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Anti-Hunting Wackos Attack Sarah Palin

I'm surprised it took this long. Read and watch what a washed-up blonde bimbo bombshell turned PETA pusher had to say about VP candidate Palin. My Lord, have we lost all our values and morals? I want you to comment but keep it clean, please.

Suburban Deer Hunt: Circus in Northern VA

Last Sunday The Washington Post ran a story about John Peterson, a northern VA suburbanite who got fed up with deer eating his flowers to nubs, so he was going to let a hunter or two come onto his little property this fall and cull a few animals, likely does. OMG, a massacre the neighbors cried! PETA along with super-anti Bob Barker joined the circus. Lowlights from the article:

PETA founder Newkirk said: there is hardly “anything more selfish, callous and cowardly than shooting a mother deer.”

In a letter to the VA Dept. of Game Barker said that if the hunt were not stopped: “children will be catatonic, the neighbors will be up in arms, the fawns will be orphans and the does will be dead for the sake of a few flowers.” (Come on down, the washed-up game show host sounds like a drama queen!)

Another PETA person: “This is Bambi. This is between the life of an animal and a few shrubs… This is about the callousness of having someone with a bow just waiting to slice the mother in half and then watch it crawl into the woods to bleed to death.”

The story said Peterson had in the past “hired” a hunter who killed 2 deer and donated the meat to feed the homeless. VA wildlife authorities backed Peterson, said he would be justified in allowing hunting.

I post to remind you what we are up against, especially when it comes to hunting/managing the whitetail explosion in the burbs. There are way too many deer, some huge bucks and great opportunity, and all the wildlife departments are with us. But are the circus and the hassles worth it?

PETA wants you to say no, stay home, let Bambi live. I say find a 5-acre property, shoot your legal limit and help the urban deer managers out. Think of it as your civic duty.

In this saga's end, Peterson caved and PETA/Barker were happy as clams: “This is a real problem but harmony with your neighbors is important,” Peterson told the Post. “We’re not going to do the hunt.”

 

Lily Allen's Bloody Deer Dress

Mike: Had to send you this picture, I don't know what to make of it. I don't think she is an anti, I just think she is a freak punk rocker trying to make a statement about how different she is. Richard

I took one look at her bloody Bambi dress and told Richard I’d investigate. Come to find out the young lady is British singing sensation Lily Allen. I had never heard of her. The picture was taken on the red carpet for the Glamour Woman of the Year awards. That alone says a lot about what this world is coming to. In a post titled "Lily's Drunken, Deer-Decapitating Night" AOL News went on to say (with more not-pretty-pictures):

Allen's dress, most likely an anti-animal cruelty statement, depicted several cartoon deer with their throats slit, and blood gushing out of their necks. But starting the night with some scandal wasn't enough, as Allen got "very drunk" and had to be carried out of the venue.

Man, those pink-headed anti chicks are classy.

How NOT to Control a Colorado Cougar

From a dailycamera.com news story:

A "persistent" mountain lion was shot three times with bean bags Monday night…after a man reported seeing it eating a raccoon in his University Hill yard, according to Boulder police. Colorado Division of Wildlife officials were at another call and asked Boulder police officers to fire the bean bags to try and chase away the cat…

It goes on to say that even though police removed the chewed-on coon carcass, the big cat was back hours later, and it continues to prowl the neighborhood ...

That predator control has come to this in artsy, Croc-wearing, latte-sipping towns like Boulder across the West blows my mind. With more and more restrictions and outright bans on hunting and killing cougars, black bears and now wolves authorities must resort to frightening the beasts with 12-gauge bean bags that pack a real punch at around 230 fps and 100 ft.-lbs. energy (picture). Please!

A Boulder resident with the handle of artman commented to that article: Stop being such a bunch of damn bunny huggers & bust a cap in this cat! Are you gonna wait until he's chewing off the arm of a toddler?

Couldn’t have blogged it any better myself.

WI Middle School to PETA: Shove It!

Thanks to the U.S Sportsmen’s Alliance for bringing this to my attention:

Students at Northwestern Middle School in Poplar, WI have been keeping a Hunter’s Wall, a spot where they post/share photos of their game kills and celebrate the hunting heritage of the region. The Wall, which has 52 photos of proud kids and parents with their animals, is in the classroom of science teacher Russ Bailey, who also teaches an after-school hunter education course in the room.

PETA got wind of this and sent a letter to the school’s principal, Ken Bartelt, asking him to remove the Wall because the anti organization believes it “promotes violence.”  The letter was also posted online and sent to local media.

Bartelt and Bailey, my heroes of the week, basically told PETA to shove it. They said the Wall is a positive for the students and the community, both of which solidly agree. School officials say they have received many letters from people supporting the wall and its pro-hunting message. They have received one letter against the Wall—the stupid one from PETA.

"Poor Fish" Turns Paul McCartney to PETA

20 minutes ago from yahoo news:

McCartney, 65, posed for a photograph for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization accompanied by the words: "I am Paul McCartney and I am a vegetarian." It also features the quote: "Many years ago, I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realized, 'I am killing him -- all for the passing pleasure it brings me.'

"And something inside me clicked. I realized as I watched him fight for breath, that his life was as important to him as mine is to me."

BTW, Sir Paul might want to watch his tofu budget for a while. Earlier today a judge awarded him to pay his ex Heather a tidy $48.6 million in divorce settlement.

BTW, I always hated the Beatles and Wings, what about you?

BTW and this is scary and I kid you not: Several people, including a flight attendent on a plane just the other day, have told me, "You look like Paul McCartney." Please look at that pretty mug at the top of the page and say it ain't so.

Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting

“In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting, Frank Miniter proves to be ‘one shot, one kill’ deadly accurate against the bed-wetting, Prius-driving liberal’s anti-gun, anti-hunting agenda.” –-G. Gordon Liddy

The G-Man’s review alone of Frank’s book ought to make you buy it. Order a copy for about $14 from amazon.com.

25 Ultimate Hunting Vacations

Travelhacker blog sent me a link to their 25 Ultimate Vacations for Outdoorsmen. I was lukewarm about posting it on my site because some of the hunts—LA alligator, ducks in Manitoba, etc.—are not really our cup of tea. Then I scrolled down the post and read the first comment from an anti named Jeff, who went ballistic:

“Next time you spam my blog’s email address with advertising, you should try reading the content first! I DO NOT condone animal exploitation whatsoever, including for the entertainment of trophy hunters on vacation! What a God forsaken outrageous and greedy thing for a company like yours to be involved in! You all should be ashamed of the conscienceless worldview you’re promoting!

Go Vegan Radio (another sign of the apocalypse)

Mike: You have to check out a site called goveganradio.com. A guy named Bob Linden hosts, and he has as a frequent guest, Ingrid Newkirk (PETA). I know she is one of your favorites :) It is the funniest freakin' thing I have ever heard. If you didn't know any better, you’d swear those shows were skits on Saturday Night Live. 

I found the site on I-tunes one day and downloaded a bunch of the podcasts. I like to listen to them when I am sitting in my tree stand. Enjoy, Don Christian, Indiana

Don: Thanks for the heads up. First thing I did was look up "vegan" because I never really understood the term: “a vegetarian who eats plants only and who uses no products derived from animals, such as fur or leather.”  Hmm, fur I can see, but they don’t wear shoes or belts? Weird.

Anyhow, I went to their website and was immediately struck with its design—bright yellow/blue background with cartoons of happy monkeys, dogs and pigs…cute and classy. All is well in anti playland!

I didn’t dare download any of the podcasts, though. I figured that if they knew it was old Hanback, they’d blow up my computers with some kind of nasty virus. But I did peruse their show topics and these jumped out:

“how your bovine burger is destroying the world”

“let’s raise a glass on New Year’s Eve with a toast for a better world—one where there is no McDonald’s”

“going vegan is the solution to global warming”

I could go on, but you get the idea.

I got to thinking, Don. I hope you got the chance to run a carbon arrow with a 2” cut mechanical broadhead through a big, fat doe while rocking out to one of those cute-and-fuzzy podcasts one day last fall. That would be pretty damn cool!

All this talk of sprouts and tofu and other weird s--- has made me hungry, so I’m gonna go throw some deer burgers on the Weber (I mix in beef fat and pork sausage for a little more greasy flavor). Yum.

Happy meat hunting, Hanback