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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: addicted on October 04, 2007, 01:38:57 PM

Title: would you hunt whales
Post by: addicted on October 04, 2007, 01:38:57 PM: so the Makahs waisted that grey whale. would you do the deed with the opportunity and a good excuse?
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Post by: arrowflinger on October 04, 2007, 01:42:09 PM: I don't think I would eat the thing.......so I voted NO. I had whale in Iceland many years ago and can't say that I liked it.
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Post by: addicted on October 04, 2007, 02:01:10 PM: taste is important
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Post by: Dman on October 04, 2007, 04:10:50 PM: For starters, I'd be worried about catching the disease. Second, it would be enough to feed a community and I just don't know enough people that would eat it for sure, without wasting some. Last, you'd need to be equipped, which I'm not, I don't own a browing .50 cal... ;)
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 04, 2007, 04:15:43 PM: :dunno: I don't have enough freezer space! :P
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Post by: Wea300mag on October 04, 2007, 04:46:41 PM: Never tried eating it before, but going by the reactions of the tribe several years ago I would say it tastes like *censored*e. One vote for no here.
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Post by: dogtuk on October 04, 2007, 05:02:53 PM: YES
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Post by: billythekidrock on October 04, 2007, 05:18:10 PM: Quote
so the Makahs waisted that grey whale.

Actually the Coast Guard allowed the whale to sink.

That being said, hell yea I would hunt one. I watched (live) the first hunt and thought how cool it would be to be towed around by that whale and how few people could say they hunted whales.

My only question is "who is going to gut it"?
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Post by: actionshooter on October 04, 2007, 05:32:46 PM: I voted no ,No horns :dunno:
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Post by: addicted on October 04, 2007, 08:03:30 PM: Quote from: billythekidrock on October 04, 2007, 05:18:10 PM
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so the Makahs waisted that grey whale.

My only question is "who is going to gut it"?

6 guys with chainsaws
Title: Re: would you hunt whales
Post by: sisu on October 05, 2007, 03:00:21 PM: NO, I've eaten whale and I can say this. It's an acquired taste.
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Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2007, 03:14:31 PM: I said yes. My ancestors did it, so I feel the need to fulfil "my right." :)
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Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2007, 03:20:31 PM: My grandfather gutting his big fish.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fwhaale.jpg&hash=c6bb257c43a98a0d8cd7d495be24b9ce296c956c)
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Post by: addicted on October 05, 2007, 04:43:17 PM: that is a cool picture
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Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2007, 04:48:18 PM: Thanks, I've got a couple more I'll get rounded up.
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Post by: Palmer on October 22, 2007, 05:23:02 AM: That'd be a neat family picture to have on the wall. I would normally support any hunting of an animal that has a sustainable population. I hear these grey whales have a decent population but a shortage a food supply for their population. So if the pop is a little less than they'll fair better. That's just what I heard. I don't put animals on a heirarchy - eating a horse is the same as stepping on a bug so if a critter is in my house I pick it up and set it outside.