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[M99]

I think Dougan makes a great point - not all of the shooting Mags are dedicated to field sports, there is Target shooting, clay shooting etc too!

Mike

[Dougan]

According to the obligatory vegan contributor you shouldn't consider animals as "sub human".
Go figure..

But we are animals too...

We think we are so special, but at some point in the future we will end up just as extinct as dodos...

[Tower75]

The anti clearly is unaware that the average kiddie now'a'days sees more gore in videogames then they would in a shooting magazine with a picture of a dead bunny.

[meles meles]

Oh we are sub-human: we get under your feet all the time !

[Dougan]

The anti clearly is unaware that the average kiddie now'a'days sees more gore in videogames then they would in a shooting magazine with a picture of a dead bunny.

Your right, and most young boys would I'm sure take ghoulish interest if they found a dead animal, which is natural - But I think it's up to the parents to decide where, when and what kids are exposed to...

...personally I have become more sensitive to things like animal cruelty as I've got older; so don't particularly want to see dead animals 'trophied' on the cover of other magazines...

...And I think it's that they are shown as 'trophies' which is what I object to most - I subscribe to Bushcraft magazine, and there have been a few articles on skinning and cooking rabbits and pigeons ect....but the articles are factual and educational - the magazine is very 'family friendly' with many contributions from young bushcrafters....and as far as I know, no one has ever complained about the content.

Btw: I haven't actually listened to the broadcast...it'd probably wind me up too.

[SloeginBill]

Oh we are sub-human: we get under your feet all the time !

I dont think they had you in mind mr Badger but yes, you are definitely different to the rest of us. :lol: u

[SloeginBill]

Tower.75 wrote:
The anti clearly is unaware that the average kiddie now'a'days sees more gore in videogames then they would in a shooting magazine with a picture of a dead bunny.


Your right, and most young boys would I'm sure take ghoulish interest if they found a dead animal, which is natural - But I think it's up to the parents to decide where, when and what kids are exposed to...

...personally I have become more sensitive to things like animal cruelty as I've got older; so don't particularly want to see dead animals 'trophied' on the cover of other magazines...

...And I think it's that they are shown as 'trophies' which is what I object to most - I subscribe to Bushcraft magazine, and there have been a few articles on skinning and cooking rabbits and pigeons ect....but the articles are factual and educational - the magazine is very 'family friendly' with many contributions from young bushcrafters....and as far as I know, no one has ever complained about the content.

Btw: I haven't actually listened to the broadcast...it'd probably wind me up too.

The shooting community is doing itself no favours with the large bag trophy photos or some of the videos that get posted on you tube. I have no issue with someone shooting 3 or 4 foxes or 200 pigeons in a day but the photo of a couple of blokes in camo gear with big guns and even bigger smiles holding 2 bloody carcasses is going to offend many people. I grew up in the old school where if something was going to eat your pheasants / chickens/ crops you shot it. End of.If it did you no harm you let it be. In general the folk who take these photos or videos are recreational shooters who are kidding themselves and trying to justify their sport by calling it pest control. That's a big generalisation I know but I don't know of any keepers, stalkers, estate managers etc who feel the need to display the results of their days work in the media.
Having said all that, if you not want to look at such pictures don't pick up the magazine in the first place .

[Alpha1]

Take a walk through a slaughter house while they are killing pigs it is true they squeal vey loudly because they know what is going on.
Watch a sheep slaughtered for the table. Watch a sheep get its throat cut before being killed and butchered for a Halal table.
Then take a walk in to the area were they are killing and butchering cows(beef).
Show this to Joe public and there children.
Fox and rabbits would pail in to in significance.
They kill them every day so we can eat meat. They cut the throats of sheep every day to keep our Muslim brothers happy.
I am a meat eater by the way and I used to be a regular visitor to my local slaughter house before they shut it down.
I used to go there while they were slaughtering and collect the sheeps stomaches and Beasts hearts(they were still warm) to feed to my dogs.
These people dont live in the real world.

[Chuck]

Having said all that, if you not want to look at such pictures don't pick up the magazine in the first place

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[Blackstuff]

Take a walk through a slaughter house while they are killing pigs it is true they squeal vey loudly because they know what is going on.
Watch a sheep slaughtered for the table. Watch a sheep get its throat cut before being killed and butchered for a Halal table.
Then take a walk in to the area were they are killing and butchering cows(beef).
Show this to Joe public and there children.
Fox and rabbits would pail in to in significance.
They kill them every day so we can eat meat. They cut the throats of sheep every day to keep our Muslim brothers happy.
I am a meat eater by the way and I used to be a regular visitor to my local slaughter house before they shut it down.
I used to go there while they were slaughtering and collect the sheeps stomaches and Beasts hearts(they were still warm) to feed to my dogs.
These people dont live in the real world.

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IMO if you whinge about hunting and you eat meat/wear leather you should be forced to do a slaughterhouse tour, the hypocrisy makes me more sick than any 'trophy' photograph ever could :roll:

While i can understand that vegans or the extreme emotionally sensitive might get upset at pictures of shot animals on magazine covers, i've never seen a shooting mag cover that graphically shows a shot animal, i.e. covered in blood, or extremely close up. And thats if you can find a shop that still sells shooting magazines in the first place!