Texas Tech Students Hunting Photos Cause Uproar

[navane]

Interesting. Here's a photo where it shows a cameraman with a high-quality camera videotaping her hunt.

(FYI- Per the caption, this rhino was not killed. She had "assisted" a veterinarian by darting it to put it to sleep so that he could take measurements and treat the animal's inured leg.)


She has herself titled as a "Public Figure" on her Facebook page. Her "About" page on Facebook is equally as interesting as she describes her hunting experience:

About

Born and raised in the outdoors of the great State of Texas.

Biography

I grew up in the small town of Cleburne, Texas where my hunting career started. As a child I would go with my dad on all of his hunting adventures watching him on our ranch, as well as, traveling to Africa to see him take his Big 5. I took my first trip to Zimbabwe in Africa with my family in 2004 (age 9) and watched my dad bring many animals home. As badly as I wanted to shoot something I was just too small to hold the guns my dad had brought. I became fascinated with the culture over there and visited one of the elementary schools to deliver candy, coloring books and soccer balls to the under privileged children. This was an eye opening experience for me to see how other children my age lived in a third world country.

In 2008, (age 13) I took my second trip to Africa to start my Big 5 experience, but this time to South Africa. Although I had many other opportunities to shoot animals I wanted to save it for the Big 5, so the first animal I ever shot was a White Rhino with a .416 Remington!! On this trip I also took some plains game, such as impala, kudu and mountain reedbuck home.

I returned to Africa the next summer in 2009 (age 14) to finish my quest for The Big 5. This time I went on a 28 day safari and took an Elephant with a shot from a .416 Remington and finished it off with my dad's .470 Nitro Express. Along with the elephant I also harvested a charging Cape buffalo and a huge maned lion. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to take a leopard on this trip, so I returned 2 weeks later for another 14 day safari. This time I got my leopard, and also took down a hippo to get 6 of the Dangerous 7 at the age of 14! I was lucky enough to have all of my hunting adventures professionally videoed and put onto DVD.

On the side of hunting, I am also receiving an education from Texas Tech University. I am a cheerleader for the University representing the All Girl Squad making apprearances at football, basketball and volleyball games, as well as, attending many public events as part of the Spirit Program. I am currently a sophomore with a degree program focusing on Marketing and Sports Therapy.

[KD4Me]

Originally Posted by navane

Interesting. Here's a photo where it shows a cameraman with a high-quality camera videotaping her hunt.

(FYI- Per the caption, this rhino was not killed. She had "assisted" a veterinarian by darting it to put it to sleep so that he could take measurements and treat the animal's inured leg.)


She has herself titled as a "Public Figure" on her Facebook page. Her "About" page on Facebook is equally as interesting as she describes her hunting experience:

Am I reading this correctly? She began her hunting "career" by going to Africa for a shoot? That makes her sound less like an avid hunter and more like someone trying do something "newsworthy". I think that I read or heard that she was accompanied by a video crew on at least one shoot, which would explain the high-quality photograph someone mentioned earlier. Doesn't it take some skill to be able to shoot giant animals and kill them humanely? (I don't mean to get into whether it is humane to shoot animals; what I am trying to say is one shot vs. many shots.)

I have friends who shoot and are hunters, but I personally could never hunt. I don't understand why it is fun to kill one of God's creation. I can't look at the pictures of her with those giant animals. They just make me very sad.

[navane]

Originally Posted by KD4Me

Am I reading this correctly? She began her hunting "career" by going to Africa for a shoot? That makes her sound less like an avid hunter and more like someone trying do something "newsworthy". I think that I read or heard that she was accompanied by a video crew on at least one shoot, which would explain the high-quality photograph someone mentioned earlier.

Per her own words, she says, "I grew up in the small town of Cleburne, Texas where my hunting career started." So, her hunting career began in Texas as a little girl going on outings with her father. She then goes on to say that she made her first trip to Africa at age 9 and then again at 13, 14 (x2) and 19.

I returned to Africa the next summer in 2009 (age 14) to finish my quest for The Big 5. This time I went on a 28 day safari and took an Elephant with a shot from a .416 Remington and finished it off with my dad's .470 Nitro Express. Along with the elephant I also harvested a charging Cape buffalo and a huge maned lion. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to take a leopard on this trip, so I returned 2 weeks later for another 14 day safari.

I have to assume that her family has money as I don't understand how a 14-year old could pay for a 28-day safari to Africa and then return two weeks later for a 14-day safari. If her becoming a "famous" reality TV star makes them millions, I suppose it will have been worth the investment to them.

[navane]

And for what it's worth....

I'm largely indifferent where the young, cheerleader is concerned. Legal? Yes. Distasteful? Yes. However, ISIS is conducting mass beheadings in Syria right now. That is, they are cutting the heads off of many human beings. Interestingly, the U.S. public seems to be more up in arms over the cheerleader.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...ying-violence/

[33girl]

That's because people are too confused about the Middle East and don't know if it's good or bad that those people have been beheaded. Everyone pretty much does know though that shooting endangered species = bad.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by navane

And for what it's worth....

I'm largely indifferent where the young, cheerleader is concerned. Legal? Yes. Distasteful? Yes. However, ISIS is conducting mass beheadings in Syria right now. That is, they are cutting the heads off of many human beings. Interestingly, the U.S. public seems to be more up in arms over the cheerleader.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...ying-violence/

Start a new thread. I hate when people do what you're trying to do. The news has extensively covered ISIS and many people in the USA and around the world are outraged.

Back to the thread topic for those of us who are able to multitask.