Thread: Taking the Hunt out of Hunting.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

The strength of that hunting instinct seems to vary a lot between individuals. As does an instinct for gardening but gardening is more common. Perhaps genes for instinctive hunting have been negatively selected in some regions like England where it was the preserve of a ruling class and common folk who hunted the King’s deer were hung drawn and quarterd over many generations. The more individualistic and the determined poachers left their descendents in the colonies.

I think you've been reading too many Robin Hood books, British people have hunted both at home and on every continent for hundreds of years - how do you think they got to have the world's best gunmakers in the late 19th century?