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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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34. Hemingway said:
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 03:36 PM
Aug 2012

"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter."

Commentary on the Hemingway quote by the late Carlos N. Hathcock, GySgt USMC, retired (Sniper): "He got that right, It was the hunt, not the killing."

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pick ret5hd Aug 2012 #1
whats the best caliber to use for them or do you use traps ;) loli phabay Aug 2012 #2
finger ret5hd Aug 2012 #4
i use my kids saves me from doing it. loli phabay Aug 2012 #5
I don't hunt. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #3
cool. though im not into pics of the millions of squirrels and rabbits around here loli phabay Aug 2012 #6
I find them interesting. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #7
i gkt so many woodchucks its an infestation loli phabay Aug 2012 #8
Do you eat them? Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #9
we did for a while then the kids refused though my neighbour did all year loli phabay Aug 2012 #10
No I don't, but the deer that ate my peas is making me reconsider. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #11
Got a possum that likes to tease my dogs Broderick Aug 2012 #12
You mean rabbiTs, right? Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #13
My target species? Upton Aug 2012 #14
MAN: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #15
Hemingway said: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #34
BTW.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #35
I googled "The Most Dangerous Game" Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #36
Nice Fay Wray on that page. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #37
Out of curiosity: What do you consider the relevance of this thread to be, to the Men's Group? Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #16
Don't you consider hunting and trapping to be the manliest of sports, old chap? ret5hd Aug 2012 #17
No. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #21
for me its probuably hunting, big game fishing and bare kuckle boxing for the most manly of sports loli phabay Aug 2012 #29
competitive weaving Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #31
Glad you asked that. I was about to. Bonobo Aug 2012 #23
crap it was meant to be rabbits, my phone for some reason changes it to rabbis. loli phabay Aug 2012 #28
Send it to damnyouautocorrect.com nt caseymoz Aug 2012 #38
Many men hunt. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #24
Oh, yeah, and FWIW I have no interest or intent in shutting it down. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #25
Because a big majority of those who hunt or commit crimes with guns are men? Kaleva Aug 2012 #26
well i figured it might be something that some men are interested in. hence in the mens group loli phabay Aug 2012 #27
I hunt Snark. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #18
No. n/t ElboRuum Aug 2012 #19
I hunted a few times Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #20
I hunt moon elves, svirfneblin and displacer beasts. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #22
Don't forget the Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #30
Duergar make fine slaves. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #32
I once went Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #33
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