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Re: Killing Chickens
Cheryl Singhal (csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:29:18 -0400
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
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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