Palin Kills a Caribou
- Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:47pm by
Meredith Jessup
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This week’s episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” presented one of rural America’s favorite past-times: hunting in the great outdoors. On Palin’s agenda was a caribou hunting trip with her father, Heath:
After animal activists complained about the “controversial” hunting sequence on Palin’s TLC program, the former vice presidential candidate responded via Facebook:
Tonight‘s hunting episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska “controversial”? Really? Unless you’ve never worn leather shoes, sat upon a leather couch
or eaten a piece of meat, save your condemnation of tonight’s episode. I remain proudly intolerant of anti-hunting hypocrisy. :)
Ted Nugent must’ve really enjoyed the episode. In a pre-show interview with the bloggers at SPAlaska.com, the classic rocker and hunting enthusiast praised God and his hunting “bloodbrothers” for the glory that is hunting (or what The Nuge calls a real “hands-on connection to that which sustains us”). Palin is in good company among Nugent’s conservationist “heroes” Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone:
Next week’s sneak peek: Palin‘s rugged Alaskan lifestyle brings TLC’s mother-of-eight, Kate Gosselin, to tears:
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Comments (267)
mossbrain
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:10pmI have no gripes with hunting but I have to laugh at the video of ole Ted. He seems like a crazy man. The best hunters around here are the Hmong. They actually walk on the ground rather than drive around on an ATV.
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:19pmYesp, The ‘Nuge is the real deal. I like his style.
Sarah’s great, don’t get me wrong. But when she asked “Does it kick?” I knew right away she doesn’t hunt much.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:59pmoh yeah, we forgot about the hmong menace up in MN and WI, like that hmong creep who refused to assimilate in America and learn our laws… he was deliberately trespassing “to hunt” and he deliberately gunned down that entire family in WIS.
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:09pmFWIW, don’t dismiss my previous comments as those of an anti-hunting, anti-gun not. I’m cool with hunting, and I‘m packing a Glock G26 at 3 O’clock in a Crossbreed holster as I type.
Report Post »stitchak
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:09pmGreat shooting – after she had the right rifle. :)
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:22pmWhy would you go hunting without the right rifle. The episodes are really rather juvenile and stupid.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:08pmI would vote for Sarah Palin because I think and I believe We the People can trust her There are other good people and perhaps other Presidential material but I TRUST Sarah Palin and I think she is one hell of a Patriot who I would support and I do plan to support her when the time comes. The truth be known, I also believe the good old boys from Washington DC would be scare to death if she came to town. I love it and I only hope she gets that chance. Hang in there Sarah Palin, we do believe in you lady and we love you. Just stick to your guns and good things will come to pass I am sure of it. God bless this Christian Nation.
Report Post »A simple Vietnam Veteran who loves this country too much to see it taken away from us.
nothingbuthetruth
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:34pmThanks for your service VET, I agree, The more I get to see who she is, I know she is one who really walks the walk. I will vote for her!!
Report Post »Smith357
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:06pmWhy was she using the Winchester that obviously was not sighted in properly. When she was handed the Savage she nailed it on the first shot. She needs to make sure her rifles are properly set up before her next hunt.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:12pmMy choice is always Savage, The AccuTrigger is sweet! My favorite rifle right out of the box!
Report Post »RefudiateObama2012
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:23pmIf you had actually watched and paid attention, you’d know the answer to your questions.
Report Post »patriotgeek
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:06pmLast time I was in Anchorage, I had some Caribou sausage…
Report Post »I commented to the chef about how good it was and he called it Reindeer Sausage.
mmm, mmm, good!
AlaskaRick
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:19pmThe best!
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:06pmRipping off 4 shots is a little on the irresponsible side. You try to take an animal cleanly and humanely, and if you missed 4 times it was probably mostly luck or the law of averages when you finally dropped him.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:18pmactually i think someone bumped the sights………it does happen, and if you are not one who carries a gun every day, an easy mistake
looks like grandpa was a little more careful with his firearm, and the sights were true………….first shot with gramps gun
Report Post »PhilipJames
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:13pmGirly Harry…
Her dad fell down heavily in low brush going down a hill earlier and must have messed up the scope. How would a person with an IQ over 80, even one who had never hunted before, figure out the scope was not sighted in properly?
Report Post »Well, she took 4 shots and all were high apparently.
She took Becker’s rifle and knocked down the caribou first shot.
Even if your IQ is hovering around 80 should be able to figure that one out on your own…
whoops… you couldn’t. Must be below 80, right?
Rational Man
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:43am@PhilipJames
Glad someone else was paying attention. No doubt Chuck knocked the scope off when he fell on it.
Report Post »They should have checked it before using it. I imagine there was some confusion what with all the camera crew and everything.
bo0990
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:05pmThere MAY soon come a day that you next meal will depend on how well you can shoot!
Report Post »justice
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:04pmYou go Sarah, you drive the left nuts. I hope you choose to run for the Presidental race come 2012. You have more than any man has ever had to run office. Keep up the good work.
Report Post »AlaskaRick
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:04pmPalin/Nugent 2012!!! :)
Report Post »kentuckylady
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:11pmI dont think nobody will get ole Barry out of there. I sure wish he was gone.
Report Post »brer rabbit
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:12pmI like that idea, wouldnt have to worry about our gun rights with them two!
Report Post »timber wolf
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:35pm@AlaskaRick
Report Post »I had the same thought after watching the 2 videos.
randy
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:04pmGood for her! Nice shot Sarah!
Report Post »kentuckylady
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:03pmWhy do people keep saying something about her clubbing seals? Is this true. Or whats the deal?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:16pmdont you know seals make good baseballs?
that is how you kill em, a good wack to the head, and into the cookin pot
Report Post »ProdigalChild
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:48pmwas not seals – it was really big fish caught in net & dumped onto the boat.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:55pmBack in the 70′s it was discovered that guys were clubbing baby harp seals to death for their fur. It was horrible and eventually banned, but is NOTHING like shooting a deer. The “clubbing seals” reference is just another form of “conservatives are nazis”. Just an over the top but of garbage
Semper Fi and One shot, One kill, Sarah! Gratz!
Report Post »Ezekiel38
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:02pmGreat Americans!! True heroes!!!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:01pmGo Sarah, drop them when they are in your crosshairs……..
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:01pmI feel a little misled about Sarah’s always talking about hunting – it didn‘t appear that she’s hunted much. Looked a little like noob to me.
Report Post »Smith357
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:08pmYup a definite noob, not knowing if her rifle is even sighted in. Bubbas like that make us hunters look foolish.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:20pmCertainly nothing like my Dad or Brothers!!! 5 or 6 shots??? Thought she was a hunter.
Report Post »3Bigdogs
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:20pmTotally agree…To have the opportunity to go on a hunt like that, and to then to bring a rifle that hasn’t been zeroed is really inexcusable…I think the gun belonged to her father…
Once she swapped out the gun, she did her part!
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:28pmit was her fathers gun and he set the sight and later in the program it shows that. I really like this show. It is not so much about Sarah, but Alaska and how they live. I look forward to watching it.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:41pmDid you not hear the part where her Dad checked the gun after swearing to her he had it sighted in? He discovered that it was out also. My son and grandsons all hunt and are excellent shots with guns and bows and my son said if you just “bump” the sights, it can mess the whole deal up. It makes sense to me. And yes, they will just stand there unless they feel threatened. He kept moving around, he just couldn’t figure out what was going on.
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:45pmI don’t think she is currently the hunter you might believe from her stories. She may have been a more active hunter – pre-kids or pre-elected official. You get to a lot of neat stuff in your late teens/twenties that you really have to stretch to ever do again.
Report Post »Steve Smith
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:49pmShe’s not Daniel Boone or anything and stories of hunting prowess are probably exaggerated but I would still take her on wilderness survival over most people. It was actually nice to see that they didn’t cut out the missed shots to make her look better. Any of us that hunt know that even if your rifle was sighted in before the hunt it can be knocked off wandering around the wilderness. Anyone who hasn‘t missed a shot hasn’t shot very much.
Report Post »p8triot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:15pmDad fell over early on in the hunt. Chances are good that he knocked the gun out of sight with that fall. He lost the bet when they test fired the gun later and missed the target twice.
Great shows so far. Not so sure about the next one though….
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:26pmKENINIL…I am 60 years old. When I was 25 I could shoot a squirrel from the top of a pine tree, and that’s a TALL pine in CA. I can still shoot…as proven when I went target practicing with my son, brother, and grandsons a few months ago. I was never that great with a pistol, but I proved, I could still hit what I needed to hit. If you have it, it might get rusty, but you never really lose it. Don’t test me….I’ve met more than one at the front door with a shotgun.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:01pmI guess most people these days think the meat at the store spontaneously appears already wrapped in plastic. The people who pitch a fit at seeing this episode, will be the first ones to perish when times get really tough.
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:35amright on ! i love fresh meaT AND STEAMING GUT PILES !
Report Post »R and K
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:01pmWhat the heck?!?!?!?
That caribou hung out on the horizon through 5, 6 shots? I suspect some help was on the other side of the hill.
neverending
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:21pmThat would probably be a YES!
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:29pmMaybe not. If your read about the buffalo hunters – the guys that did it for the skins, not the meat. They would sit and shoot thru a whole herd. As long as they didn’t wound any animals, they could keep shooting. The noise didn’t alert the animals. As soon as they “missed” and wounded one, it was over and the buffalo became aware of a threat and ran.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:35pm25mph crosswind can make a round drift 1 foot or more feet at 200/250 yards.
Report Post »Drift is a pain in the butt.
BurntHills
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:55pmbull. that caribou was curious about the meadow and the horizon. a deer will stand there all day and let you shoot at him if he can’t tell what that little whistling sound of a round flying past him is.
all of the women is this family have gotten their freezer deer for this year, and one teenager got a deer too, with mom’s truck. and, that’s also why the deer get culled. they breed like illegals.
Report Post »RefudiateObama2012
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:17pmThe animal was upwind and at a considerable distance. It didn’t hear the shots, or at least the shots weren’t loud enough to startle it. Some people should refrain from commenting when they don‘t know what the heck they’re talking about.
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:21pmA whitetail I killed last year ran to me and died under my dangling feet (I was up in a fallen over/leaning tree). Sometimes they don’t know where the shot comes from and run right to you.
Report Post »patriotteapress
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:26pmIt’s not unusual for an animal to stand like that while being shot at. It‘s trying to figure out what’s going on. The shot is off in the distance in the animal’s perspective. We don’t really know how far away she was from the caribou.
Report Post »I’ve been in the exact place she was in. It took me three shots once to hit a deer due to a scope that had been bumped. The shot that got him was luck. He stood there and looked at me until I got him.
I had my son hunting with me once when he was young. He shot two boxes plus of 410 slugs at a herd of about 10 whitetail deer and they never left the field. Course he never hit any of them at that age. Today he’s 26yrs old, and the deer tremble at the mention of his name :)
jacquecustard
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:59pmYup, A Democrat !
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:00pmSorry to disillusion you, R, but at a great distance that CAN happen. I’ve seen it.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:34amYour lack of experience is showing.
Report Post »Been there done that.
But I guess you had to try to find something negitive to say?
SHASTADIANE1
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:00pmI knew it….I knew when I saw the episode that they would be all over her about killing a caribou. Did anyone see the huge herd that was filmed. If the animals aren’t thinned out, some will die over the hard cold spells. What is wrong with these people?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:00pmthat is why you need to know how to sight your gun in. and carry a spare. lol
yum yum carabu tastes good
lol got to love the spoiled brat behavior of kate plus 8…………waaaa im hungry waaaaa ….typical urban liberal
Report Post »ayemossum
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:59pmMaybe we can get hunting “out of the shadows” now (to re-use one of the left’s favorite phrases)
Report Post »I grew up hunting mule deer with my father and grandfather. My dad and I haven‘t gone hunting since the old guy couldn’t do it anymore, but I’m seriously thinking of getting back into it. I hope Sarah can help make hunting cool again. (or at the least give us all a little more guts to thumb our noses at the hippies)
APatriotFirst
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:59pmA woman with guts and a gun…………………….watch out DC Dems lol
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 2:14pmHey! That first rifle she was shooting looks an awful lot like mine! Too bad she hadn’t checked her sites, first. Nice hit with the second rifle, though. Looked like a clean kill. I agree, though. Smart, beautiful, knows how to handle a gun … Her husband is a lucky man.
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:57pmVegetarian is an indian word for poor hunter.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:02pmlol yep
most of our lefties would never have made it back then, if it wasnt for the generosity of great Americans, but with hindsight being 20-20, they would have done us a favor making them fend for themselves
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:03pmGood one……DC
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:23pmAlong the same line. Never met a vegetarian who wouldn’t eat meat when starvation was the only option.
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:27pmOh no you don’t, That word has nothing to do with any tribe! We had it made till y’all showed up, Hunting and fishing, now look at us! We have to get your permission to open a casino? Oh the pain!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:51pmDC love your response.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:24pm@DCWU
Good ONE!
Report Post »Audie
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:57pmYou saw that bumper sticker, too? I love it!!!!
Report Post »Rubicon
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:56pmNothing wrong with providing food for your family in an honest, hands on way. Sarah did a wonderful job.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 1:18amreminds me of my first job…cleaning a deer dressing business…Sarah’s show brings back memories…alot of people can not relate to this because they’ve never had to rely on hunting to put food on the table..
Report Post »NE12012
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:52pm3,000 feet per second…..nice shot Sarah!
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:19pmnice shot? The Caribu was standing still, she had a scope and a rest for the gun, it took a lot of shots. I think the caribu felt sorry for her and pretended to be hit. Probably hit it’s head on the ground too hard causing it to die.
murmai
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:27pmonly took 7 shots and her dad had to load each bullet
youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:45pmMoss, the scope was knocked out of adjustment. One shot – one kill when she switched to a different rifle.
Report Post »Dearoldad
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:56pmRemember, “Mossbrain” has moss on his brain, but also never missed a shot in his life. Lighten up!
Report Post »charliego
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:01pm@mossbrain
Report Post »she told her dad the scope was out of alignment on the first gun; when she took the ‘harder kick gun’ she got her caribou first shot.
MrObvious
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:55pmIt sounded like her dad had set the scope on the first gun and didn’t want to admit it was out of alignment; although, the second gun was clearly more powerful and had a better sight, with less need to compensate for distance or wind.
I wonder what caribou taste like. Have never had the opportunity to try it.
I wonder who has to do the skinning and cleaning when they get it home.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:57pmMossbrain, you are aptly named.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 12:47amChuck had sighted the rifle in before the hunt. But if you notice when he took his fall while hiking, he fell right on his rifle,(and scope). I’m sure the scope got knocked out of alignment when Chuck fell on it.
They should have checked the zero on the scope before using the rifle.
Sarah did good when she had a strange rifle to shoot that was zeroed in! One shot clean kill and she won the bet against her dad that the scope was off.
All that being said, as much as that hunt must have cost, they could have bought a whole organic beef and filled two freezers. Bet there is meat closer to their house than that scrawny little Caribou was too……………….just sayin!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:14amMrObvious they dressed it right there and left the rest for nature. Great shot!
Report Post »4theRepublic
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 11:20amFor those that want to criticize her, just think she/they could have edited the missed shots out of the show completely. I give her props for being honest, and sometimes you just have those moments out there. At least it was a good shot and they didn’t lose it. PETA=People Eating Tasty Animals The other PETA can kiss my…) Go Meat!!! lol
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:49pmWhat is so controversial about hunting of Caribou? They taste delicious.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 6:59pmThere are those that figure that the burger they just ate was made and created at McDonald’s, and don’t like to think beyond that.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:07pm@John 1776
Understood here, was taken by my Gramps deer hunting when I was about six. He explained every part of the hunt, and exactly (to the last detail) of how I was to be behind him in one spot for everyone to be safe. The spot was to the back left of him, where a boulder would keep me out of sight of the deer.
Whatever though, it was a fine hunt, and with my Gramp’s so I was happy.
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:13pmWhy is this story under he sub-heading of “the environment”? Are caribou suddenly endangered or is shooting one somehow causing global warming?
Report Post »sofaking obvious
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:17pmIf God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn’t have made them out of delicious meat.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:28pmTaped it last night and watched this afternoon, loved it. I will admit that when they started dressing it, I turned my head but other than that it was great. She’s a very gutsy woman.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:45pmIf any of you Losers ever left your computers and The Blaze long enough to squeeze in a successful hunt, I might be able to muster some respect for you….on second thought……
Dustyluv
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:51pmShe doesn’t miss as much when she shoots RINOs
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:53pmI bet it looked just like Kathy Griffen!! LMAO!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:58pmShe made a fine shot with the second rifle. Small deviation in a scope will cause anyone to miss if it is at a far enough range (the dinner on the hoof).
Best shot I have made to thin out rabbits on the ranch was 212 paces using 12-gauge shotgun and a pair of x10 binoculars as a sight. Aimed the shotgun like an old fashion cannon braced on a tree branch.
And before you ask, yes I got it, a 11 pound jackrabbit (good sized)
Report Post »IVillageIdiot
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:00pmYeah, BUT…. can she kill, dress out, and consume a Jackass?
That’s what I want to know!
338lapua
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:13pmWho let @broker out of the basement??
Report Post »Planada Conservative
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:14pmWow. Everytime I’ve ever missed the animal runs away. I think my next hunt will be in Alaska!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:43pm@John 1776
Report Post »If it was up to the liberals they would have made the cows watch Keith Olbermann and waited until they committed suicide.
CatB
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:22pmAnd she put it in her FREEZER to feed her family … what’s the problem people do the same thing from the grocery store everyday … she got good healthy lean game for her family .. most of us should be so lucky! And it was a clean shot (once she got a gun with a good site) GOOD FOR HER!
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:55pmThey tested the first gun she was using after the hunt and found nobody could hit anything with it. Something wrong with sights. When she used the second gun she got it with the first shot! Good going, Sarah!!
Report Post »AzCowboy
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 9:56pmIs Sara a hunter? Does anyone know what buck fever is? She didn’t have buck fever . She’s done this before. I have a ar sighted at 300 yrds. That doesn‘t mean I won’t miss(don’t try me though). I don‘t know if she’d be a good prez, but I’d go camping with her, we would at least eat. I like Lady Sara. Go Girl Go.
Report Post »Your Friend Sara. From a AZCOWBOY
jH…
Svt4Him
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:01pmThey almost taste as good as the polar bear steak Al Gore was eating.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:07pmIVILLAGEIDIOT, now that is funny right there. And Yeah, I bet she can. If she had to. I could, and I’m not near the outdoorsman, but I have family that would help. My teenage grandson works dressing deer and hogs during season…and he’d LOVE to dress a jackass, little conservative teenager he is.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:19pmSarah, when is dinner serve and what wine should i bring
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:39pm@Broker–
If you would actually engage in honest debate we could muster up some respect for you.
@338–
Who said he was out of the basement?
paperpushermj
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:12pmGreat show loved it. One question for Dad though. Before you go hunting do you zero in your weapon?.It was obvious the scope was way off. Maybe ruff handling during transit.
Report Post »zukrider
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:46pmI counted the shots. She needs to sight in her rifle. LOL
Joe
Report Post »aeronut44
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 1:04amAnyone know when Broker season opens????
BTW Broker, got 2 bucks this morning on my own property…they were a pair of GORGEOUS bucks and i cannot wait to have some deer sausage and tender loin…man I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!
TED NUGENT AND SARAH PALIN 2 great Americans!
Report Post »Luckywon
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 2:05amI took my 10 year old son hunting for his first time this year. I honestly didn’t know how he would like it, he’s not an outdoorsy kind of kid. But just as the son was coming up, we were on a mountain peak and two Muley Bucks walked out behind us. He was so excited. Best hunting trip of my life.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 6:13amNice Shot! You go girl!
Report Post »AUTHOR22
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 8:54amThere are some people that would starve before living off the land.
Report Post »They‘re just lucky they weren’t the target. My understanding is Sarah is a mighty fine marksmen.
akim
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 10:59amI LOVE IT, ITS SO EXCITING
I wish I was there. Caribu is the other red meat.
Report Post »txfirehawk
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 5:44pmAmen brother. How did cavemen eat? PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
Report Post »LibertyForever
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 12:40pmI find it controversial that I was doing e-mails and not out hunting. Caribou… mmmmmmmm
Report Post »Jimt
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 10:23amOn the fourth episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” Palin, her father Chuck Heath and a family friend headed above the Arctic Circle to go caribou hunting.
It took Palin a few shots to hit a caribou and since that clip aired, Palin naysayers have been having a field day over whether she’s a bad shot, while Palin supporters have jumped to her defense, pointing out that the gun she was using at first was off.
POLITICO spoke to Nick Seifert, a sportsman and conservation advocate who hosted the “Straight Shooting” segment of “American Gun Dog” for five seasons and had a 12-year career with Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines, about Palin’s skills as a hunter.
“Technically, it wasn’t perfect, but to me it seemed honest. Unlike a lot of shows that cut everything out, that was a fairly honest hunt,” said Seifert.
As for what was technically off, Seifert said Palin “shot a lot of times, it’s hard to say what kind of shot she is.” But Seifert noted that Palin “had a good rest, she was calm and she squeezed the trigger.”
“That’s the hardest part,” he said, “to calm yourself down when you are going to kill a big game animal. She did a good job there.”
On how often Palin hunts, Seifert said that she struck him as the kind of person who does not hunt every weekend: “She has probably hunted big game a number of times. She probably hunts once a year or every couple years.”
Palin also took heat for the questions she asked her father about the gun kicking and when to shoot, but Seifert said that he has heard experienced hunters ask similar questions. “You don’t want to injure the animal,” he said.
Another big criticism of Palin’s hunt was that the caribou did not move when she shot, even though she missed a few times. Could it have been an editing room trick or did that caribou really stand there? “That was a young caribou. I hate to say it, but caribou are some of the dumbest animals,” said Seifert.
Seifert also watched the video of Palin and her father and friend packing up the meat to take back to Wasilla. He explained that “In Alaska, you have to take all edible portions of the animal. When they take the rib meat out, it is above and beyond what most hunters do. I give them credit for that, they did that correctly.”
Seifert’s biggest criticism of the Palin hunt: “She shot when the animal was on the horizon. … You need to know where your backstop is. The bullet could go a little bit further. It’s not like they’re going to hit a house, but by the strictest rule, that’s something you shouldn’t do.”
Seifert’s conclusion? “It seemed realistic to me, and I’m a pretty harsh critic of that because I see a lot of unrealistic stuff out there on hunting channels. I thought it was an honest hunt and I thought there are a lot of people out there who would like to have that kind of time with their dad.”
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