Thread: Criticised for my badger brush

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

im a hunter and a trapper and you havent felt nothing till you go to a fur sale with a yrs work in your sack and have people with signs calling you a murder and an animal hitler, i leanred to laugh it off and keep on with your bussiness, kinda makees you feel like your a minority but then you see another trapper and you 2 are instantly brotherslol im dead serious on the peta nuts at the fur sales.

almost reminds me of whale wars i think i watch that show just to yell at them and call them piraets that need to go for a nice cool swim,so dont feel bad just laugh it off.

OH yeah, because rabies, bovine TB, badger culling with gas that wastes the animal carcasses or expensive compensation and vaccination programs are better than an ecologically-neutral wildlife management program that would allow farmers and licensed hunters and trappers to offset all of this, maintain the health and quality of life of the species and contribute to proven wildlife conservation methods that don't arrogantly, if naively, discount man from the equation. In Northern China they can multiply to nuisance levels very easily, so that's were most commercial badger hair comes from. In the U.S., badgers are only protected in certain regions and a few states and can be taken, for instance, in Texas, with a standard hunting license, but a trapper's license is required to sell any portion of the animal. These licenses run in the $20.00 range for residents. Good hunting!

I've a few friends who rabbit here in the UK and one who was a gamekeeper.

I ate the rabbits and venison they killed knowing that it was controlling numbers, especially rabbits, and they were both very good shots.

For me if its a clean kill and the animal didn't suffer I'm ok with it. I know china has a record for how they treat animals they want the pelts from which frankly disgusts me.

I know in the UK at least there was a backlash after footage of animals being skinned alive was released with businesses stating they would not engage with such suppliers.

I can't say I've ever fancied eating badger though which seems a waste.

There is lots of soap and many places to buy it. No matter how good I can't believe you still bought it.

Once you already own a badger brush, or a brush made from any animal, to my thinking, tossing it so that you could use a synthetic one is a worse case of animal cruelty. Besides, the manufacturing process of synthetic products is ridden with non ecological pollution. My brush is probably over 40 years old, so it's not like I'm part of a constantly ongoing chain of animal killing. I haven't done the research but I would bet that the retailed sold manufactured brushes are supplied from farms and nuisance harvested animals.

I would have told her to keep her opinions to herself and do her job, which is a low level sales position. If I was really pissed I might have thrown in that she should be more aware of keeping her job because it is probably the highest level of employment she is capable of.

Animal Hitler!? YGBSM!? The world is apparently full of pompous Jack Wagons. I'm with 32T, I probably would have taken my business elsewhere.

Me too but the wife bought the cream when I turned my nose up and walked out.
A friend uses lush DIRTY shave creams. I may actually get lynched in there if I said I used a badger brush

I plan to keep and use the brush for a good many years yet and unless it falls to prices I can't see me replacing it. It's the same as SR's. if you look after them they will last longer than you.

Usually what works in a nice way is when I say:
"When I was a little boy my father caught me hitting a 'jackass'. He told me that I would alway be haunted by that 'jackass'. I guess he was right!"

Originally Posted by Bruno

Yes ma'am , and I clubbed them myself.

And another that always makes me chuckle Attachment 115242

I agree, you're better than I could've been. Easily, I could've told her where to put the shave cream and how to go about it! But argueing with someone like that it like ...

Macaroot is a great cream, I have used it for years, try a drop of glycerin, just one drop for uberlather.

My wife & I were in Crabby and Evelyn and looking at their brushes as potential Christmas present suggestions. They carry a nice selection of Jagger Badger brushes.

The girl came over picked up one of the brushes and displayed it in her best “Vanna White” hand flourish, and said “Yes, and these brushes are made without hurting the animal.”
“Really?” I said, “and how exactly is that done?
“They hold it down and shave it.” She said. I burst into raucous laughter.
“We are talking about a viscous Badger? Pound for pound, one of the fiercest animals in the world.” I said

“Then how do you, think they do it?” She said
“They kill it and skin it. In China, where this knot probably came from they are considered a pest.” I said.
“Oh my god”, she said, as he tossed the brush back on the shelf as if it were hot.

My wife socked me in the shoulder and said “It’s time for us to go your, work here is done.”

Ah, to be young and so …