Originally Posted by
XnavyHMCS
Ahhhh....
All this talk of "trapping animals", and I harken back to my misguided youth.
I was about 11 yo, and my parents wouldn't buy me a shotgun. So, somebody I met told me I should start trapping animals (totally legal, albeit inhumane by contemporary standards).
Off I went, as Jeremiah Johnson, on my big outdoor adventure.
I trapped furbearing animals, in steel leghold traps (currently banned, from what I can see, in many States in the US, and throughout the EU), and sold the pelts (furs), throughout my junior and senior hs years. It was great fun, at the time... Retrospectively, I must admit; it was a gruesome, bloody affaire. Clubbing the trapped animals to death with a sawed-off baseball bat (that was the preferred method of neutralization, as this left no holes in the hides), before I reached the age when my parents would buy me my first .22 rifle (and the long gun created problems, as I wasn't running my trapline in Alaska or Montana, where some young kid walking through the neighborhood would draw attention to himself), allowing me to dispatch my prey with the coup de grace. Of course, with water sets (traps set in or near a water source to capture furbearers that make a haven in these surroundings) the quarry would dive into the water, as a natural reaction and quickly succumb to the effects of drowning, saving the trapper the duty of putting him down.
I recall one opossum, which was caught at the beginning of my line, just on the embankment of the railroad tracks. I whacked him, numerous times (for those of you who know, you will concur; this animal is one tough mother fucker) and left him there, as I would recuperate my catch on my return, just before entering the neighborhood. Poor beast was still alive, growling and sneering at his tormenter through the sole eyeball that remained in socket... What my best friend and I were doing at that age and time, sickens me today, at the age of 55 yo...
So, I have a bit of experience, as regards the humanity, or the lack of such, when it comes to trapping... I consider myself, by no means an "expert", but as holds true for my life, "I really did the shit that I am talking about' I ain't talking out my ass".
FK, I didn't take the time to peruse the entire thread, so I don't know where site members have drawn the conclusion/s concerning your alleged psychosis. You certainly come up with some far out shit, I will give you that. I will say, when I posted a thread in the AS Questions and Answers section, regarding the minimal Tren A dosage, you were the only member who commented... I was like, what the fuck... I guess it was a bit of a stupid question, as "minimal" could be just that, and gauged by the user / abuser himself; so, you did contribute something of value... Hell, it takes all types to make the world turn, I guess...
Thanks for the moment here gents. I must say (as I am sure that you are all aware) these boards have been rather dead as of late. I have some ideas for threads concerning the current social climate, but I am sure that the topics are likely to go sideways in a heartbeat and get locked. Well, gone are the days of Obs and the non stop banter...
Ciao