Seems technology has finally hit Texas

[Corey Bryant]

I saw this site last night - thought that it was actually pretty cool:
http://www.live-shot.com

Even if you do not like guns - you have to appreciate the concept. I used to hunt deer all the time in East Texas myself. I now wonder if they will actually send that to you once they start to offer that

[the_pm]

Wait a minute, so you can actually hunt real game online in real time? Do they send you your kill? Hunting is a big sport in Ohio, which is overrun with deer. Right about this time, you start seeing lots of pickups with piles of deer in the flatbed rolling down the freeway.

I'm not a hunter, though I love trap/skeet shooting. When I was a kid, I used to think hunting was barbaric. Now, I'm supportive of hunters, because when I take a step back and look at the practice, it is much more humane than animal farms and slaughterhouses. You kill what you can use, and the animal leads a good, natural life up until its place on the food chain is declared. I can't see anything wrong in that, though it's hard to think of it as a "sport."

[Corey Bryant]

It seems they might want to add that feature at some point. They will send you a DVD & the paper target (for an extra few of course) - but I do not see why they wuld not add these things later (unless the Texas government does not shut them down.

And yes - when we would shoot the deer - we froze it & ate it all year round. Nothing was ever wasted.

[Pauly]

'Different' to say the least. I must admit it's a good concept bringing real life into a virtual world.

Individual, Membership (30 days) $14.95

Shooting Session (each)
10 shots - Max 20 minutes $ 5.95

DVD recording of session $ 9.95 plus shipping

Paper target from session $ 2.95 plus shipping

No C.O.D. on shipped items. Shipping charges calculated at shopping cart.

Might give it a go sometime.

[the_pm]

That does look kinda fun. It they could do shotgun practice with realtime mouse-controlled targeting, that would rock!

[TakingHold]

Hunting is beeing banned in england today, using the Parliament act(saying if the house of commons and house of lords rejects the case, the goverment can still pass a law if they want)

So really the only reason they pass things through the houses of commons and lords is to keep people happy and so they can pay the lords a high wage!

[Martin]

Hunting is beeing banned in england today,

Not quite. Hunting with dogs is being banned - not the same thing at all.

[the_pm]

Isn't it actually the use of dogs as a weapon? Can't dogs still be used as retrievers?

[Martin]

Oh absolutely. Should have made that clear.

Regarding the ban itself: About time too, IMO. Tradition be damned - if there's a need for a culling of the fox population, use a damn gun!

[BigBison]

But dogs make such cool weapons! Not that I have much time for it, but "Rome: Total War" is just stupendously awesome. 8)

In one battle against the Carthaginians, my Romans were set upon by the game's ultimate shock troop -- war elephants! Luckily, we had a herd of pitch-coated pigs at the ready, which were dutifully ignited right under the elephants' noses. :shock: This caused the mighty beasts to turn around and begin to trample their own support infantry. Begin to trample, mind you -- the elephant drivers whip out their mallets and chisels, and quickly put an end to that with a skillful blow to the base of their mount's skull! :cry:

Only then did I order my dogs to attack. :twisted:

[Pauly]

It's the hunting of foxes with dogs that is being banned. If farmers want to protect their poultry then they should leave scraps out or lock 'em up more securely.

Anyway back to topic; It looks fun :)

[the_pm]

I suppose there isn't a law explicitly prohibiting the hunting of foxes with war elephants, is there?

[BigBison]

I don't suppose you Brits are familiar with our TV show "Northern Exposure" by any chance, are you? The episode with the English country gentleman's fox hunt in Alaska, was an American granted the fox asylum on her property...

The end of fox hunting with dogs in GB has been inevitable for quite some time, seems to me.