Actress admits to hunting -- PETA makes up statistics

[K Frame]

Gotta love an actress who's hot, hunts, eats what she kills, ticks off PETA to the point where they make up BS statistics, and is hot. 


Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Eliza Dushku has upset animal rights activists after she revealed she hunts elk and deer.

The actress proudly showed off her bow and arrow skills on late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday and boasted about killing a deer in Oklahoma last Christmas.

She also revealed she was hunting for elk in Colorado when she landed her role in the upcoming TV series "Dollhouse."

Realizing the studio audience had turned on her over her Bambi-killing antics, Dushku joked, "My mother called me herself and said, 'You're a liberal from New England, what the 'f' are you doing in Oklahoma shooting things."

And when Kimmel took the actress to task for her hunting boasts, she defended her actions by stating, "When you're in a relationship with somebody you have to, like, experience things that they do."

She added, "A lot of people eat meat ... and I eat what I kill."

Dushku's remarks have angered People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals activists, who insist the actress should put down her bow and stop hunting.

A spokeswoman for the organization says, "Slaying bloodthirsty vampires on 'Buffy' is brave, but slaying innocent animals where they live and raise their families is cowardly and cruel.

"Eliza is sorely out of step with the rest of the country; 95 percent of Americans oppose hunting."

[wmenorr67]

"Eliza is sorely out of step with the rest of the country; 95 percent of Americans oppose hunting."

And who have they talked to?  I can take a poll and say that 100 percent of Americans favor hunting.

[Scout26]

"Eliza is sorely out of step with the rest of the country; 95 percent of Americans oppose hunting."

IIRC, I remember reading in a NRA Magazine that something like either 30 or 50 MILLION Hunting Licences were issued last year.  Given a population of ~330 million that's roughly 10% at a minumim that actually go out and HUNT.

PETA lies again,  I'm, shocked....SHOCKED I tell you !!!!.

[The Annoyed Man]

"Eliza is sorely out of step with the rest of the country; 95 percent of Americans oppose hunting."

IIRC, I remember reading in a NRA Magazine that something like either 30 or 50 MILLION Hunting Licences were issued last year.  Given a population of ~330 million that roughly 10% at a minumim that actually go out and HUNT.

PETA lies again,  I'm, shocked....SHOCKED I tell you !!!!.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but all species doesn't require a license either, right? Or do you need a license to go shoot some bunny rabbits as well, or to go out hunting those critters who dig holes that the cattle break their legs in?

[280plus]

So can I go hunting this morning or not? 

Here in CT you need a license to shoot just about anything. Except people of course. 

Oh, and since I'll be hunting coyotes, I don't think I'll be eating what I kill.

[charby]

I'm not sure how I would react if I ran into her out hunting deer. She isn't bad looking at all.



I do like it when celebrites make the headlines for something other than going to rehab or being arrested for DUI.

[K Frame]

She's much better looking when she's not made up like an Indian by someone who wielded the makeup brush like a trowel.

[280plus]

I used to know this chikie who , although quite stunning, plastered it on. One day some other chickie came up to her and said, "Nice clown!"   

There there the old, Stosh and Stanley were hunting and came across this beautiful naked woman in the woods. Stosh said, "Are you game?" and she says, "Yes I am!", so Stanley shot her. 

[Bigjake]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but all species doesn't require a license either, right? Or do you need a license to go shoot some bunny rabbits as well, or to go out hunting those critters who dig holes that the cattle break their legs in?

You're close.  I'm fairly certain bunny rabbits require a license, but varmits are fair game any time, by any means.

  I like .22-250 on woodchucks and coyotes when i'm actually hunting for them, and late 90's F series Ford when they get too close to the road. 

[seeker_two]

I've always liked Eliza Dushku....now I have another reason to like her.....

She's much better looking when she's not made up like an Indian by someone who wielded the makeup brush like a trowel.

If all you're looking at is her makeup, then I'm gonna start worrying about you now.....

[Perd Hapley]

Dushku's remarks have angered People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals activists, who insist the actress should put down her bow and stop hunting.

I can agree with part of that.  She should start hunting with an AK.

"Eliza is sorely out of step with the rest of the country; 95 percent of Americans oppose hunting."

So PETA has given up on even being taken seriously, and is just telling obvious lies now?

[El Tejon]

PETA defines "the country" as 95% of the trust fund kids sitting about coffee shops in San Fransico and New York City.

[Scout26]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but all species doesn't require a license either, right? Or do you need a license to go shoot some bunny rabbits as well, or to go out hunting those critters who dig holes that the cattle break their legs in?

In general, you have to have a hunting licence to go hunting.  Generally small game, like squirriels, rabbits, or varmints only require a licence.  Certain species (like turkey, deer or elk) require that you also buy a "tag" to hunt that species (One tag = One animal).   Waterfowl and/or some gamebirds may require a special stamp or two, depending on the state/fed law, once you have the stamp you can harvest up to the bag limit every day during that species' season.   

For example I live in Illinois.   I buy a hunting licence with a habitat stamp (~$13, IIRC), that allows me to hunt small game and gamebirds.  I also hunt deer so I have to buy archery tags to hunt deer and turkey with a bow and arrow during archery season. I get two deer tags and a turkey tag for $30 I also buy tags ($15 each or $45 for three) for the firearm (shotgun, handgun and muzzleloader) and muzzleloader only seasons to hunt deer with those firearms during their respective seasons.   If I wanted to hunt waterfowl, then I would have to get a "duck" or federal waterfowl stamp for $10.50.  Generally it costs me less then $100 in licences and tags to hunt per year.

[Tallpine]

In Montana, only specific species are regulated, such as deer, elk, pronghorn, bear, cougar, bobcat, turkeys, upland game birds, and waterfowl.  Everything else is "fair game."

We don't even have such a thing as a "small game license".

Rabbits, gophers, porcupines, coyotes, most foxes, rattlesnakes, etc are basically considered vermin.

[Perd Hapley]

Rabbits, gophers, porcupines, coyotes, most foxes, rattlesnakes, etc are basically considered vermin.

And politicians? 

[The Annoyed Man]

Rabbits, gophers, porcupines, coyotes, most foxes, rattlesnakes, etc are basically considered vermin.

And politicians? 

They give you $100 for every head you brought in as a proof.

[Tallpine]

Rabbits, gophers, porcupines, coyotes, most foxes, rattlesnakes, etc are basically considered vermin.

And politicians? 

No, just environmentalists and animal rights activists

[Antibubba]

I'm not sure how I would react if I ran into her out hunting deer. She isn't bad looking at all.

I'm not at all certain anyone here would recognize her when she is bowhunting.  Less shiny, I'm sure.

Good for her--and us.

And when Kimmel took the actress to task for her hunting boasts

Jimmy, call the office--your "Man" credentials have expired.

[MicroBalrog]

A spokeswoman for the organization says, "Slaying bloodthirsty vampires on 'Buffy' is brave, but slaying innocent animals where they live and raise their families is cowardly and cruel.

I would think paying a butcher to restrain a cow while he cuts its throat and bleeds it to death is far more cruel and cowardly?

[Regolith]

A spokeswoman for the organization says, "Slaying bloodthirsty vampires on 'Buffy' is brave, but slaying innocent animals where they live and raise their families is cowardly and cruel.

I would think paying a butcher to restrain a cow while he cuts its throat and bleeds it to death is far more cruel and cowardly?

Oh, don't worry, they're against that too.  PETA is fairly famous for their campaign against the cattle and poultry industries.  Apparently, the only innocent animals PETA wants us to kill are the millions of rodents and small mammals that get killed by wheat threshers every year....oh, and 80% of the animals that get dropped off at their "animal shelters" each year...

[AZRedhawk44]

slaying innocent animals where they live and raise their families

Hmmmm.... can't hunt bambi.

So, to save the bambies we should go and hunt all the wolves, right?  They slay innocent bambies.  That should be alright, yes?

But... we can't slay the innocent wolves where they live and raise their families.

But the innocent wolves are slaying the innocent bambies!

I'm so confused.  But... wait a minute!  This isn't about animals.  It's about control.  Phew.  That was scary-confusing for a second.

[LadySmith]

Oh, don't worry, they're against that too.  PETA is fairly famous for their campaign against the cattle and poultry industries.  Apparently, the only innocent animals PETA wants us to kill are the millions of rodents and small mammals that get killed by wheat threshers every year....oh, and 80% of the animals that get dropped off at their "animal shelters" each year...

I used to get a lot of membership offer mailings from PETA. Perhaps my being a sucker softie for the critters got out somehow. I read about how they kill most of the animals delivered to their shelters and printed out that article along with one about how some of the animal carcasses were being dumped in the trash of other businesses, along roadsides, etc. When I got the next membership offer from them, I enclosed those articles with a note that said, "I'm not interested in joining your organization. Here's why." I haven't heard from them since.