Shoot and release ?

Fish Chris · Post by **Fish Chris** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:29 pm

I just watched an excellent program on the History Channel about taxidermy. It went over skin mounts, fiberglass replicas, freeze drying, and plastination....... of fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, even human beings (yikes !)

But the thing that amused me the most, was to find out that there are modern day big game hunters, who are paying thousands of dollars to go out and shoot wild animals, like Rhinoceraces, with tranquilizer darts ! Then they walk right up to the things, lift there heads up, and pose for the camera ! (if you were the guide, and your client was a jerk, might you 'accidentally' use only half the tranquilizer ?

Back home, the shooter can then commision a replica of his trophy, for the living room. Ha ! Can you believe this ?
Sounds really funny to me...... But then, I suppose that in years past, they would have thought that it would be silly, to catch a fish, release it, then have a fiberglass replica made, to try and match it's appearance. Geez, how things change.

Peace,
Fish

Z man · Post by **Z man** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:43 am

What a great idea. Only problem would be when the rino associates the dart with the high as the drug is usually a really large dose of an opiate like morphine which is easy to reverse with the antidote once done with the photo shoot is completed. This beats a "dirt nap" any day in my opinion.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:15 am

Joe LaGrone · Post by **Joe LaGrone** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:20 am

As of last week there was an exibit of * Plastinized Humans* in San Fran. A friend from work went to see them & brought back brochures. Their from China.
Last week there was a news report about them, altho i didnt catch all of it, it said the federal govt. was making them leave because , reguardless of what the Chinese thought about them as a scientific exibit, their still * corpses* of humans.
A investigatiopn was also underway as to how they got into the USA,

MN · Post by MN » Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:55 am

i watch the history and discovery channel all the time,does your family think your boring like mine does!!!!!!!!

Fish Chris · Post by **Fish Chris** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:04 pm

I'm not married, and have no kids (planned that when I was still just a kid myself.... what brilliant insight that was). Why do you think I am able to fish 140 days (1400 hours) a year, and not even have a 'real' job ?

Peace,
Fish

MN · Post by MN » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:01 pm

you really know how to make a guy feel good.here i am on lunch
and read your response.140 day's,man i love my family but that sure sounds good to me.dont foget the crab fishing show on discovery on tuesday's at 9:00 pretty cool show.i noticed the time on your response you were probably out fishin,lol

Fish Chris · Post by **Fish Chris** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:43 pm

just to be totally honest with you, I really do envy all you guys with homes of your own, awesome trucks, cars and boats, beautiful wives, great kids (when there not screaming, crying, or just being a general pain in the neck

So in a nutshell, while I think my low work, low stress, and least responsibility kind of life is the right choice for me, there are certainly huge tradeoffs.

BTW Yea' ! The "Most dangerous job; Crab fishing" show is very cool ! But did you know that the Alaska Fish and Game has now (after 42 years) done away with the derby style crab fishing ? From now on, they will tell each boat, before the season even starts, how much crab they can take...... So no more competition. No matter how good, or how lame a captain and his crew are, he will get his limit, and no more. This will probably make things much safer...... but pretty much kills the show for next year.

Peace,
Fish