death down under

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does anybody have any thoughts on cold steels "death down under".i was watching some of it on you tube, i thought it was a bunch of macho pointless killin: :barf: they weren't even hunting them really. i have no problem with "hunting" if you're going to eat what you kill, it just seems that blowing away an entire herd of animals kind of pointless...
 
That guy has no class. That's all I can say.

The thread fits into whine&cheese or maybe wilderness&survival.

I'll give LT the benefit of the doubt though. If the meat gets eaten, I don't see why this kind of "hunting" should be worse than the scenes you can watch in any slaughterhouse.
 
i agree, if they cut up the meat and feed the poor with it or something like that. i wonder if they did that? i think ted nuggent did something similar a few years ago, he had a huge cook out as i recall.(sorry about putting this i the wrong thread, this is my first post here.) i've been reading these posts for a couple of years,and i don't have anything against hunting, but something about this dvd just rubbed me the wrong way for some reason.
 
If the meat gets eaten? I doubt. Some people deserve to be hunted more than their prey.
 
i just viewed the video clip. this is not hunting, its just senseless killing of animals. they shot at every kind of animal they could find. but you know, out of shape fat guys like that need to do things like that in order to feel like a big man.

i will not be buying CS knives anymore.
 
126 animals taken including 50 buffalo? i somehow doubt Lynn Thompson's going to eat 50 buffalo (but you never know, he is kinda big). I'm leaning more towards the opinion that this is a "Look at how bad-ass and uber hardcore i am." DVD.
 
Meh. Yet another reason for outraged knife nuts to pile on Lynn Thompson.

There are all kinds of hunting, including trophy and pest control. Thompson is no different than folks like Mark Sullivan selling dvds of essentially hunt porn. Not really my cup of tea, but nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical, AFAIK.

But then again, that Lynn Thompson is fat. There's gotta be some evil in that, right?
 
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Hey look! Over there! A dead horse! Lets go beat it!;)

Kind regards,

Jos
 
A few years ago, a famous custom hunting pistol maker and an equally famous custom bullet maker went to Australia to "test" out newly designed single shot pistols and bullets.

IIRC, they killed about 250-300 feral cattle, water buffalo and camels. Their Aussie guides skinned a few of the better specimens and sold the leather. The meat was left for the dingos and vultures.

They were hailed in the gun magazines as "visionaries" and "heroes" for advancing technology, and helping the Aussies rid their land of "pests" that wasted the grass that sheep could be eating.

Now I have a question. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, but I am truly curious, and I'd like for many of you to re-read your posts and answer this question.

If Jerry Hossom, Mike Stewart, Sal Glesser, Bob Dozier, Chris Reeve or etc, had done the exact same thing, would you be flaming them? Or is this just an excuse to flame Lynn Thompson?? I'd really like to know!
 
Ben Dover said:
If Jerry Hossom, Mike Stewart, Sal Glesser, Bob Dozier, Chris Reeve or etc, had done the exact same thing, would you be flaming them? Or is this just an excuse to flame Lynn Thompson?? I'd really like to know!
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If Santa Claus handed out poisoned apples, would Snow White's stepmother have run off to Babylon with him? :D

They didn't do the exact same thing, which makes the hypothetical ... difficult. Moreover, Lynn Thompson didn't do the exact same thing: he didn't test new equipment, nor did he present his exploits as vermin control. He shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot shot one helpless animal after another. A real buffalo hunter.

He's a businessman who specializes in what he feels is effective advertising. What was he advertising?
 
Ben Dover said:
A few years ago, a famous custom hunting pistol maker and an equally famous custom bullet maker went to Australia to "test" out newly designed single shot pistols and bullets.

IIRC, they killed about 250-300 feral cattle, water buffalo and camels. Their Aussie guides skinned a few of the better specimens and sold the leather. The meat was left for the dingos and vultures.

They were hailed in the gun magazines as "visionaries" and "heroes" for advancing technology, and helping the Aussies rid their land of "pests" that wasted the grass that sheep could be eating.

Now I have a question. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, but I am truly curious, and I'd like for many of you to re-read your posts and answer this question.

If Jerry Hossom, Mike Stewart, Sal Glesser, Bob Dozier, Chris Reeve or etc, had done the exact same thing, would you be flaming them? Or is this just an excuse to flame Lynn Thompson?? I'd really like to know!
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Who did this? Was it Hamilton Bowen?
 
chuckschilling said:
Who did this? Was it Hamilton Bowen?
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IIRC, no. It was the the one that makes custom one handed cannons from TC Contender, and other single shot frames, for his own line of wildcat cartridges.

Esav, I have come to greatly admire you, and respect your opinion on most things, because you're one of the most knowledgable people on this forum.

But whether or not you realize it, you actually answered my question. "Let's flame Lynn Thompson, we don't need a reason." It greatly saddens me for someone with your knowledge and wisdom to fall into that trap. :(
 
I cannot understand how you take that meaning from what I wrote, which was the very opposite: the gentlemen you named in your hypothetical did NOT actually do what Lynn Thompson did. Lynn Thompson left himself open to criticism by the way he presented his behavior. He's the one who gave us the reason and in his own merchandise, the video. His cheerleader first brought it up here, as praiseworthy.

A better hypothetical might involve Ted Nugent, another hero here. He hunts, for the table. He supports rightist values in the most assertive terms. At what point might he get flamed here? Probably none. Too many positives would wash out an occasional negative. Would that make your point, though?

Lynn Thompson shouldn't have many negatives around here. He's in the right business, sells a lot of good products at competitive prices, provides an unusual variety of related products, and is an outdoors, physical type. Just what you'd think we like. What happened?
 
Esav Benyamin said:
He's a businessman who specializes in what he feels is effective advertising. What was he advertising?
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A DVD, it would seem.

Esav Benyamin said:
Lynn Thompson shouldn't have many negatives around here. He's in the right business, sells a lot of good products at competitive prices, provides an unusual variety of related products, and is an outdoors, physical type. Just what you'd think we like. What happened?
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He's fat. Duh... this fact is highlighted in every Lynn Thompson thread.
 
shecky said:
He's fat. Duh... this fact is highlighted in every Lynn Thompson thread.
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Lots of our favorite knifemakers and knife company execs are rather large, so I guess you'll have to keep trying there, Shecky.;)

Regards,
3G

P.S. Gonna be hard to move this one to W&C since there's already one with the eact same title there. Perhaps a merge?
 
Ben Dover said:
Esav, I have come to greatly admire you, and respect your opinion on most things, because you're one of the most knowledgable people on this forum.

But whether or not you realize it, you actually answered my question. "Let's flame Lynn Thompson, we don't need a reason." It greatly saddens me for someone with your knowledge and wisdom to fall into that trap. :(
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Yeah, that's it, a guy as smart as Esav (and plenty of others here, too) can't think of one good reason to flame LT, so he (they) does so just for the heck of it.:rolleyes:

I don't think you've read much here, Ben!

Regards,
3G
 
Esav, you still haven't directly answered Ben's question. Hypothetically, IF one of the aforementioned knifemakers other than Lynn did the exact same thing as Thompson (made a video exactly as Thompson did, right down to the last detail), would you still hold the same opinion of the video? (I ask this not knowing what your opinion of the video is). I'm not trying to be a smart-arse either, but I AM curious as to your answer. The question isn't a hard one at all. My take on it, no matter WHO made the video, is that I have no problem with it as long as the meat gets eaten by someone, and the species populations don't suffer as a result of the hunting.

Edit: The reason Ben interpreted your answer the way he did, is that you came off as if you were dodging the question. Knowing you, I'm sure that isn't the case, but it did appear that way. :)
 
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