Posted on 06/08/2007 4:17:56 AM PDT by rickdylan
Girl kills elephant with 83-lb bow
One of the more unusual stories I've seen on the archery forums recently...
What is the reason???? Does she need the food? Ridiculous. I guess she can think about it in jail. Perhaps Paris can give her some hints.
Maybe it was trying to rob her liquor store.
Do you get them to squeak “The Bells of St. Mary’s”?
As others have stated, many elephant herds in Africa are overpopulating their ranges and risk starvation if they're allowed to overgraze. Culling, which is what this young lady did, keeps the population in check and protects the herd as a whole. She did nothing illegal and probably paid a pretty penny for the license.
As I went down the posts. I understand that it is like Deer in some part of America. Just too many. I just wish they would say that in some article so we know that at first. Changes things big time.
I agree with most of your post. I disagree with the statement that hunters do not see as much as observers with cameras. A good hunter knows his prey inside and out. It’s habits, habitat, behavior, etc. That comes from observing, and remembering what was seen and under what circumstances.
The government sets the fee, the government owns the animals and the property in Africa. If it is private property, the fee is still set by and collected by the government.
The fee is then used to continue the management of a healthy elephant herd. That of course, only occurrs in countries that allow hunting. In those that don't, elephants are indeed endangered.
Your lack of knowledge and critical thought are really evident in your post.
Hunting is technically legalized poaching. The only difference is that hunters do not do it for money, but for ego and souvenirs.
100% incorrect. Hunting is the legal taking of animal resource by legal means for legal purposes.
Poaching is taking of animal resources ILLEGALLY with no regard of laws or management.
You could even say that at least poachers do it to make a living. Hunters just do it for ego-boost.
That would be your opinion, not to be confused with facts.
Killing a free roaming wild animal in its own natural habitat for no reason other than to gain an unhealthy dose of ego-boost is nothing to be proud of.
Again, your uneducated opinion based on emotion or maybe some religious doctrine. Not to be construed with fact or reality.
Now please answer this. What is more ethical:
A. To allow legalized hunting to support the management and protection of the herd as a whole.
OR
B. Not allow legalized hunting and so not be able to afford to protect the herd so it is reduced to endangered status from poaching?
The pain receptors/generators are located on the surface of the skin, not deep inside the body, therefore the only pain felt is the initial pain of entry. Since we are talking about razor-sharp blades, the pain is minimal - if you have ever cut yourself with a sharp knife you will know what I'm talking about.
The point of my post that deals with this issue is the point regarding not immediately tracking an animal that is shot with a bow. Tracking one immediately will cause greater stress and pain to the animal than if you wait for the animal to die to track it.
“Dying of dehydration is euphoric.”
“Unborn babies don’t feel pain when ripped limb from limb.”
I don't believe I discussed either of these issues - so why would you post them to me?
Your exactly right. Even our great Environmentalist President Teddy Roosevelt Hunted! Most who actually hunt are more conservationist than any bleeding heart feel sorry for bambi guilt tripping liberal.
That seems like a mighty weak bow for an elephant. One would think the average elephant could pull a 400 or 500 lb bow.
LOL ....
(how he got in my pajama’s I’ll never know....)
Charlize Theron in her younger years, LOL! The nay-sayers would be drooling were that true. *ROLLEYES*
Because some people equate killing humans to hunting animals. Sad, but true.
Do I smell burning ham?
Gloating over a ‘kill’ is about the same mind-set as an Islamist parading with a severed head.
Ok I got it ..
A Fish is a Deer is a Elephant is a Human..
I understand you perfectly.
Sadly
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There sure are a lot of control freaks, liberal weenies and impotent losers with a need to insult women on this site. No wonder conservatism is getting nowhere in this country.
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Lol, no, but I can do "Shave and a Haircut".
If Africa could get its game management act together they could make countless dollars off Big 5 hunts, let alone all the other things they have to offer.
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