Re: Killing Chickens

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Joseph Alessi wrote:

> Ron Fox wrote:
>
> >> We arrived to find 1) a pole lashed between two trees, 2) 2
> of the stricter senior staff members (senior = age>18), 3) a
> foot long knife, and 4) a crate of live chickens. One of the
> staff members grabbed one of the chickens, tied it to the pole,
> cut its head off, plucked it, and gutted it. He then handed
> the knife to the nearest Scout and told him to select a chicken
> and prepare it for barbecuing.
>
> <paragraph deleted>
> They'd think it was child abuse. I'd love to do this, but I
> don't think I'd get away with it. <<
>
> and Joe Marsh wrote:
>
> >> I personally was very suprised that our traditional Bike Ride/
> Chicken Kill campout made it all the way thru to the finally calander <<
>
> Scouting is a game with a purpose. Which of Scouting's values
> would be taught by having the scouts slaughter chickens?

Be Prepared? Wilderness Survival? Cooking?

> Once the troop got good at this, would you move them up to
> hogs? What about killing a cow?

Oddly enough, you don't generally FIND cows or hogs wandering in the
wilderness. The difference between a Rhode Island Red and a wild
pheasant however is fairly slim. The difference between butchering a hog
and catching a wild boar is fairly significant, as is the difference
between butchering a steer and catching a moose. Moreover, there's the
issue of what the heck you do with leftovers assuming you survive
catching your boar. Pheasants and quail and yes doves, don't have
leftovers.

IMO.

Cheryl

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