re: Outrage alert: White woman hunts a giraffe in Africa, so you know what happens next

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you can be a trophy hunter and also collect the meat

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I think the terms get thrown around and confused so often that it causes a stir


I like to chase big mature whitetails, they are trophies to me. But I do not consider myself a trophy hunter at all

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Interesting. I feel the same about trophy hunters.

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I can understand that. I’m not a trophy hunter or fisherman. However I do have a few mounts on the wall of deer, fish and birds that I’ve killed. I didn’t pay anyone to guide me on these hunts.

I do enjoy hunting as a sport as well as for the meat. If I can make a nice mount or rug of the animal then that’s a bonus.

I’ve shot plenty of deer in the marsh or in the woods that I’ve given the meat away because I didn’t have enough room in my freezer.

Not sure if that makes me a douche or not but so be it.

Not a trophy hunter, not my values but we're all put together differently so I don't criticize

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I feel the same about some trophy deer programs in the states. I think you're kind of a douche for partaking,

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and most people feel you are a douche for a lot of reasons.

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It seems to me the only people crying and whining on this thread are the hunters who can't fathom how people who don't hunt don't like the idea of a giraffe getting shot and killed no matter the circumstances. Hunting is fine, blah blah blah, but still doesn't make me wanna kill any animal. Open your simpleton minds to that fact and realize its ok to disagree

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Disagreeing is very different from calling someone..

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disgusting, vile, amoral, heartless, selfish murderer,

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I can understand that. I’m not a trophy hunter or fisherman. However I do have a few mounts on the wall of deer, fish and birds that I’ve killed. I didn’t pay anyone to guide me on these hunts.

I do enjoy hunting as a sport as well as for the meat. If I can make a nice mount or rug of the animal then that’s a bonus.

I’ve shot plenty of deer in the marsh or in the woods that I’ve given the meat away because I didn’t have enough room in my freezer.

Not sure if that makes me a douche or not but so be it.

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That isnt douchey to me




Living in Uptown and never shutting up about it does

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Living in Uptown and never shutting up about it does

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There’s that inferior complex again.

Mr River Ridge

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you can be a trophy hunter and also collect the meat

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A 160 whitetail on the B&C scoring system is going to taste the same as a 110.

Absolutely ZERO reasons to be hunting Giraffes.

We need to be better than this.

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don't consider all trophy hunters to be assholes

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Ive done guiding in the past, trophy hunters are what turned me off of trophy hunting. Some have more money than character

However that's not all of them, and it certainly can be done tastefully. Unfortunately the attention seekers are the most visible

For some it's not about attention. Meat doesn't go to waste and the trophy is for memories. However many trophy hunters are the selfie addicts of the outdoor world.