Posted on 04/26/2012 1:43:37 PM PDT by marktwain
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has found himself a new enthusiastic hunting partner in fellow Justice Elena Kagan. We know what you're thinking: "Wait a second, isn't Kagan that new judge Obama appointed?" Yep, that's the one. We're just as surprised (and delighted) as you are.
We have to give some kudos to Scalia, but it looks as though we have Sen. James Risch of Idaho to ultimately thank for this fortunate turn of events. Back in 2010 when Obama nominated Kagan for the Supreme Court position, Risch asked Kagan about her views on gun rights. She admitted that she'd never fired a gun before, but made a promise to go hunting with Scalia if she were confirmed.
Kagan kept her promise and went on a hunting trip with her philosophical opposite. The pair took a quick trip to a Virginia shooting range, followed by a hunting trip in the Washington area. When asked about the experience, Kagan replied, "It turns out, it's really good fun." The pair are planning on hunting again in Montana this October.
We can't be certain if Justice Scalia was motivated by political reasons or simply by a desire to find a new hunting pal, but we're not complaining. Another Supreme Court justice discovering her newfound love of guns is music to our ears. It's all a bit ironic considering that Kagan came off as a unsympathetic to gun rights a few years ago. As it turns out, all it took to get her to change her mind about guns was to actually pick one up.
Yeah, the only way they’d probably get one with their hands is if it got spooked and ran right into them.
Quail is delicious.
The more I think of SCOTUS justices hunting the more Warner Bros. images keep popping into my mind.
Yes, dear. :)
It sure is. The tastiest foul I have ever eaten though was a blue grouse.
An anonymous source says they are having an affair........Can't say I blame Antonin, she's one hot babe!
I *ONLY* like it when people kill animals for sport. If you are killing for food, you are cheating, and you are a little liberal b*tch.
No, give me the person who kills ONLY to kill, and in the most painful way possible. THESE are MY people. The ones who not only capture a multipoint buck, but then waterboard it ... not to get any information, but simply to enjoy it sputtering and thinking it's drowning. WOOT WOOT!
As I said, your world is too small; get out and surround yourself with normal people.
I'm over 74, just checked my BP at 120/69, raise my own vegetables, eat what I shoot (except for the armadillos destroying my lawn -- they carry leprosy) -- and believe you are sadly misled...
Thank you for the recommendation. I’ve never had grouse, but I will definitely keep it in mind.
Fowl not foul
And I'll bet they can still reproduce.
Right. I was thinking of store bought chicken when I rote that.
:)
Quail and grouse are occasionally farmed, but not nearly as much as the common chicken.
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Yes. That's a very good reason to shoot them. Vile creatures.
The grouse I ate was a wild bird. Blue Grouse are a mountain species and I think they mostly eat pine nuts. I don’t know how that would compare to a Prairie Grouse or any farm-raised birds.
And I mean that. Don't even increment a stack pointer.
/johnny
Diet matters certainly. You could say those grouse are pre-pestoed. No shortage of wild pigs in Texas but they eat acorns that makes the meat grody.
A pine-nut diet. I can imagine that would nicely affect flavour. It seems that they may display much like a wild turkey. Lovely creatures.
That's funny about the acorns and pig meat because, if I'm not mistaken, deer that eat a lot of acorns are fatter and tastier than deer that don't.
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