would you? if legal?
I will start by saying, I would.
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Absolutely would, too! Butcher and freeze.
Any time I wanted a piece of a$$, I just go to the freezer.
I think if I lived down there, I'd cook up a really good lie for my wife as to why I wasn't packing off the hides and tell her it was sorta like a mule deer hybrid. And maybe I'd even go for it on a non-res tag if they were real reasonable (as they SHOULD be, given that the state has an interest in maxing out the harvest and it would be a bad idea to discourage anyone from buying a tag...).
But given the overall expense of booking a 3,000 mile trip and a typically expensive non-res tag, I guess I'd leave them to the locals....
Sorry...I tried not to but couldn't...resist....
But seriously, I absolutely would and I'd eat em too. Non-native specie that, IMO, doesn't belong at all.
That goes for the stallions as well. I'd hunt and eat them too. I've not had horse, but I've heard it eats just fine.
When I was a kid, driving across the SW you'd be lucky to see a wild horse. Now you'd have to be lucky not to see 100 1/2 starved horses on a drive from CA to SW CO. The next big drought and they'll be dying by the thousands. It's not right.
There are places in NM where feral horses are causing problems with native flora and fauna too.
Sign me up when the time comes!
Carl
Arizona started to do a round up last year for the feral mustangs and it was stopped by groups that have no idea, or dont care the impact these animals have on our environments. These areas down by the salt river no longer hold herds of deer like I used to find back in the 80's. Nor does it hold the quail populations I used to hunt.
Im not saying we should wipe them out but we sure need to control their numbers and to me, hunting them is a win win for everyone.
I might be mistaken, but I was always given to believe that in France, Horsemeat is still valued more highly than beef. We refrain from eating it here because of laws which are purely aesthetic in origin. Think about THAT for a minute...
Some animals are protected from slaughter because the thought of eating them makes some people feel icky inside.
Question is, which critter is next?
I will always abide by the law, whatever it may be, but IMO, some animals are NOT more equal than others; I don't care if it's a whitetail, a wolf, or a whale - if the numbers will support a harvest, then so will I.
Anyone on here have first hand experience with feral burros, who might be able to comment on how wary or "difficult to hunt" they may be, were the opportunity presented?
I know that burros/donkeys/asses are very intellligent
I might be mistaken, but I was always given to believe that in France, Horsemeat is still valued more highly than beef. We refrain from eating it here because of laws which are purely aesthetic in origin. Think about THAT for a minute...
Some animals are protected from slaughter because the thought of eating them makes some people feel icky inside.
Question is, which critter is next?
I will always abide by the law, whatever it may be, but IMO, some animals are NOT more equal than others; I don't care if it's a whitetail, a wolf, or a whale - if the numbers will support a harvest, then so will I.
