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Title: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 04, 2015, 11:33:08 pm
And add in the American pronghorn antelope, by far one of the best eating game animals in my opinion....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevenDIp95A

Hunting with cheetahs.  Not poachers, those are cheaters.
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: Del the cat on September 05, 2015, 03:52:50 am
Woo they are some mighty fine pussy cats :)
I might apply for that job, own cat bed and blanket, trips out hunting... :laugh:
Thanks for finding that gem :)
Del
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: DC on September 05, 2015, 11:33:04 am
I never knew they did that? I'm not a cat person but I could do that :D
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: sleek on September 05, 2015, 12:22:54 pm
Thats fascinating.  Thanks jw.
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: Ranasp on September 05, 2015, 12:39:58 pm
All I can say is they have balls of brass to run in on a large predator with its blood up like that. 
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: bowandarrow473 on September 05, 2015, 12:50:30 pm
More like balls of steel. And that is certainly an amazing find.
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: Marc St Louis on September 05, 2015, 08:29:46 pm
I've always had a great respect and admiration for cats as hunters.  I'm glad to see that they were well rewarded.
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 05, 2015, 08:52:45 pm
I never knew they did that? I'm not a cat person but I could do that :D

The Pharaohs of Egypt used cheetahs for hunting and as housepets. 

I imagine the neighbor's dog wouldn't drop one in your yard a second time.....
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: Pat B on September 05, 2015, 10:53:37 pm
The cat would be dropping the neighbors dog n his yard.  >:D
Cool video. I remember seeing it once before a while back. All cats are incredible hunters.
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: stickbender on September 09, 2015, 03:12:52 pm

     Cool video, J.W. .  And I agree with you that the American Antelope is the absolute best tasting meat I have ever had!  A friend of mine told me he would rather have Antelope than Elk!  I told him he was nuts!  Buuuut, a little while later, I had the opportunity to try Antelope.  I now agree with him.  People ask me what does it taste like?  I tell them Antelope!  There is nothing to compare it with.  It has a texture, and taste unlike any other animal.  There isn't a lot of meat on an Antelope, but it is oh so good!  I have had people tell me, that Antelope isn't fit to eat.  That it tastes like sage, and the even the dogs wouldn't eat it.  I then ask how long did they drag it around with them, and how did they cook it?  The answer usually explains why they did not like it.  You are absolutely spot on, J.W. .  And thanks for the video.

                                   Wayne
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 09, 2015, 03:26:07 pm
Maybe time to train Lena!
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 09, 2015, 09:42:30 pm
She's fast and she's game, but when she runs something down, she does not "bind" as a falconer refers to it.  No, she barks at it hoping it will run some more.  It ain't the catching, it's the chasin'!
Title: Re: As if hunting with raptors didn't fascinate me enough.....
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 10, 2015, 11:00:33 am
As well as the legality of it. I know in Utah it is against the law to chase "Big Game" with dogs. My pup is tough as nails if there is a fence between him and his quarry!