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Are you a budding Ray Mears? Could you kill, cook and eat a wild rabbit, pigeon or deer?

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kathy27 · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

if i really had to then for the sake of my family, i could!
i couldn't however eat one of my pets

Geddi · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:34 am Post subject:

yes. Have done, would do again. Even domestic animals.

Seems to me a tad hypocritical to be willing to eat meat and yet refuse to take part in the killing of the beast. Bit like politicians who start wars and invade foreign lands, yet their children wont be anywhere near the carnage.
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2906 Status:

I can eat it but i couldnt kill it.I certainly could not rear it and kill it.

GTB · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

I have done it many times. I think if you are going to shoot a pheasant (or any animal for that matter) you should also pay it some sort of respect by having the knowledge of picking and drawing the bird plus making a great meal from it. I don't feel any guilt from taking rabbits, pigeon, pheasant or partridge when I know that they will all have a culinary use. The River Cottage programmes gave an insight into the ethical treatment of animals and it is something which I totally agree with.
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kathy27 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:

my ex used to go fishing and shooting, it was then left for me to pluck and gut and cook it, so that part i dont mind. Like i said i know i could if i had to.

GTB · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

I have picked and drawn every game bird apart from grouse. I have also dressed out Deer, Rabbit and Hare. If you don't have the stomach to gut an animal then don't shoot the thing!
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Bear · Bentlian Oldboy Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 880 Status:

It's not so much having the stomach to do it more having the knowledge but if I was shown how I dont think it would be a problem and as you said if you kill an animal you should at least have the decency to eat it.

abitmuch · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:46 am Post subject:

yeah, i could murder a pigeon!

Block67 · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject:

Could you kill and eat a wild animal. yes.
As a kid, my step dad used to snare rabbits (bloody cruel) as this was the only meat we would have due to being in a large family and being skint. couldn't eat a rabbit now though, been put off them for life. Bit different with fish though, when you are surrounded by them (I'm from the I.O.W), why not catch and eat them, especially when Bass costs so much these days.
A pigeon I wouldn't (never liked the idea, too small!), as I keep the damn things! However, I am tempted to breed pheasants purely for eating!
Deer, yes if I had a gun licence!(sorry to you bambi fans!)
I think that any animal, as long as it is killed quickly and humanely as possible, and is for the table, then there is no issue really. When an animal is killed soley for so called sport, then that is totally different.