn't one need a penis to get an erection? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #63
MoFo! november3rd Oct 2015 #58
space doesn't actually end war or poaching, y'know ... MisterP Oct 2015 #62
This is not hunting it's gun porn for the fabulously wealthy. It's also species genocide Monk06 Oct 2015 #64
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