Thread: How the 700NE came about

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indicates Trumpesque levels of vanity so while new guns are always a good thing, he comes across as a tosser

Also, maybe it's just me but anyone who shoots an elephant is a right arsehole in my books

Originally Posted by 308

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indicates Trumpesque levels of vanity so while new guns are always a good thing, he comes across as a tosser

Also, maybe it's just me but anyone who shoots an elephant is a right arsehole in my books

@308 I would agree. Whilst I do have aspirations to do an African hunt one day, I am more interested in Cape buffalo. Also while not quite politically correct if money was no issue I wouldn't mind a Lion or Leopard.
The sad part is in the example of elephants, they have to be culled to keep the numbers down in some areas to prevent damage to the ecosystem. The funds raised by people paying to do so helps game management and anti-poaching.
Again I realise it all helps, it isn't something I could do.

Originally Posted by 308

This picture
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indicates Trumpesque levels of vanity so while new guns are always a good thing, he comes across as a tosser

Also, maybe it's just me but anyone who shoots an elephant is a right arsehole in my books

well....if hunting is the mans lifelong passion..why not have portrate done...it could have been present from his dear wife or kids..... and shooting jumbos has been going on for a long time....the numbers are so high now if they arent shot they and everything else will starve...who are we to say its better they are culled to rot,than harvested for meat or indeed for trophy value...the income from safari will make huge contribution to conservation fullstop...
its no different to saying anyone who shoots a red stag is an arsehole....lets just 1080 poison them all instead.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well....if hunting is the mans lifelong passion..why not have portrate done...it could have been present from his dear wife or kids..... and shooting jumbos has been going on for a long time....the numbers are so high now if they arent shot they and everything else will starve...who are we to say its better they are culled to rot,than harvested for meat or indeed for trophy value...the income from safari will make huge contribution to conservation fullstop...
its no different to saying anyone who shoots a red stag is an arsehole....lets just 1080 poison them all instead.

Sorry I didn't know that they needed culling due to numbers, I thought they were thin on the ground so fair enough

I wouldn't shoot one personally but I stand by the picture's resemblance to something like this

Eww

Originally Posted by 308

This picture
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indicates Trumpesque levels of vanity so while new guns are always a good thing, he comes across as a tosser

Also, maybe it's just me but anyone who shoots an elephant is a right arsehole in my books

older bull elephants eventually get too old to have high quality offspring but are big enough to kill the younger bull's so they do get culled. usually via an auction for hunting rights with the meat being given to the local communities. and the hundred's of thousands of dollars going to conservation.