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Peoples Attitudes, Depression, Roadkill Recipes and Other Thoughts

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Jim Webb

Originally posted by Al Dyer
Who started this damn thread!!! :bonk:
Al,
This may be a shock to you but a man with the same name as you started this thread. Hey, in fact that person uses the same icon logo you do. Wow that’s cosmic.


Marc,
Be careful about suggesting running over held animals. Steelmaiden set me straight. She liken it to shooting fish in a barrel. I don’t want dissension in the corporate ranks before we get this business off the ground.
 
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Marc

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I know what you mean. But if we decide to be serious.... We're in trouble in this thread.

By the way, there are, and have for years, been operations wher 'hunts' are staged. You know the deal, caged deer being set free just as a 'hunter' approaches. Sad commentary. I'm anti-hunting as a general rule with the exception of those who really, really do eat their 'prey'.
 
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Al Dyer

Sorry about the lapse, I thought I was taking Motrin and took a Zoloft once every 4 hours for a couple of days, I think.

Oh what the heck, "I'm feeling muuuccchhh better now!":vfunny:
 
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Michael T

Originally posted by Marc
I know what you mean. But if we decide to be serious.... We're in trouble in this thread.

By the way, there are, and have for years, been operations wher 'hunts' are staged. You know the deal, caged deer being set free just as a 'hunter' approaches. Sad commentary. I'm anti-hunting as a general rule with the exception of those who really, really do eat their 'prey'.
Not to get serious here but - do NOT get me started about canned hunts. :mad: I have nothing against hunting - but EAT it! I love to pheasant hunt. I love to eat pheasant. And if you've ever seen me shoot - it's VERY sporting to the pheasant. :biglaugh: Several years ago I got fired because I asked a senior manager, who had several of us over for dinner and was bragging about his trophies, what he used to kill the stuffed bear he had in his "trophy room". He rattled off some kind of rifle... I say, "Wow - that's really sporting. If you REALLY want to be a hunter, try giving the poor thing a sporting chance next time and use a knife. Now THAT will impress me." Well, the next Monday I was told my services were no longer needed. Fine by me.... :smokin:

Post script - the following week the firm was under SEC investigation for securities violations... :vfunny: Isn't karma a wonderful thing??? :bigwave:
 
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Ken K

We had a client a couple of years back that wanted to take a few of us out pheasant hunting. Well, I got volunteered, but I thought a day in the field would be better than working. We ended up going to a game farm. Wasn't really happy about that but I still hunted.
Anyways, this guy buys 20 birds for the three of us. So, we just got started walking through the first field and the dog is on the point about 5 yards ahead of me. I slowly walked up expecting a bird to fly when I noticed the "bird" was actually the cage it was released from. (Nice touch) I walked about 10 feet while getting back in line when three birds went up right in front of me. Being a law abiding hunter, I never fired a shot.
The guy comes over and asks why the hell I didn't shoot. I simply replied they were hens and I don't shoot hens. He starts biking on me about how much those birds cost him.

To make a long story short, I spent the rest of the day back at the car. Didn't want anything to do with him. Almost shoved that gun right up his you know where! Never was invited along again. Didn't break my heart though.
 
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Jim Webb

Marc,
I understand where you are coming from with regards to staged hunts. I was raised a hunter/fisherman from the time I was five years old. I hunted squirrels with my father with me carrying a BB gun. I was not even big enough to cock it. We ate everything that we killed or caught. That all changed when I had to hunt the most “dangerous game”. I was shot at many times and had friends hit a second time while I was performing my duties as Combat Medic. My company was wiped out twice in less than a month. Upon returning to the states I went deer hunting several months after being home. I shot a deer and had to finish it off. That deer had the same look in its eyes that I had seen in my wounded friends. That is why I am now days a vegetarian. I no longer need to eat higher up the food chain, but that is my choice and everybody to their own.
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energy

I don't hunt

I too, do not hunt. But, I fish and it's a life form. While I usually return them to the environment, some times the damage is too great to allow its survival. So, who's to judge? Anyway, the rest of my post has to do with a secret method for utilizing deceased animals to obtain the maximum enjoyment to please the appetites of those that are bent on cleaning up the environment and depriving crows and sea gulls of additional sustenance:

Now that the thread has opened up to new ideas regarding animal cadavers and their use as food commodities, I want to demonstrate my knowledge of tire vs deceased animals results.

As Marc knows, I am knowledgeable about the use of studded snow tires as a quick skinning method for critters. Of course, that only works on fresh road kills. If they have had sufficient time to adhere to the road, it’s possible that you will just smoke the hair off, say a deceased woodchuck, or bore a hole in it without flipping it. What follows is a little known secret that will allow you create a culinary delight that will impress your family and friends.

During my tenure in the USN, we had a problem with pigeons in the hangar depositing their well-known substance on the aircraft in our hangar. The Captain decided to poison them. So during morning muster, it was not unusual to see one or two of this poor excuse for a bird, do a swan dive from the rafters. The corpse(s) would stay around on the hangar floor because nobody wanted to touch them. As we moved approx. 20+ aircraft from the hangar, it became a daily ritual by the crew to see if they could place the hard rubber wheels of the tow vehicle (20, 000 lbs+) or the rear wheel of the 17,000lb aircraft on their prey. They did bats, horseshoe crabs (we were right on the ocean), blowfish, even an occasional expired sea gull. After a day’s worth of traffic, the specimens could grow to the size of a doormat. Great Taco beginnings. Even the bats would grow to the size of a Frisbee. Great for piecrust. The fish presented another problem. Kind of a “Revenge of the Dead” thing. Because they are so compact and oval and slimy, it was difficult to get a good set with the tire. They would fire out from under the wheel like a projectile that could easily knock a brick loose or break a window, or worse, injure an “innocent” bystander. They usually modified the fish slightly, with a large vise from the machine shop, to get it to stay put long enough to begin the process of altering its contour. So, with enough weight and a good composite rubber wheel, the possibilities are endless. Cookies (use a very sharp cutter), fajitas, crepes, etc., anything requiring a thin shell. The materials that build up around the edges could make an excellent filling for something like Poor Man Pirogues, or your favorite stuffed shells. Pinking shears are an excellent tool for shaping the edges and provide a good pattern for crimping and containing the filler of your choice. As with any fowl, you may still have to pull pinfeathers. The wind will usually remove the fluffy ones. So if you work in a place where they have a large forklift, you can gather up your road kill or if you are a hiker, those gems that litter the path or lake shore and spend the morning tenderizing your game. Just be sure to bring a bucket and mop to conceal your secret processing. Once the word got out amongst your co-workers, it will be next to impossible to schedule your time on the forklift due to its continued occupancy. Bona Petit!!
 
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Al Dyer

Road Kill In The News

How Timely, someone is stealing our thunder!


Radio Announcer Cleared in Boar Killing

March 1, 2002 7:52 am EST

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida radio announcer known as "Bubba the Love Sponge," who had a wild boar killed on one of his programs, was found not guilty of animal cruelty charges on Thursday.

A six-member Tampa, Florida, jury acquitted Bubba, whose real name is Todd Clem, and three other defendants after about an hour of deliberation. "I feel good. I've never been so nervous in my life," Clem, 35, told reporters after the verdict.

The boar, called Andy, was taken to the parking lot of the radio station as part of a "road kill barbecue" stunt on Clem's morning program about a year ago.......

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Al Dyer

For Energy and his fish thing:

Monster Skate Caught, to Rot for Feast

March 1, 2002 7:52 am EST

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A giant skate weighing 90 pounds and measuring six feet from head to tail, has been caught by a trawler off the south coast of Iceland, a fish store owner in the capital said on Thursday.
"The average skate usually weights around seven kg, maybe 10 at the most. We rarely see one this big," Asgeir Baldursson, whose Reykjavik store will showcase the giant creature until Saturday, told Reuters.

"We've had a few people come in just to see this monster."

Baldursson said that the skate, netted on Wednesday, will be putrefied for a traditional Icelandic dish of rotten fish next week: "It will be a feast for at least 10 people."
 
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