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As a hunter I love having conversations about ethical hunting with people who are vegan or vegetarian. I process all the animals myself which I think gives me more respect for the animal and helps me to use all of the animal that I possibly can. Hunting isn't easy for me and I always stress with other people that the biggest mistake I can make as a hunter is to make a bad shot and hurt an animal any more than is necessary which is why I completely hate the idea of hunting as a sport. To me hunting is a way to provide food for the people I care about in the most ethical way possible and I have found that there's a lot of common ground between this point of view and the views of people who are vegan or vegetarian.
I love this. Do you dry the tendons for pet treats? I know beef tendon is sold for dog treats, so it seems that deer should be the same? I’m not sure if there’s another use for them?
@Sincyn241 I've never heard of using them out for treats. Typically, I use the tendon to make bone broth, but it would be interesting to try next time I process a deer.
I mentioned in another thread but will also here, for you specifically:
I am a vegetarian hippy treehugger who doesn’t have any quarrel with hunting or logging. Both are a way of managing our natural resources (at least here in Maine).
For me, subsistence hunting falls under the loose header of foraging on the most ethical end of that continuum - take what you need, leave the rest.
Nope, there's no controversy here in my opinion: you're both completely right. I'm of the opinion that hunted meat is the most ethical meat. Battery farming is horrific. Sport hunting is horrific. But hunting, killing, harvesting meat from your local area (or just partaking in the extra hunted meat from your area) is by FAR the most sustainable food option in terms of benefit/cost to calories. It's arguably better than a lot of vegetarian options because wild meat can come from natural landscapes, whereas most vegetarian options need to be farmed. Needing to (or even just wanting to) eat meat is perfectly valid, for health reasons, for cultural reasons, whatever. And supporting independent butchers is just another layer of win, to me.
Yeah, my mother’s brother helped with estate management. It wasn’t sport hunting, it was culling animals to maintain healthy populations, for example red deer, which are a huge issue here, amongst others, but he’s never been a sport hunter
Also a lot of imported species easily become invasive because they don't have natural predators. They can be devastating to local wildlife and habitats. Keeping them in control is important.
In Texas, the wild boar population (invasive species) has exploded so much that they are considered a pest and nuisance and the ONLY way to control their population is hunters. So much so, that boar season is year round. RESPONSIBLE hunting is ok (ie NOT decimating the population). I actually am not opposed to farming animals. (Inhumane conditions, yes, I’m opposed to, and big agriculture. Small farms are so much better). Here is my reasoning. 1. It is the only way to feed a large population. And 2. Several species of animals have been brought back from the brink of extinction because people wanted to eat it and the inly way to get it was to farm it. The main animal that comes to mind for this is the American Bison.
Agreed.
There are specific seasons in the USA for hunting and it’s different in every area I think? But in New England or at least Vermont it’s a way of having meat to eat that is much better than what you buy that has been pumped with hormones and whatever else, although it may be a bit different these days. But in reducing the deer population, many would freeze to death so in lieu of that people are allowed to hunt and have that meat to eat. I don’t think I’m very good at explaining this but I’m trying. And used to bother me when I was younger because I thought that I might be eating Bambi, but then as I got older, I understood it much better.
Hahaha as a vegan I approve. It would be hypocritical to not eat one bird but the other AND better eat it than it goes to waste, like you said. Free even better! Local is best no matter what you eat.
Glad to see the lack of a video yesterday was not because you were too ill to film! I hope the blocking makes the sweater panel exactly the size it needs to be :)
I finished my first ever knitting project. It’s only taken 46 years. Just ends and blocking to do. Crochet is so much easier.
Glad you were able to stay safe from the storm.
I sympathise with your meat difficulties. It’s one of the few things I can eat as well due to health problems which is a bit of a wrestle with my internal leanings towards not eating it. I try and have meat from a local butcher who buys from farmers with high welfare standards ( farm down the road etc) and not waste anything, which is one way of balancing it. But of course…money!
congrats on the half-century project completion!
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My dad was gifted 3 pheasants once and I helped with the plucking and gutting. It was labour intensive but it was a good experience. But I agree if someone is going to kill something they should take responsibility and eat it/not let it go to waste.
Right! I was raised in a hunting family. The rule was if you hunt it, you must eat it. So only hunt what you will eat, only in a quantity you can eat.
Adding a note to say the comment about them being a nusence to drivers made me laugh and remember a card in the boardgame Bill Oddies bird race 😂
Ahhhhh! I was the floor tile appreciator :D glad you liked the idea of doing more with it
There was a lot of controversy when my local city park instituted a bow hunting program after dark.
But then the number of accidents caused by deer on local highways dropped significantly, as did the number of deer with Chronic Wasting Disease, and the ecology of the parks improved because the deer were no longer over-grazing on vegetation during the winter.
In the US there are some areas where hunting is now an ecological necessity because humans pushed out the natural predators of certain animals centuries ago.
And no matter what people may say about hunting, it’s crueler to leave animals to starve over the winter because there’s too little food to go around.
(My partner is an environmental science professor, vegan, and supports hunting program policies.)
That sort of program was instituted where I live last year and we have thankfully had similar positive effects.
Something I wanted to say about the Cotton Merino you are using for that sweater: I worked with that yarn recently, and while I had no issues while knitting, it was during seaming I encountered that problem you had, with the yarn basically falling apart. Something about the agitation of pulling the yarn through the fabric over and over wore it down and I had to redo one seam because of that. It was fine when I was more careful after that, but I thought you might want to know.
Thanks for the vlogmas videos, I enjoy them a lot. And thank you for your videos in general. Because of you I attempted my first vintage pattern (1940s) this year and I loved the experience and the finished object. It certainly won't be my last vintage sweater.
I was thinking it couldn’t possibly be the ball label - what kind of yarn would break from that?!? And now it appears that it will also break from sewing up? How on earth can a garment with yarn that delicate survive wear? That’s just crimes against knitters!
Totally agree, it's better to use something than to waste it. I'm from the Appalachian mountains where for my childhood people hunted for food. I passionately hate trophy/ sport hunting when the animals aren't going to feed someone. There's so much food insecurity
I'm vegan and I broadly agree with what you said. Maybe it's less than ideal for people to import and release an invasive species of birds just to shoot, but you're right--it's loads better than factory farming and you're stopping it from going to waste. And I'm vegan because I have the privilege to be--I am also disabled, not in a way that prevents me from being vegan, but my experience being disabled makes me deeply empathetic that others' disabilities do prevent it. You have to do what you have to do! Love the videos as always. You are giving me some much-needed respite from the hustle and bustle of holiday stress.
That meal looks delicious.
My dog is very vocal every time Sagan makes a noise. LOL
I live in Washington State in the US and used to see pheasant a lot when I was a child. I never knew until now that it wasn't native to the US. They live in the wild now because the weather is similar enough to where they were native. They were brought here in the 1880s
I get angry at hunters here in Texas. They put out feeders and train the deer to come to the auto feeders. They sit in “deer blinds”, and shoot them when they come to the feeders. Not hunting at all. Feed Bambi, and then kill him. In Montana where I’m originally from, men go out into areas designated as hunting areas. They literally have to hunt down wild deer. They have to have licenses, have limits to types, genders and size. Most true native hunters are feeding their families. Out of state hunters only care about the trophy. I think trophy hunting should be banned, period. Wasteful, dangerous and just wrong.
Both my father and father in law had self designated rules they taught their sons. If you miss on the first shot, the deer goes free. You have to dress and carry out your own deer. You have to eat the meat you kill. You give what you can’t eat to someone who needs it.
True hunters are those who honor the life of the animal, no matter what it is. Blood thirsty or trophy hunters need not be. My opinion.
Same in Vermont. You have to have a license and there is a specific season. However, I do not support the hunters who set up game cameras on a piece of land they own so they know when the deer are there. That’s not true hunting. Just my opinion. That’s what my brother-in-law does and I think it’s wrong.
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That puppy nose whistle! I had a minpin that did that. 8 years after she's gone, I'm apparently still trained to pay attention to it! :)
The continuing mug controversy. 😂 They are lovely and such a sweet gift.
Literally hearing the story originally Warmed my heart hahaha
I'm pro self hair cutting! I got so frustrated with my bedbound greasy hair the other day I just chopped off the ponytail. Never tried cutting a fringe though!
Yes! I cut my hair a few times a year. Salons are so expensive, and my hair mostly lives in a braid or a bun.
Yes self hair cutters unite! Hair salons make me anxious and I can get a decent cut with 5 minutes in my bathroom
Agree. I have many hunters in my life, and every part is used, or eaten. In Upstate NY, we have to control the deer population, and hunters are given limits on how many deer and which sex can be taken per season. I myself am not a hunter, but I've gained more understanding over the years as to why it actually helps the ecosystem where I live.
I live in the US so hearing what goes in to being able to hunt there in the UK was fascinating. I stopped and grabbed my husband, who is an avid hunter, and had him listen in. We have a lot of wild game in our area so hunting is an economical way to get meat. So we use hunting to help feed our family. Having so much near by it never occured to either of us that game is not abundent in other countries and requires importing game. Thank you for sharing this information. Makes us a little more grateful for what we have available.
And once again the voice over for Woody's name gives me the giggles lol
As a vegetarian I fully support family and friends eating game. I think, just like you stated, it is so wasteful not to. I think I can speak for many us here, we love your content and the stuff we get to learn with and from you. We are also donating on ko-fi because we now want to see all the mugs in rotation 😆
I come from a strong hunting family (my birthday gets overshadowed by deer hunting season) and I sympathize with your perspective on pheasant hunting. its different where im from (Minnesota, USA) in that hunting is a way to cull the deer population that already exists, and while ive always felt uncomfortable about guns and hunting, i recognize that it is an important part of controlling the population. my family is very good about utilizing the meat and supporting local butchers, but i personally struggle to get over the mental block in order to eat it. Its interesting to hear about hunting culture across the pond!
In the uk we haven’t been culling deer populations as well as we should, and it has lead to danger to life (in cars) and the spread of diseases. I hate gun sports and love animals, but there is an equilibrium where the people who don’t want to eat meat don’t have to, and the people who do can have it in a more sustainable way.
Beautiful meal! Thank you for the lovely visit! I really enjoy the more varied content. Merry Christmas and a great new year
I really like the conversation you had around the hunting issue and your approach to the subject. Sagan is a total cutie, we have a wirehaired Vizla and the leaping over the sofa and whining are all parts of our household too! Loving your Vlogmas :)
Where i live in Milan there's a lot of wild pheasant around! I love them but they are LOUD and go around screaming at daft o'clock all summer lol
True story: if I have nothing planned on weekends, especially in winter 🥶, the pajamas stay on all day! And even if I do go out to run an errand, straight back into the pjs when I get home. 💃
Yes! Better if it’s snowy and I can just add a layer of “proper, interacting with other humans” clothing over the jammies then peel off the snow-dampened layer!
@Shetooktothewoods Right?! You are on my level, friend. 😏
I really appreciated your thoughts on eating meat and pheasant - I too would like to be vegetarian but as a coeliac I'm constantly struggling with anaemia even on my current diet! Loving watching the progress on your jumper in real time - questions and problems are so much slower and realistic to be worked out than in a combined video 🙂
I'm here for the controversy!
And then I had to return because I accidentally clicked play on a second video and did not finish this one
The ethical issues of hunting can be so varied - where I live it's the opposite when it comes to class. Hunting your own meat is associated with being poor. Especially as most hunting in my area is of invasive, non-native species.
I think what you're doing is great on so many fronts - you're helping Sagan, you're eating something that would otherwise go to waste.
I also have to eat meat for my health and would prefer to eat meat under these conditions! I hate having to buy meat from the supermarket non knowing how the animals were raised and slaughtered. My ideal diet would be freegan - vegan unless you get animal products for free to prevent the products from going to waste
Also cackling at the mug clarification. You guys are so adorable together! ❤️
For the jumper, I think it's going to grow. You said you really had to squeeze the swatch into the gauge, so the sweater should grow. I think it will fit, but blocking the back will definitely put your mind at ease either way.
I love watching these videos ❤
My husband knew this was right up my street when he was all the vintage knitting and emma Bridgewater 😂 (I've been collecting for about 15 years, we used to live near the factory in stoke on trent)
As someone who studied environmental science and sustainability in general in uni I am definitely on your side of not wasting food. Subsistence hunting especially by indigenous groups who know what they are doing has rarely in the past and certainly not in our current present, ever been a huge threat to the integrity of most ecosystems. Importing birds from very far away however for wasteful killing is the opposite of sustainability. So I say, if the birds are going to be killed wantonly anyway it is no issue for you to eat them.
it's funny that hunting is seen as elitist in england--i'm from rural america, and my dad hunted because it was cheaper than buying beef. there are nuances to everything!
It comes down to our gun laws. You have to have a license to own a gun and the types you can own are extremely regulated, the police check your gun safe and medical history every couple of years (which costs money to the gun owner) you also need as a ‘shoot’ to have a contract with the land owner to shoot on their land (most land is owned here, very little is the equivalent of a national park). You also have to pay for beaters, their dogs, your dogs training etc. the average cost per ‘gun/shooter’ per day In the south of England is £1k which is around $1,300 per ‘gun’. The shooting season is really short here, but you have about 3 people working full time on a small shoot maintaining the birds and cover crops, so it soon adds up.
I agree, especially that the land is all owned. You can’t just go anywhere and hunt even in national parks - that would be poaching - people have to pay a fair amount for the privilege of using the land. My brother-in-law rents some shooting land and I believe it is not cheap.
We're a mostly plant based household hut have to be flexible with some things due to living on benfits and my partners illness. I definitely support reducing waste and eating local regardless of personal feelings toward hunting
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Thanks for inviting us over for supper! Everything looked delicious. Was that gravy? Mmmm!
Glad to see you posted today. I was concerned you may have over exerted yourself.
It was 1430 today, a Monday, when I finally got out of my jammies 😂, and I have kids. Don't beat yourself up about it!
Not that I had any plans, really, but surviving a nation wide, lethal storm was not one of them.
So glad to learn Woody didn’t develop momentary madness and spend a fortune on mugs! 😂 I actually have spent up to US$50 on a mug, but I buy local art as souvenirs when I travel and pottery falls under that. I’m currently drinking coffee from a lovely, heavy mug from Mexico with butterflies carved into it.
Dude, I am SO with you on the mug tree situation.
Been catching up on these and don't remember which video you talked about spinning... But i learned Turkish drop spindle from the couch starting at very short lengths and then being able to dangle it over the side for more length when i got better. The is also supported spindle, i haven't tried it but seen people doing it reclined on the couch
See and I had just thought it was sweet that he had bought a whole set of mugs for you. It is good that he did it with both good intentions and rational thought. Now the look you gave him when he offered to cut your fringe, that was priceless. 😂 Maybe Segan can be taught to go fetch the mail? It seems he already likes bringing you things. 🐕
I grew up in an area big in duck hunting. The rule in my house was if you shot it, you were in charge of cleaning or paying for someone else to do so and the bird could not go to waste.
Living your vlogmas! Thank you! xxx
Here's me thinking woody is an actual IRL name for your partner and thinking it was funny when a very quick pop up of cartoon "Woody" appeared 😂 Glad you got through your storm and i hope the sweater works out 🤞
Pheasant is delicious! I have a lovely recipe for a whole bird. My father in law was a farmer and shot pheasants heren in the Netherlands. They are rather expensive here.
Good points about eating pheasant. The pheasants you have in England are huge! They are clearly not native birds there. We also have them here in my part of the USA but they were allowed to go wild about fifty years ago. I see a few each year but I think they are naturally breeding smaller. My family used to hunt them but I don't remember pheasant ever being served so maybe my grandparents saved it for special meals with his brothers.
The only time of year I venture into Waitrose is during game season - they have most things available. Much for the same reason you're eating the pheasant, actually. I like the diversity of meat available, as most of the meat I eat are the chickens I raise throughout the year.
DIY hair cut videos are always a hit. 😂
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Controversy: guns, hunting, elitism, vegetarianism, money wasting, gifts! Where will it end! Do you have anything pointed to say about crochet? Stay tuned! ❤❤❤
What a cliffhanger 😱 will it fit? Fingerscrossed it will block out fine 🧶💖
Could you add a strip under the armpits to widen the sweater if the front and back are a bit too small
Heck yeah, I'll do what I want!
I'm gonna press like because I want to, and nobody can tell me otherwise! Ha!
Sagan is such a happy boy!
Kudos to Woody. Gotta love a guy who wants nice things for his gal, but knows how to not pay an arm and a leg if not necessary.
Don't think I've ever even seen a live pheasant but I imagine they're a bit like grouse. It does make me wonder, though. I mean, traditionally, weren't only certain people allowed to hunt certain animals, otherwise they were stealing from the king? Was pheasant another of those "fish-meats" to the church? Oh gee, down the rabbit hole I go.
I’m keeping all fingers and toes crossed that your jumper works out for you. We didn’t have the danger to life warning for the storm here in Edinburgh but it was certainly strong enough for my cat to spend the night tucked under my chin because he didn’t like the sound of the wind. I feel sorry for the bigger animals like sagen that can’t tuck themselves into their humans like that. Hope he has lots of cuddles
Just remember to watch hair buddha before you start cutting away at your bangs... the man is amazing and with great tips!
I've been resti8ng today after my seizure yesterday afternoon and then fainting twice so everything hurts today so I've been in bed today
lots of love. take care ❤️
My father used to breed pheasants when I was a little kid and sold the birds to be released around Scandinavia, it was hard work, he stopped after 5 years I think and began to raise pigs instead.
Pheasant hunting is controversial but you eating the pheasants instead of letting them go to waste is not controversial! I'm vegetarian so if I were gifted a pheasant would probably not eat it but would make it into a meal for friends or help find a more suitable giftee!
Another wonderful episode!!
What are you going to do with the pheasant feathers? 🪶 They such pretty birds. I’m glad you two ate it and it didn’t go to waste. 😊
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Im on my third vintage jumper rn and ive also just finished the back! They always look so tiny before blocking it makes me super nervous 😅. Good luck blocking yours - i hope it goes well 🍀
I've had pheasant a few times and i like it. I don't like crunching shot but 🤷♀️ it goes with the territory.
You're brave talking about hunting online lol 😂
(Im mostly joking im sure you'll be fine!)
Im also working on another jumper from a pattern i got from subversive femme - the cherry bomb one - but im being quite slow as i decided to knit it in burgundy. During the darkest part of the year 😢. Truly a genius move.
I overheard someone in front of me at the post office asking for a form to get a P.O.box and hearing the price for 6 months... I defiantly made a face at how ridiculous it is, thankfully unseen by them. (Slowing catching up on these, Happy New Year!)
Happy second of advent!
I spent my advent Sunday with my sister, her three kids, and two of their friends. We were baking and making chocolate treats for most of the afternoon. It's been an annual tradition since my now 12 year old niece was a toothless one year old, happily eating the gingerbread cookie dough and haphazardly decorating the saffron buns with raisins. It's one of my favourite days of the year (even if I paid for it today by sleeping until 2pm and being dead on my feet for most of the afternoon).
(This is me not touching the hunting thing. I had a whole paragraph and a half typed out, but I think I'm too much of a "grew up in the deep forests of Sweden" kind of person, to understand hunting for sport, or the idea of hunting and shooting as a "biggest d*ck" hobby for the elite.)
Now I want a roast dinner.
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I like the green color for your sweater! Mugs on sale are even better! Last time I was in the UK my dad insisted on driving from Newcastle to Edinburgh (why are Americans allowed to rent cars in the UK????), beautiful countryside, but the roads were just lined with pheasants that had been hit by cars. Much better to eat them then have them be hazards. 💜
Oooft when there's a great train line than runs from Edinburgh to Newcastle too! I feel like the companies selling plane tickets to US passengers should give a PSA to say please consider trains in Europe, they can be really nice. (UK trains are relatively crap compared to most of Europe, but it's still more relaxing than driving)
@@claire2088 I love taking trains outside of the US! On that trip we took the train from London to Newcastle. My dad wanted to drive so that we could stop in Kelso, Melrose, Eyemouth etc. on the way up. It was a lovely drive (only slightly terrifying from the passenger seat)! A 4 hour drive is almost nothing to most Americans. 🤣
I used to knit jumpers and cardigans exactly as described in the pattern but I don't trust them anymore. Instead during the knitting I constantly check them against existing knits to see if they are going to fit correctly. It does make it more frustrating as I can't just happily knit away without thinking but I'd rather have an FO that fits. As for the pheasant. Why not? It had a better life than a factory farmed animal. Baby pheasants are usually kept in little wooded areas where they can run around getting fattened up before they are released. (Obviously the morals of breeding them to be shot for "sport" is a whole different subject...)
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I saw a wild Pheasant a few years back, and he was just wandering around hopping up onto fences. Really beautiful animals, it's a shame they are raised just to be hunted, but like you said, it's wasteful otherwise
The pheasant conversation reminded me of an episode of Two Fat Ladies. Clarissa Dickson Wright said something about how pheasants were really nasty birds, even to each other, and so it was a good thing they tasted good or they’d have no redeeming qualities at all. No idea why that popped in my head, as I’ve not seen that show in years. I’m also weirdly invested in your green sweater, and I hope it ends up fitting well. The stretchiness of that kind of yarn is such a wild card.
Okay, so I live in the US and this is the first time that I've realized that pheasants aren't native to the US. We use to have them all around where I grew up and they are a normal "game bird" with a hunting season. So yeah, pheasant hunting is different here. They aren't bred to be hunt, they just live here now.
Hi, Thank you for the video. You seem to have had a nice weekend, besides the storm of course. It'll be here in a few days, so that's going to be fun. Hopefully it's run out of puff descending on the British Isles.
I'm so interested in how that jumper is going to turn out. Back when I was knitting the whole blocking part wasn't taught to me or anybody else either around me. Is it possible to block it so that it will fit the measurements of the person you are knitting for, e.g. make it larger or smaller? Also, can you unravel blocked things and have a do over kind of thing, or making completely different if you're just fed up with whatever you've been working on? Yours, Ann
I was wondering how long do you leave the candles burn each day? We had a wreath growing up but i dont remember ever lighting the candles.
I'm really enjoying your cozy vlogmas posts!
Anniken Allis - YarnAddict is doing Vlogmas this year. Her needles FLY!
Have a good day!
I actually rather agree with you on the topic of meat here. I think that the discussion that needs to be had isn't necessarily about meat consumption (although meat overconsumption is part of it), but rather the sustainability of our consumption of animals and the way we treat them prior to it. Our ancestors managed for centuries to keep wild and cattle animal populations large and safe while feeding themselves and their families, and plenty of indigenous populations still continue that tradition today. I'd be much more upset at a vegan buying something that can only be grown halfway around the planet than a native person killing one animal and making use out of all of it. I eat very little meat myself, and I'm generally against hunting, especially in my country, where it's never justified by the eating of the animal, it endangers animal populations and actual people are shot and killed every year, but I see no harm in eating an already dead pheasant rather than letting it go to waste. Humans weren't made to be herbivores, and it's certainly not behaviour that fits everyone or needs to, but I do think that most people need to strongly reflect on what meat they eat, and go forward making better choices for themselves, the planet and animals.
You bring up a good point with the global shipping issue. I don't know how things are currently but I kkow foods like quinoa were very unethical for a while. Shipping from South America and indigenous people not able to eat a food that's a staple into heir diet. Moving to locally grown prodduce where possible has a huge environmental impact!
I would prefer to eat less meat than my husband, but we do our best to get organic and local, which is absolutely a privilege, as I am very aware. We have very strict rules on organic food in Switzerland, much stricter than Germany, for example (EU in general). Battery-keeping birds has been illegal here since 1992, having been decided on in 1982; Germany is planning to ban it from 2025, except for some 2028/2035… 😮 It‘s a difficult topic. I would prefer people to aim for less meat and a LOT less processed food than promoting veganism. Of course that is just my opinion.
I have to say, I laughed at the comment about getting dressed because I don't really get 'dressed' at all! I'm in my house 95% of the time and I spend all my time in pajamas or 'lounge wear' if we're being fancy about it. I wear a bra the two times a months I leave my house. I don't think I could fathom expending the energy to wear outside clothes indoors, and I realise I have so many weird sensory issues and 'rules' about clothes that it has honestly never occurred to me to change into 'proper' clothes when I'm not planning to leave my house. They just feel too 'uncomfortable' and structured to wear indoors. I'm not sure if it's a physical thing (how the clothes actually feel) or a mental thing (how I categorize them in my head) or both. Might be a neurodivergent brain thing. Either way, interesting to hear about.
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It is so interesting to me, that you have 5 candles in your advent wreath.
In Germany we have only 4, one for every Sunday in Advent.
There are songs and poems about the 4 candles or 4 lights in Advent.
Even a fairly popular mocking poem:
Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt.
Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier,
dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür.
Und wenn das fünfte Lichtlein brennt,
Dann hast du Weihnachten verpennt.
(Something along the lines of
Advent, Advent, a light is burning.
First one, then two, then three, then four,
Then the Christ child* is standing in front of your door.
And when the fifth light is burning, you overslept for Christmas.)
*In some parts of Germany the presents are brought by the Christ child, not father Christmas or Santa.
We eat venison that my dad hunts. I do not own a gun, nor do I want to shoot a gun, but I have no problem eating meat from an animal that would otherwise over populate due to a lack of predators. My dad is a lover of nature, and this has been a way of life for him since he was a young boy. He values the life of the animal, even going so far has to search for it long after dark, then going back out the next day to search when he couldn’t find it.
Could they mean cast off 5 stitches over the next 5 rows.... Meaning cast off one stitch at the time, five times . So five stitches in total? Maybe the maths doesn't add up in that way.
Good luck with your project! I hope the pheasant was delicious!
My allotment are has so much fasan in sweden. They not suppose to be here either.
Perhaps the first time I've ever heard the word "offal" used in the wild. in it's native environment, per se
Lovely episode today :) Thank you!
I find it interesting that hunting could be viewed as elitist (not saying your wrong at all). Where I am from that is sometimes the only way people can afford to put meat on their table for their families. It is fascinating how different things are from place to place sometimes.
I can understand that. The kind of hunting I'm talking about in Britain is the kind that is usually done for pure sport, costs eye watering sums to be involved in, usually involves horses and dogs (both of which are expensive to keep), uniforms, tradition etc etc.
@@RetroClaude That is totally understandable. I do not know a few people who hunt for sport but they usually give meat to those who need it. Deer hunting is much bigger here than other types of hunting so no horses needed ;)
it is interesting to reflect on the differences on class associations in hunting depending on country and region. in the places I've lived out here in the US, maybe because all the folks I know who hunt are middle income, and if they don't need it they find someone to hand the animal so that the meat doesn't go to waste.
hopefully we all can get a bit better about respecting other people's dietary choices and accepting that we don't need to know why someone follows a specific type of diet. all this to say, I'm sorry that you feel you have to justify your diet when none of us should be put in that position.
and on the keeping hunting dogs occupied... if you don't get them enough activity suited to them they may escape the yard and try to do some hunting on their own and have to get quarantined for rabies. (the dog in question did not get rabies luckilly, and he's a very happy old pooch now)
I have never eat one but I am intresset to tray it. Sorry my English is bad.
I’m a fan of pheasant when eating meat. I also can’t be a vegetarian or vegan for health reasons (I’ve been through it with GPs, nutritionists (who are vegans) and it’s a no for me). My uncle shoots - both of them on my mum’s side do or did) but I remember the first time I remember meeting my mother’s brother visiting, he brought a pheasant and then proceeded to deal with the bird. Feathers and all. I learned to pluck a bird and how ligaments work. My mother tried to get me to leave the room after my brother ran away, but I was strangely unbothered by the entire process, more interested. It’ll come as no surprise that I landed up working in operating theatres 😂.
Sagan is just glorious. Our cats always got the giblets.
I do think those who are importing pheasants for sport should rethink this, especially as they’re not native. I’m also with you on hunting generally. I’m also with you regarding trying to avoid wasting food.
yeah, you were made for the medical field!
@@moonhunter9993 I sadly had to medically retire a couple of years ago, but let’s just say that being neurodivergent, I’d always answer the stupid questions people asked me about my job. Like how various bits of the body feel on the inside. As this used to happen at dinner parties, it was no surprise I stopped getting invites….
Soo are we living full time with woody? Which is awesome ! Sagan what a sweet pup. We just lost our boy .m😢
I have been enjoying your Vlogmas. I really appreciated the thoughtful information and perspective on pheasant hunting. Not something I was familiar with directly. 🧶
have a lot of farming and hunting in my family (grandma AND grandpa came from farms and currently my stepdads family is hunters and does some farm rearing) so i guess ive always had a bit more of an attitude that animals arent too big of an issue to eat but also that you try to use everything you can. so long as you recognize the animal and what its given up and its not big factory farming its not too bad really.
we do raise animals to give us food but at least with my immediate family farming yard they are given care with the acknowledgement that they are giving all this to us so we should effort to give them as much of a thriving life as possible. i dont think it should be about EVERYONE not ever eating animals but respecting the fact that they give up their lives and them being raised and treated with that respect.
Thank you so much for this amazing video! I need some advice: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
I used to be vegetarian til I started getting stomach issues - which went downhill. I was so unhealthy trying to juggle all the nutrients i needed on a veggie diet with all the things I couldn’t eat so in the end I gave up and we now eat meat a little bit. I feel so much better for it so I refuse to apologise for compromising to look after my health
So glad you are back! Pheasants aren’t native? Sounds like an ecological nightmare. There is grouse native in some areas around here… mostly only get those as road kill, which gives mad the ick, but not wasteful!
I never had pheasant in my life (because I didn't grow up in that price bracket)...so I looked up the prices, here in 🇳🇱The Netherlands. And I was truly shocked. 1 kilo costs around 40 Euros. And the price of a whole pheasant can be as high as 100 Euros. Those are probably normal food prices for the uppercrust of Society. But that's still outside of my price range, (hell buying "simple" meat & fish are beyond my means) living on Social Benefits, as a chronically ill (MS) person 😅.
Personally, I am not a fan of sports hunting, but waste not want not. You eating pheasant doesn't create one more pheasant. It prevent wasting good meat.
I'm so glad I'm not on my own on the "I had to go back to eating meat for my health"
I feel the same way about sports fishing. The fish are terrified and the experience is traumatic and we do this for entertainment? Hell no. If you are gonna catch it then take it home and eat it.
...not sure if it's gonna needlessly stressing but, the internet can be horrid sometimes so... If you wanna avoid getting Woody discovered (?) I would suggest not blurring his face the way you did in this video, since he's features are quite clear and it's relatively easy to undo. Instead you could put a stamp, sticker or one color block/square/circle.
I agree totally about the meat thing. However, I'd like to offer you a bit of perspective concerning the money thing (this is advice I hava been trying to get my head round for myself for 30 years now, as I also do undervalued work that I really struggle monetising). Could you not look upon this as being your job of work, very similar to how wait staff get paid in the US? Ad revenue may be a pittance, but it's the coffi tips that make survival/living possible. So, when people who are part of that culture (or not) and who can give you money, it is an appreciation of your WORK - sorry, not sorry for shouting. Now, off I skip to heed my own words, do as I say etc. always let the ads run people!
I’m in England, chronically ill and on benefits - if I earned over £20 a week I have to specifically declare it (I have to declare all income at the end of the tax year, also), and my benefit would be reduced by it.
I claim housing benefit and the rules are even stricter, and would lose it twice, (I cannot own over £6,000 in savings, but the wheelchair I want/need costs £12,000 and the shop doesn’t do lay away!).
It’s a financial, logistical, nightmare, but I am very thankful for the money safety net it provides as I can’t currently work.