Posted on 08/17/2007 7:37:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Deer hunting could be a dangerous endeavor for men with heart disease or risk factors for it, research findings suggest.
In a study of 25 middle-aged male deer hunters, researchers found that the activities inherent to hunting -- like walking over rough terrain, shooting an animal and dragging its carcass -- sent the men's heart rates up significantly.
In some cases, this led to potentially dangerous heart-rhythm disturbances, or diminished oxygen supply to the heart.
Of the 25 hunters, 17 had established coronary heart disease, while the rest had risk factors such as being overweight, smoking or having high blood pressure or cholesterol.
The findings suggest that for men like these, hunting could boost the risk of heart attack or cardiac arrest.
Susan Haapaniemi and colleagues at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oaks, Michigan, report the findings in the American Journal of Cardiology.
For the study, the researchers outfitted each man with a portable monitor that continuously recorded his heart's electrical activity during a day of deer hunting. For comparison, the men also had their hearts monitored as they exercised on a treadmill on a separate day.
In general, the researchers found, deer hunting put the men's hearts under more strain than the treadmill did. Ten men exceeded the maximum heart rate they logged on the treadmill, and several showed potentially dangerous heart responses to hunting that they did not show during the treadmill test.
Three men had signs of impeded blood flow to the heart during hunting, but not on the treadmill. Similarly, three of the men with heart disease had heart-rhythm abnormalities while hunting that did not show up on the treadmill test.
The combination of physical exertion, adrenaline rush and the stress of rough terrain and cold weather may explain the "excessive cardiac demands" seen with hunting, according to Haapaniemi's team.
What's more, they point out, most of the men in the study were taking part in an exercise program to treat their heart disease, or were regularly physically active. Hunting could be an even greater strain on the heart in men who are usually sedentary, the researchers note.
SOURCE: American Journal of Cardiology, July 15, 2007.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
And to keep in shape, you can in most places hunt coyotes year round. http://www.varmintal.com/ahunt.htm
“Hunting could be an even greater strain on the heart in men who are usually sedentary, the researchers note.”
Almost any sport or hobby could replace the word “hunting”. Probably a study financed by PETA.
And also with mountain climbing, hiking, running on a cross-country team, and maybe putting up Christmas lights (hey, climbing up and down that ladder counts as rough terrain!) :)
What a goofy study.
She has been playing off on this "study" for over a decade. Now, Just who or what org would cough up good money for a study done eleven years ago?
Here's an answer... one that the study fits their agenda. I gotta hit the sack, reveille at 04:30. Perhaps someone else can take my starting point and score a TD...
http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/pdfs/data/1996/150-22/15022-14.pdf
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n22_v150/ai_18947103
Just stay away from McDonalds afterwards.....
Does that include driving a SUV minding one's own business? I would have said 'car' but that means you try to dodge them on the road. ;-)
That time of year is upon us.
In the SUV with front & side airbags, one is more likely to take the hit and not endanger other motorists in an erratic maneuver to avoid deer heading into the rut.
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There are few things that cause a greater adrenalin rush than knowing both one's self and the deer got away with a brush of death; while driving and both of us animals made the right decision at the right time.
Problem is, it often comes a split-second late.
No kidding. Of all the activities that may put stress on the heart, deer hunting would be very low on the list. This had to be done for some whacky animal rights group.
That is the object, dammit,
Rich food, booze, no sleep, buddy-baiting, and moving around in the outdoors.
Lord love a duck, I hope to die on a big-game hunt.
True, Peta and the animal rights wacko's start putting out this bogus BS every year at the start of hunting season, next we will get the annual run on wasting disease and/or some such BS.
I've found that men who hunt, I mean really hunt - not just drive to a game farm and shoot fish in a barrel kind of hunting - have a greater appreciation for everything: particularly life!
I'm sure that making love causes some irregular heart beats, too. Just try putting that on the restricted activities list.
Q = Confirm existence of female hunters (AKA huntresses)
A = Yes
No offense intended against huntresses. I hunt daily; for sippy cups, lost toys, and my sanity, on occasion!
I'm just tired of the seemingly perpetual rants against activities that encourage men to be men. I like men to be tough, gruff, well-armed, and come equipped with a boxcar sized tool box full of tools they know how to use. Any surprise my husband's a mechanic?
Love your tagline by the way! Reminds me I need to leave the little ones home with Dad for a change and get back to the range.
So does shoveling snow.
The key is to stay in shape and then you don't have a problem.
For the love of ...
Nanny State Ping
So does sex.
I’m sorry, but I just can’t see this as anyting more than a back-door attempt to bash hunters. If you’ve spent a significant amount of time trekking over rough terrain and dragging heavy carcasses, you body is conditioned to take the increased heart rate; and the increase won’t be as great as it would be for one of these lab rats who just took his first trek for study purposes only.
The first, as practiced by John effin Kerry, is to take it as easy as possible, none of this strenuous hiking, which is why you slither along on your belly with your shotgun, as you stalk the deer.
But a much better way is you lasso the deer, then "break it" and ride it back to your truck, where you get it to jump on the hood of your truck, and then shoot the deer.
Mark
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