I have made a kill. I felled this moose not for the glory of battle, drops, experience points, nor for a killboard ranking. I have taken this moose for food. In this picture, there is a moose. This is not the moose I killed, but it looks a lot like the moose I killed.
This is the spot where the moose died to feed me. It takes 22 hours to travel, via automobile, to the location that the moose died.
Some of you may hate me now, knowing that I have killed this moose. But you know what? That is ok. We are allowed to hate one another. That is what democracy and free speech are all about; they are about hate.
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I'm a bit baffled by the image of a decidedly American eagle when you claim to be from Canadia, (are you pandering to your audience?) but I'm awful damn impressed by the killing of moose. I don't know if I have it in me to kill a moose. Those fuckers are big. I have a hard time with the idea of personally killing two-to-four legged animals, though I eat them constantly. I think I'd be able to do it in a hunger/feed family situation, but yeah. I am glad that you killed it specifically for it's delicious meat. Did you kill it with a gun, bow, spear or knife?
At 639 yards, I couldn't use a bow. I used a .300 Weatherby magnum. That is a long fucking shot, dude. There was almost a full second before the bullet finally hit its target.
Yes, I have sympathy and a heartfelt understanding that most people born after the 50s find it distasteful to harvest their own meat. Which is cool. I figure, if you don’t want to do it, can’t be bothered, or even if you feel morally obligated to eat something that’s already slaughtered for consumption, the market is as good a place as any to get it.
But seriously, the quality of meat that you can get in the wild is outstanding. I don’t eat beef, really. I just finished eating moose steaks from last year (current stock isn’t ready). It’s awesome stuff. Same with grouse versus market poultry, which is probably the most drastic difference in quality I’ve seen in wild game versus market. Got a few of those too this season.
American Eagle: I thought that image screamed democracy. More so than a beaver, probably. America is a still a beacon of democracy regardless of where I was reared, right?
You know, I never saw the title of your post. i just saw the moose and read below. Who knows though, you could be an elf?
I am, I'm just not very good with a bow, even with the +1.
Congratulations! That is a long distance for a bullet to travel before it hits the target. There are all sorts of things that could get in the way, or shift the thing's course. I just played an evening's worth of Red Faction II with some dear friends in Brooklyn, and while I am pretty good at shooting people from far away, there is no wind in the game; and there my bullets actually explode, which also helps somewhat.
I have no qualms/squeamishness/cognitive dissonance about people who kill their own food. In fact, I am sad that my existence is bare of this particular one-to-one transaction. You see, I eat animals because I hate them. Strangling them with my bare hands or shooting them with the rail gun would make them taste ever so much sweeter, I'd imagine. Barring any fear-toxins they release internally upon expiration, of course.
Dudes, I just looked it up (yeah that's right I looked it up). 639 yards is 6.39 football fields long. To put it in even greater perspective (and one that I can comprehend), this is the same distance as the crow flies between Mr. Pony's house and Panic and me. Coincidence??? I fucking think not.
Doesn't that qualify as like a sniper shot or something? Do all Canadians know how to do that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong
is it true that canadians refer to the all-too-real phenomenon of camel toe as "moose knuckle?"
also, i don't believe it's possible for that ugly thing to taste good. i imagine it tastes like whale blubber, of which i have heard not-good things.
actually, please send me a moose steak. ribeye, if you can spare one, thanks.
I've had deer. Is it like deer?
Lungclops: Odd logic, but moose is actually awesome.
Between deer, moose, and elk, I'd rank deer the lowest, moose next, and finally, elk, which is, by all accounts, the most awesome (including general consensus of game eaters).
Lungclops: Odd logic, but moose is actually awesome.
Between deer, moose, and elk, I'd rank deer the lowest, moose next, and finally, elk, which is, by all accounts, the most awesome (including general consensus of game eaters).
I think I speak for all of us when I say that we don't hate you for killing that moose, Litcube. That moose had it coming, and I hope you eat the fuck out of it.
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