Hunters Shooting Nearby Home

[Charles Phillips]

Originally Posted by Nardini

The point, as Charles points out so well....

Wasn't me! Honest guv - it must have been some other pontificating old git.

[Nardini]

Originally Posted by Charles Phillips

Wasn't me! Honest guv - it must have been some other pontificating old git.

I'm showing my age. Again!

Us pontificating old gits must stick together, eh? I mean, as a way to keep alzheimers at bay, it is pretty effective ... So far ...

Sorry Allan. It was you, I know. Of course (am I allowed a quick "LOL" here, perhaps?).

[Geotherm]

This is an article from the Times online, about Boar Hunting in France. Seems quite similar to what goes on here, re vicinity to houses etc.
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG: The French art of boar hunting

[il cacciatore]

Originally Posted by AllanMason

As for hunters, my main thought when we see a clot of them standing around by the roadside at this time of year is that they always look like exactly the sort of chaps who would get pleasure from killing. It would be impolitic for me to say further here. We're fortunate in that the previous owner of our place had the land around it declared a no-hunting zone, so all we have to worry about is the noise of gunshots from hills all around about us. At times it does sound like a minor war is underway, but it's not too bad when the windows are shut.

Al

With regards to the above quote could you please tell me what that "look" of pleasure from killing is?
I'm a hunter here in Italy and find that quite offensive.
There are many reasons why people hunt throughout the world. I myself hunt to be self sufficent and would rather hunt and eat an animal that has lived freely then a animal battery farmed, pumped full of chemicals and then be driven to slaughter house where if lucky they are killed instantly whereas normally are butchered whilst still alive.
Hunting if carried out to current legisation does not distrurb the eco system and ensures a clean and instant death of the animal in question.
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