These moronic hunters actually shot and killed a rare albino moose

[cali]

My, don't they look proud. But after shooting this rare albino moose near Belle Cote in Nova Scotia last week — and posting the pics to social media — the trio has sparked considerable outrage, particularly among the region's Mi'kmaq indigenous community.

This moose was known to the local Mi'kmaq people for years, but they refrained from killing it because they consider all white animals to be sacred — what they call a "spirit animal." Even hunters, aside from these clowns, don't shoot albino animals for fear that it'll bring bad luck — and despite the fact that it's not illegal. These guys breached a kind of unwritten code of conduct that has also upset many in the hunting community.

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the pics at the link will break your heart. Many years ago I had the great good fortune to see a huge albino moose. One of the most breath taking sights you can imagine. Anyway, hunting moose is no sport at all. they just stand there.

http://io9.com/these-moronic-hunters-actually-shot-and-killed-a-rare-a-1442896269

[dipsydoodle]

1. Rec'd for attention.

Animals - the hunters not the moose.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Disgusting

I hope their thrill kill brings them such bad luck that they will rue the day. Assholes!

[AnotherMcIntosh]

3. Shot by Republican hunters from the States? Who else could be that mean and stupid?

[a kennedy]

4. OMGawd, that just makes me ill.....

[theHandpuppet]

5. I HATE trophy hunters

Anyone who takes glee in killing is SICK. On my Mom's rural place in Ohio, I can't tell you how many times we have found entire deer carcasses dumped with just the racks cut off. There is a special place in hell for this type of "hunter".

[WCLinolVir]

6. Will I get flagged for suggesting they be shot?

[Brickbat]

7. Daily Mail says the hunters have apologized and will give the carcass to the Mi'kmaq.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450896/Hunters-apologise-killing-rare-albino-moose-Canada.html

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Was one of them named Dick Cheney?

He would get off on something like that.

[EvilAL]

9. A moose is a moose,

In Nova Scotia there is a lottery type draw and some people wait upwards of 20 years to get picked to go moose hunting. It is the same in New Brunswick and my cousin waited over 20 years to get picked to be able to hunt moose for 3 days. People put a lot of money into moose hunting for a very short season and there is no law against shooting a white, purple or brown moose.

[joeybee12]

13. Screw that shit you just posted...albino moose are exceedingly rare...

Do you it ever occurred in the tiny minds of those hunters that gee, maybe this is rare and respect something instead of killing it simply for the sake of killing it...phuck them.

[Brickbat]

22. They're rare because albinism is an undesirable trait in the wild.

[joeybee12]

27. Yeah, let's kill everything that's rare then...

I assume by that post you're standing up for these dickhead hunters.

[Brickbat]

34. You'd be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's no way I can convince you of that.

[EvilAL]

26. They didn't kill it for the sake of killing it

They killed it because it was moose season and it was a moose. I don't have time to explain the moose hunting regulations in Nova Scotia, but you have to get picked, sometimes it takes a very long time to get picked. You only get a short 5 day season to get your moose in certain zones. These guys Might have waited a long time to even get a chance to shoot a moose. If there was a white moose and a regular moose in the same place and they shot the white one because it was cool, then maybe I'd have I a little sympathy for the moose since it is a rare occurrence. I have seen an albino calf moose one time and 2 albino white tailed deer.

[joeybee12]

28. Oh yeah, your explanation makes sense...yeah, they did kill it for

the sake of killing it...that's what hunting is all about...and please don't "take the time" tio explain moose hunting regulations...that's not the point, and I don't want to take the time to get someone like you to understand, well, anything.

[EvilAL]

30. What you don't understand,

Is that moose hunting is a big deal in the NB and NS. People eat and share the meat they get from hunting moose with friends and family that can't go, or never got the chance. I don't know, or care, where you live, but the people around here, especially the mi'kmaq hunt all the time and they share their food. It's not killing just because you can.

[Sheldon Cooper]

31. Yeah, and those assholes that shot it really look like they need that meal.

In this instance, it WAS killing because they could. There was no NEED for it, they did it because they could. And they sure looked proud in those pictures, too. At least they have the decency to apologize and at least try to show regret. More than I can say for some.

[EvilAL]

35. Have you ever seen a picture

Of hunters with their big game that didn't look happy about it? They will be able to share their meat with friends and family. It's really too bad that people can't even enjoy a legal activity, sometimes only a handful of times in their lifetime without being called assholes for it.

[Sheldon Cooper]

37. The only shame here is on them.

Lots of things are legal, but still full of ass. So yes, they are assholes for doing what they did. Matter of fact, they're fucking assholes.

[EvilAL]

38. I'd say that fucking assholes

Would have told the mi'kmaq to fuck off and kept it. They didn't have to give it to them and they may have to wait a long time to get a chance to shoot another moose.

[Berlum]

33. Evil Al

How apt.

[EvilAL]

36. That nickname was given to me by a childhood friend

Because I always listened to slayer and venom and other metal music.

[Berlum]

39. Interesting. You really let it pollute your soul.

[EvilAL]

40. Yup, you got me all figured out..

[EvilAL]

42. Nice edit by the way...

From 'taking it to heart' to 'polluting my soul'.

[EvilAL]

10. Moose don't just stand there...

There is a lot more to it than that.. Wow.

[Paladin]

11. If you want to stand up for those dickheads, be my guest.

"It's so purty I had to shoot it" assholes like those guys are the principle reason I gave up hunting, years ago.

[EvilAL]

14. Because the moose was white they are dickheads?

What were they supposed to do, hope they saw another moose before the season ended because this one was white?
Nobody said they shot it 'because' it was white. They had a chance to get their moose and took it.

[Sheldon Cooper]

16. Yes, that is exactly what they were supposed to do.

There are more important things than some dickhead hunter, yes DICKHEAD hunter, getting his god almighty moose. They should try to think further than the end of their trigger finger, those fucking assholes. Fuck them and I hope they have bad luck for the rest of their shitty miserable lives.

[EvilAL]

18. You are upset about a moose

Getting killed because it was white, during moose season?

[cali]

19. wow. you're being impressively obtuse, hunter.

[EvilAL]

23. If you say so..

[Sheldon Cooper]

20. Bingo!

[EvilAL]

24. Oh well, whatever gets you through the day.

[Sheldon Cooper]

25. Yeah, I sleep pretty comfortably, knowing that I don't feel the need

to blow away one of nature's rarest creatures, simply because I can. Guess I'm weird that way.

[EvilAL]

29. Rght on. Different strokes for different folks.

[cali]

12. I'm sorry, but I live in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I am more than

a little familiar with Moose and hunters. I have no problem with responsible hunters. the story I posted is NOT an example of such.

And yeah, moose often do just stand there. duh. YOU know shit about it evidently

[EvilAL]

15. I hunt moose every year,

In a province with a large moose population, so yeah, I think I do know a little bit about moose, how they act, especially during the rutting season, when hunting begins. Sometimes they just stand there in the road and get shot, sure, but not typically. You can make them stop if they are moving by doing a grunt or female call and take your shot sometimes. Most of the time they are gone before you have us chance to aim at them.

I don't see how they acted irresponsibly in shooting the moose, just because it was white...

[cali]

17. oh, so now you're changing your little tune. how convenient

[EvilAL]

21. How so?

I admitted sometimes they just stand there and get shot, but that's not the norm as I explained. Especially in the fall.

[Rex]

44. They didn't have to kill a rare moose...but don't let that keep going over your head.

You seem to like death, have fun.

[EvilAL]

45. You are right, they didn't HAVE to,

But the chances of them seeing another one was slim, the chances of them getting picked to go hunting again was also very slim, but don't let that go over your head.

[Iggo]

32. It's their goddam god given right, goddamit!

Yeeee-Haaaaw!!!

[rrneck]

41. Interesting

Hunters get an extremely rare chance to hunt a moose and the moose they see is an extremely rare moose. And the moose is extremely rare because walking around like a white flag is an extremely good way to betray your location to predators, which would endanger the viability of the species. Shooting the moose will not diminish the overall moose population because hunting them is an artificially rare occurrence, and shooting an albino moose is an artificially rare occurrence among a group of people who hunt moose for sustenance.

On balance I wouldn't shoot the moose although I would be sorely tempted to do so. Not because shooting moose is wrong. I have canine teeth and binocular vision. But it seems less than sporting to shoot something that had it's natural defensive capability compromised, an attitude which I suspect, at least in part, underlies the Mi'kmaq custom of leaving it alone.

It would be more civilized to respect the traditions of the Mi'kmaq and an awareness of an especially rare event. The issue here is not killing of a moose, but a violation of taboos, and if you aren't starving it would be better to take the story of how you waited years to shoot at a moose only to be presented with an even more rare opportunity to see a rare animal on that rare occasion. It keeps you from having the memory of the event be an embarrassing apology instead of moment of transcendence.

[Puglover]

43. Such big brave guys.

Skulk around in the woods and shoot an animal that stands there. Fucking disgusting assholes.

[EvilAL]

46. Yeah, because moose just stand there

And wait to get shot.