Pong Messiah Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 In the last few years there have been several conventionally attractive female hunters receiving news coverage. Is this a thing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Not really. Controversy and physical attractiveness have always been headline makers. This is nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah it dates back to at least Sarah Palin. As if there were never female hunters before. Kinda stupid. And it's just a fad in coverage, sort of like the fairly recent coverage in 30-40 something women spontaneously buying small camper trailers in recent years and going on road trips to "find themselves." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Do male hunters get death threats, though? This woman felt after starting hunting in her 20s, that she would have had a better time, especially as a female, fitting in with the community if she had the opportunity to hunt when she was a kid, so she started a program teaching kids outdoors skills and hunting. Seems like a reasonable idea. But while the parents interviewed absolutely love their kids not being in front of a screen all day, she started receiving death threats after word of the program spread beyond the outdoors community. There was also that model who lost her contract last year when it was revealed (omg scandal) that she was a hunter and there was a collective ****-fit from the bambi-loving crowd. Would they have received the same vitriol if they were dudes? Now, true, the CEO from GoDaddy (male) received a ton of flack for going on an elephant hunt, but that was an elephant hunt, and people are going to freak out regardless. It's not exactly the same as teaching people hunting/outdoor/survival skills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wildlife gals are very often attractive. There is a big misconception that they're toothless hicks, which is very far from the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I still can't bring myself to actively hunt. I'm a pretty good shot but because I grew up raising milk goats and being around all kinds of animals like horses, dogs, pigs, calves (which we ate but my mom kindly never told us where Daisy went), peacocks, llamas and other assorted animals I'd rather not know where the food I eat comes from. Something else, I've been boar hunting. That stuff is COLD work waiting for the boars to appear. I'd rather fish. Or go birding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wildlife gals are very often attractive. There is a big misconception that they're toothless hicks, which is very far from the truth.Yup. I have found that to be true as well, Burt. Though it can be somewhat emasculating to go camping with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ms. Spam, you're a birder?! I think marketing wizards have focused more attention on the previously overlooked female hunter/angler demographic. Way more pink camo today than there was 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yup. Mostly i only do birding in Arizona and parts of Texas like the gulf coast and around Big Bend. Pink camo is lame. For Christmas my brother bought his daughter a pink camo compound bow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kurgan Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Do male hunters get death threats, though? This woman felt after starting hunting in her 20s, that she would have had a better time, especially as a female, fitting in with the community if she had the opportunity to hunt when she was a kid, so she started a program teaching kids outdoors skills and hunting. Seems like a reasonable idea. But while the parents interviewed absolutely love their kids not being in front of a screen all day, she started receiving death threats after word of the program spread beyond the outdoors community. There was also that model who lost her contract last year when it was revealed (omg scandal) that she was a hunter and there was a collective ****-fit from the bambi-loving crowd. Would they have received the same vitriol if they were dudes? Now, true, the CEO from GoDaddy (male) received a ton of flack for going on an elephant hunt, but that was an elephant hunt, and people are going to freak out regardless. It's not exactly the same as teaching people hunting/outdoor/survival skills! Great post. You know, it's funny how the very people who are always attacking predefined gender roles are the loudest to scream when teh wimminz step out of line with their own narrow, ideological perceptions of what should and should not be "women's issues." I've heard of women in the military receiving similar treatment. And threats, no less, even though they write their own angsty articles on Jezebel about the horrible treatment women who dare speak out on issues receive. And I still get asked why I hate feminists. I'm becoming increasingly of the opinion that "Hello, my name is Augusto Pinochet and I'm here to welcome you to the Santiago Stadium" is the right, or maybe only way to deal with social activists, especially the sort that are all about shaming and cajoling people for stepping out of line with what they deem acceptable. It's just going to become necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yup. Mostly i only do birding in Arizona and parts of Texas like the gulf coast and around Big Bend. Pink camo is lame. For Christmas my brother bought his daughter a pink camo compound bow. Wow, small world. I researched rails and sparrows on the Texas Gulf Coast. I've tried to get a few trips to Big Bend, but life happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Big Bend is gorgeous if only because it is the least visited park so it is never crowded. Mostly I volunteer in the gulf to help record bird counts. I got involved as a teacher for teaching opportunities to show kids math is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I thought about volunteering for a BBS route south of Houston, but they seemed to have all the help they needed. OK has a few vacant BBS routes (and CBC), so it was more beneficial for me to run a BBS close to home. I have gotten to be more active in the TX Ornithilogical Society than the Ok. Orn. Soc., it blows my mind how many more birders there are in TX. It's amazing how just about every kid gets a kick out of the outdoors. Kids are so often pressured into having an eye-rolling, everything-is-lame outlook on life, but when I show them a bird in hand it's great to see that facade fall away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Really? I wonder if that would work on my kid. He's the only other person I know who finds birds and boring as I do. Unless the cats kill one for him. Then he's fascinated. My grandmother can name damn near every species found here. I'm just like, "bird, bird, owl, bird, chicken, bird, bird, bird, duck". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Yeah it dates back to at least Sarah Palin.He said "hot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Another blonde, skinny, conventionally attractive woman gets death threats after Ricky Gervais tweets about her hunting. Another example of how is it acceptable and encouraged for women to participate in some male-dominated hobbies or careers, to liberate themselves from gender norms/roles -- well, until all hell breaks lose because they... chose poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 This thread almost made my head pop off FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES GAWQD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Where? How? Elaborate, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 noAre you sure you didn't mean... naughty? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5moKbAMYL8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The people that are so outraged probably contribute no money towards wildlife and habitat conservation/preservation. Hunters and anglers contributes TONS of COLD, HARD CASH to wildlife. http://www.fws.gov/hunting/whatdo.html I bet she paid a lot of money to shoot an old giraffe, and that money will probably be funneled back into the park. People get a bad case of feelings and don't see the big picture. All that said, I have zero desire to shoot charismatic megafauna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The best way to protect endangered species is to turn them into a popular food. No one worries about cows and chickens going extinct, because they're delicious. I wonder how rhinoceros tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 That's not exactly true. Domestication has driven a lot of wild forms extinct. Aurochs and tarpans are long gone. Wild ass and Bactrian camel are close to blinking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 They didn't taste good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Few things give me as much unadulterated glee as when "those people" get upset about something like this. And I ****ing hate Ricky Gervais. What a t-wat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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