I'm not a hunter, but I'm curious. Do hunters actually eat ..

[demosincebirth]

those little quails, or do they shoot 'em just for kicks?

[JuniperLea]

1. REAL hunters eat their kill

REAL hunters actually hunt birds down in the wild, they don't shoot farmed birds on a closed ranch.


Remember, every piece of chicken, fish or beef you eat was once an animal, so don't get all "Bambi" on us.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Right

My cousin and her husband are both hunters and they got this deer about two/three Christmas' ago and they were going to eat it. And Kerry went hunting either last year or year before last and hunted his Thanksgiving dinner.

[demosincebirth]

21. Just asking .

It would seem easier to go down to the local Super market and pick up a couple of cornish hens.
I remember when I was a kid, my dad raised pigeons and every month or so we'd have baked pigeons. Of course, this was during WWII and food was rationed. Our city never had a pigeon problem, either.

[JuniperLea]

27. What do you think those cornish hens are from the market?

They would be ranch raised pigeons;)


It really isn't the same, hunting vs. buying I mean. The taste is so far removed.


I think hunting is a skill that needs to be kept up by people... we could be using those skills if our world goes into complete chaos;)

[demosincebirth]

30. I guess as a non-hunter, thats the way I think.

Thanks.

[Avalux]

2. Yes, they can be eaten.

My father hunts quail in the wild in Pennsylvania (not the same as what Cheney was doing). When I was a kid we ate quail all the time. Can't tell you if the birds Cheney shot got eaten though.

[havocmom]

3. Those little birdies get eaten by some hunters

Takes a bunch to make much of a meal from what I hear. A pheasant, at least makes for a few good bites. Quail are just a sliver of meat.

Ever see a carton of quail eggs? It is tiny! Saw some in a store and wondered about what itty bitty skillet one used to cook them.

[Xithras]

5. Yeah, we eat them.

Far better tasting than anything you can buy in a store too.

[adarling]

6. exactly right, buti have a feeling these boys have no honor

and shoot for fun.

[Ksec]

7. I ALWAYS ate what I shot

Ninety per cent of the time it was a rabbit or two, occasionally a grouse .

Its an unwritten law. You dont eat it, you dont shoot it.

Now Cheneys type prolly just leaves them for the serfs.

[China_cat]

8. My mother always said

"if you shoot it, you eat it". We ate pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, venison, bear (and on one occasion moose). It got us through the winter.

[Ksec]

14. Moose?

You must be way up North huh?

[China_cat]

15. Grew up in PA

Live in SC now. My mother's boyfriend got a moose in Canada and gifted us with the brisket.

[Canuckistanian]

16. Moose is good!

I've eaten it lots of times. And I had bear once (not recommended), and I had venison for lunch today.

[China_cat]

19. Bear is really tricky to cook

You have to make sure you get EVERY last little bit of fat off it before cooking or you get some really nasty shit. Do it right and it's actually very good. And yes, I wouldn't mind having some more moose now. (Got a venison roast in the freezer.)

[demosincebirth]

22. Bear? I don't think so.

Once I seen a bear being skinned and, to tell you the truth, it looked like a human.

[B Calm]

23. My lady friend in Minnesota cooked a Bear roast

for my friends and I. First time any of us ate Bear and it was really good. The same week we ate Snapping Turtle too.

[Lefty48197]

34. I liked elk. Bear meat sucks though.

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[SmokingJacket]

9. I've eaten quail and chukker...

shot by someone else. I'd rather eat a candy bar and watch them fly around. But if someone roasts one and gives it to me, I'll eat it...

Kinda puny, and you had to spit out the shot.

[napi21]

10. Real hunters do. Quail only have a small breast that is worth saving

for food though.

I can tell you, everything anyone in our house ever shot was made for dinner. None of us believe in just shooting an animal for "the thrill of the kill.!

I deriously doubt Cheney ever does this though. He nor his buddies! I don't quite understand why they don't stick to skeet shooting to prove their skill with a gun!

[B Calm]

11. Quail is delicious on the grill wrapped in bacon..

Real hunters eat what they kill. Cheney kills for the fun of killing. He's not what I would call a sportsman..

[AngryAmish]

12. Quail tastes wonderful

I don't hunt (I fear I'd kill myself or others) but quail is one of the finest foods one can get.

[salinen]

13. Quail

are tasty. If you dress them right, you can even eat the little drumsticks. Quail run mostly so they have meaty thieghs.

[GregD]

17. My dove McNuggest story from the weekend:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=398733&mesg_id=399061

[DemBones DemBones]

18. They eat them because quail make silly little trophy mounts.

:evilgrin:

Seriously, I've never seen any mounted quail except in museums. Pheasants, OTOH, are mounted as trophies as well as eaten, being bigger and flashy-looking.

[Maddy McCall]

20. Yes, and they are delicious.

One person can eat three or four--they are tiny, but they are delicious either grilled or roasted.

YUM!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

24. I've never tried Quail

But I've had partridge many times in my youth. The past two years my boy has brought home partridge for the dinner table. I make it up like my Momma always did, w/ Red Sauce and Polenta. Yummmm!

[upi402]

25. more toothpick than bird meat

[sandnsea]

26. They're served in restaurants

All over the country.

DC
http://www.twoquail.com/dinnerMenu.html

CA
http://www.hitchingpost1.com/Menu.html

CO
http://www.thefort.com/Menu.htm

[stellanoir]

28. he reportedly shot 70 frigging birds

That's deranged. Five or so might be within reason to some.

This is a very sick dude.

Blood lust incarnate. Ughhhhhh.

[meisje]

29. I heard it tastes like chicken

[OnyxCollie]

31. Cheney hates quail's freedom.

I can't believe that Cheney is a true "hunter", one who takes responsibility for the natural resource he has claimed. Strappin' it down to the roof of the black Suburban, slappin' it on the desk in his office, cleanin' it on the Constitution. No way Darth's getting his cape dirty. Dickie's just in for the kill.

"Release the birds before me, so that I may extinguish the flame of their lives as the Hand of God would snuff out a candle."

(Shots fired.)

"You. Peon. Prepare them for me in rose petal sauce, for Valentine's Day, and bring them to my undisclosed location."

[Silverhair]

32. Quail are very tasty. NT

[freethought]

33. Most do. Some don't.

I've seen it the same way with other types of game. Pheasant, deer, ducks, geese, moose, bear, and so on. Most hunters I've known will eat the game they take. There are some that do not, they usually try to pawn the meat off on friends or donate it. Fortunately, I haven't known anyone who shoots an animal, takes the skin, head, or whatever and leave the rest to rot. Not to say there aren't those that do such things.

Note: Moose meat is actually quite good.

[kineneb]

35. real hunters, in a word, yes

I have had to pluck the little buggers, and that was when I decided that hunting small birds was a waste of time. They are all feathers and dust. Then there was picking out the shot. They did taste good, but all in all, duck, turkey or phesant at least have a bit more food value.

I am sure some of my neighbors would like to take on some of the turkeys they find in their yards...think one human vs. sizable flock of (large) wild turkeys.