Avian carnage . .

[Rage Against the McKee]

[Emo EMAW]

what a dumbass thing to be angry about

I spend about $12k a year bird hunting.  Since 2005 I've seen quail populations on federal land go from pretty darn good to rough ridin' pitiful, some due to energy development.  It makes me sad/angry.  Now we spend our money in MT or SK.

Maybe the populations would be better if there weren't so many gun-nuts out there trying to murder the poor little guys.

This has been disproven over and over again in multiple studies.  Also, hunters have done more than all the other special interest groups combined to protect the species they hold dear.

[michigancat]

Wait, you spend $12k/year to at hunt quail?

[Dugout DickStone]

Charles Darwin

[Rage Against the McKee]

Should we get rid of glass doorways, too?

[Emo EMAW]

Wait, you spend $12k/year to at hunt quail?

Not just quail, but yes.  That's an average.

[Dugout DickStone]

Should we get rid of glass doorways, too?

Big rigs and trains kill millions of birds

[Rage Against the McKee]

Should we get rid of glass doorways, too?

Big rigs and trains kill millions of birds

eff 'em ban 'em

[michigancat]

Wait, you spend $12k/year to at hunt quail?

Not just quail, but yes.  That's an average.

Do you think that's a little bit silly? Or do you host large groups for work or something?

[waks]

what a dumbass thing to be angry about

I spend about $12k a year bird hunting.  Since 2005 I've seen quail populations on federal land go from pretty darn good to rough ridin' pitiful, some due to energy development.  It makes me sad/angry.  Now we spend our money in MT or SK.

Maybe the populations would be better if there weren't so many gun-nuts out there trying to murder the poor little guys.

This has been disproven over and over again in multiple studies.  Also, hunters have done more than all the other special interest groups combined to protect the species they hold dear.

Maybe you're just jealous that windmills are better at hunting than you? 

[Emo EMAW]

Wait, you spend $12k/year to at hunt quail?

Not just quail, but yes.  That's an average.

Do you think that's a little bit silly? Or do you host large groups for work or something?

That's my personal expenditure.  I don't think it's silly.  It's fun and has a direct correlation to my happiness, which is priceless. 

[puniraptor]

Wait, you spend $12k/year to at hunt quail?

Not just quail, but yes.  That's an average.

Do you think that's a little bit silly? Or do you host large groups for work or something?

That's my personal expenditure.  I don't think it's silly.  It's fun and has a direct correlation to my happiness, which is priceless. 

80% of that is spent on gas

[Emo EMAW]

It's not 80% but gas is the number 1 real expenditure.

[michigancat]

I mean, couldn't you hunt for like 5% of what you spend?

[_33]

I once killed a pheasant with a 15 passenger van.  Felt terrible.

[Tobias]

do you switch hemispheres for year-round hunting or something?  maybe i'm just cheap, but 1k/mo on a hobby seems kinda odd

[Tobias]

wait, can you buy a personal-use wind turbine for $12k?  many birds, one stone

[CNS]

Yes and that would drastically accelerate the ROI. 

[puniraptor]

wait, can you buy a personal-use wind turbine for $12k?  many birds, one stone

this 'stach'r may have just won a nobel prize

[bubbles4ksu]

do upland birds even fly high enough to be killed by a windmill?

[michigancat]

do you switch hemispheres for year-round hunting or something?  maybe i'm just cheap, but 1k/mo on a hobby seems kinda odd

I think he was trying to slip in a fanningbrag but it just makes him look like a goof

[CNS]

do upland birds even fly high enough to be killed by a windmill?

Not in my experience.  Also, isn't there a disconnect in that windmills need wide open areas to operate yet quail love timber and fields immediately off timber?

[CNS]

do you switch hemispheres for year-round hunting or something?  maybe i'm just cheap, but 1k/mo on a hobby seems kinda odd

I think he was trying to slip in a fanningbrag but it just makes him look like a goof

I think a bunch of you don't know what hunting leases go for.   $12k a year isn't that big of a deal if you are leasing land in two different states.

[michigancat]

do you switch hemispheres for year-round hunting or something?  maybe i'm just cheap, but 1k/mo on a hobby seems kinda odd

I think he was trying to slip in a fanningbrag but it just makes him look like a goof

I think a bunch of you don't know what hunting leases go for.   $12k a year isn't that big of a deal if you are leasing land in two different states.

he was saying he hunts on federal land.

And yeah $12k for a hunting lease for you is that big of a deal. Make friends with a farmer or something!

[Tobias]

if i was spending $12k a year on a hunting lease and not obscenely wealthy, i'd pretty quickly decide that maybe i was just meant to live out in the country. good grief