[Stoat]

Apologies for the severe editing of this article...this was done in order to remain in compliance with Free Republic posting rules pertaining to articles from the Daily Mail.  Please be sure to click on the link and read the whole article, as it's quite worthwhile in my view.

Wild in the country: Amanda Platell sets off in search of her first grouse

 

Traditional image: The tweed and Tam O'Shanter brigade still shoot, but they are not the majority

 

Capercaillie: The original 'famous grouse' whose numbers are now in decline

 

[ottbmare]

Thanks, Stoat. Articles like this are invaluable—they reach out to ordinary people who have been over-influenced by PETA and have been raised to believe that hunting of any sort is cruel and nasty. In the UK, of course, the attack on field sports is part of a Marxist war on traditional values and the English character. Here it is less advanced, but there are powerful forces moving to regulate and ultimately eliminate hunting. We need more articles like this in the US to help make people realize that even if they don’t hunt, hunting and shooting are okay and in fact play an important role in wildlife control.

[grey_whiskers]

Amanda Platell: NOT GUILTY!

[tcostell]

Looks like a good time huh fellas?

[razorback-bert]

I was once asked, what good is hunting?

My answer was I can tell a man’s character by the way he hunts.

[Petronski]

No, I’m sorry, she took to the Moops. The Moops.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Living in cities narrows one's horizons. Up there I felt I could see for ever.

[Shooter 2.5]

We had a lady sit down with us for lunch during our IDPA shooting match today. It was a few minutes before I learned she wasn’t there to compete. She is a reporter for the local newspaper.

She first explained her credentials as a CCW holder and one who at the moment had a gun in her car. It was a little easier after that.

I told her first off that we were the good guys and that competitive shooting was safer than any sport she could name since there have been only two recorded deaths from competitions. She didn’t quite believe that until everyone nodded in agreement.

I think it came off rather well since we had a lot of women competing and even young girls who weren’t old enough to compete were handling the computerized scoring in the office.

It might be interesting if the article is printed and I can post the thread.