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hb81
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The only legal hunting allowed at the time the fire started Aug. 17 was archery for bear and deer.
Is that really a thing people do? Wow.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Is that really a thing people do? Wow.
You must be a city dweller.
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bobinc
Trad climber
Portland, Or
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The killing is only part of it... the grilling is the real event.
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Bad Climber
climber
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I'm all for hunting, but who are these FREAKIN' morons? A huge fire was started in our neck of the woods a couple of years ago by some in-bred dolt deciding that using an electric pipe cutter in high, tinder-dry grass was a good idea. He had a bucket of water nearby in case anything got out of hand. Thousands of scorched acres and many blackened homes later, it was under control. Another moron, this time at the controls of a plane, decided to buzz his buddies place in the mountains int he same area. Long story short: dead pilot, MASSIVE wildfire.
We are never safe from idiots.
BAd
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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I've spent a lot of time back in that part of the Stanislaus alone. I always wave, smile and keep going. Some of those people are f*#king scarey as sh#t. Old meth labs in rusting trailers, hunters giving me the stink eye while armed. Although, this was before the Murphy ranch became Indian land. Never happened upon a grow though.
Too bad, I liked it out there.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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what do you expect from people who kill the animals just for fun..
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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What do you expect?
Indeed.
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/18/local/me-cedar18
"Martinez, who works for a home developer, had begged Benitez for leniency, saying that he panicked when he became separated from his companion on a deer hunting trip in the backcountry of northern San Diego County."
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TrackerTodd
Mountain climber
CA
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This is a total bummer, I have seen many campers and hikers building campfires in the back country all too often. Alexey, why do you assume the hunter was just doing this for fun? Every hunter I know hunts to eat not for sport.
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John M
climber
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Turns out the media got it wrong. The person was "hunting" for a new climbing area.
Those damn climbers. Always screwing things up for everyone else.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Todd, I never hunted, and honestly know very little about this.
But assume that the time where people hunting for food is over.
I am talking about hunters for whom hunting is hobby, not profession. And I am guessing that main goal is not to bring meat home for hungry family , but successfully chase and kill wild animal.
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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You eat meat, you can't disparage hunters. Hypocrisy at it's best. Any hunter worth his salt eats what he kills. Drive a car down the road squashing insects as you proclaim vegetarianism, mow your lawn chopping its denizens to pieces, there is no escaping the act of taking life, at least in this existence.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Alexey, many people where I live hunt, and they all hunt for food, not trophies.
It's reckless behavior to have a fire when you shouldn't.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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I see the difference between the choice : go to store and buy the meat or go to the forest and kill the deer.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Or do neither. Yeah, I know, the bug thing, so what, it's about minimizing your impact on other life.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Unless you're a vegetarian or vegan, you have no grounds for disliking hunting. I don't know anyone who hunts for huntings sake, they hunt for food.
I'm sure there are losers out there who kill just because they can, but I don't see it where I live.
Again, an illegal fire is reckless and inappropriate.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Well, I disagree. I live in an area where hunting is common. Every hunter I know has a freezer in their garage where the deer goes.
Cheers,
Brandon
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Most hunters are hacks. They don't eat their kills.
I'd wager good money you are wrong. Now it is a given that few, if any,
utilize their kills as completely as a Native American would have BITD
but that is another story.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I saw Anthony Bourdain eat a warthog rectum that had been just thrown into a fire.
I think Dingus is wrong about "most" but there are far too many poor examples of gun owners.
And Kos is another story (but those Deer Hunter plot summaries were weak sauce).
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