Gentlemen,
Generally, what becomes of the carcass of an animal after it's killed? Is it destroyed or, if edible, does it go to feed anyone?

Thanks,
Puncher

In Africa, you mean??

In Africa, not an ounce of meat is wasted. Some will be used for camp meat, some for the employees, some will be handed over to the locals (who'll have a gigantic party and eat it all up in a day), some will be turned into biltong (jerky), some will be sold.
- mike

MHO,
Thanks for your reply. Man, I'm so glad to hear that. I'm not a hunter, but I have no problem with those that are.
However, I DO have a problem with people that kill EDIBLE game and let it go to waste. Especially in a country like Africa where there is so much starvation.
I applaud all the B/G and D/G hunters that participate in seeing that their kills are not wasted.

Puncher

I sat down one day after we shot an elephant, to see what is left behind.

The gut content!

Everything else, including the bones, were carted away to be cleaned of any morsel of meat.

The only animals I have seen them leave behind are the hyenas and large crocodiles.

As the little video I sent to some of you shows, when protein starved, it doesn't take an African long to start eating, either.

Once, I was first in a hunting camp and the staff had not had meat in several weeks. Immediately upon my shooting my first animal (an impala), the guys cut out the gall and stuck it on a stick and put it over a tiny fire. They took turns cutting off any part that looked halfway cooked and eating it, then passing along the ever decreasing bubbling green gourd to the next guy. It reminded me of a marshmellow roast with hungry children, burned lips and all.

I didn't try a bite.

I went on a forage hunt in the Luangwa Valley once, where a drought had left the people without even sadza, and were starving. In three days I put 8000 lbs of meat into two villages that held a population of about 900 souls. They ate all this meat in three days, and were breaking the bones for the marrow!

If you think a vulture, or Hyena can clean an animal's bones, you should watch the locals clean up an elephant! The only thing left in about 5 hours is the larger bones, the gut contents, and a wet spot on the ground. In the process of cutting up the meat, they cut each other as much as they cut the ele. All the while. little fires are going cooking meat to eat at the butcher sight!

Absolutely no protein is wasted in Africa, and the African doesn't hunt for sport, but for meat, and any meat is meat! When hunting is stoped the poaching begines in Africa, but when Safaris supply this meat, poaching stops. The animals taken, by poachers, are killed by snares, and most are eaten alive by other ainmals. The African only get half what he kills,and are not selective in what they kill, because of the means he uses for the poaching. Safari hunting,being highly selective, only those animals that have sustainable populations, and are not endangered in any way are taken. This, because it benefits the locals, takes away their need to poach, and they protect the wildlife, because they will get the meat anyway, plus employment with the safari outfitters. That is a win, win for wildlife, habitat, and the locals, as well as the safari hunter!

The above is the truth, not what the Animal rights folks, and the biased news media tells everyone! according the media, and AR groups, everything in the world is near extinction, and that is no where near the truth.

Soap box open, .....NEXT!

Very well said, thanks for posting.

CFA

Gentlemen, All,
I cannot say how pleased I am to find and read these responses. I stated that I am not a hunter. Throughout today, I have contemplated contacting the game management division of my state, South Carolina. From what I hear, there is a program in place that provides hunters the opportunity to donate game to orphanages and the like. I'm told that a hunter can take a kill to a meat processor, drop it off and the processor will get the meat to kitchens that feed the poor and hungry.
If I can verify that a program like that does exist locally, I may change my thinking and go back to hunting. I would be very proud to know that I can contribute to a hungry family getting a good meal.
Besides, I think I'd kind of enjoy teaching a big hog how to roll over.
Again, thank you all for your responses. My trust and confidence in world class hunters has been renewed.

Respectfully,
Puncher

Like my daughter used to say "dad kills it, mom cooks it, and I eat it!"

It can also be explained this way-

EVERYTHING is eaten. Even things that shouldn't be eaten are eaten!

Someone on this forum once posted that, I wish it was me as I find it very appropriate.

Puncher,

I too think that an animal's meat should not be wasted. If I've taken an animal's life, then I think the meat should be utilized. I can not speak about other African countries, but I have hunted twice in South Africa. (I'm going again in August of this year.) Both times was on a game farm (ranch) which is very common in South Africa. The owners had a basic meat processing facility on the ranch. There is a large market for game meat in South Africa. The meat from all of the animals taken on the property is sold into the game meat market. None of it went to waste. We even had White Rhino sausage one day for lunch! (I didn't shoot the Rhino. The meat was from a previous hunt on the property.)

Also, it's not just in Africa. Here in Texas we have the Hunters for the Hungry program.

"[Dec. 30, 2004] As part of the Texas Association of Community Action Agencies (TACAA), HFTH not only works with volunteer hunters who donate their meat, but many meat processing companies and food distributing companies across Texas are involved in getting the food out to the needy. During the past hunting season, Texas hunters, meat processors and other program supporters joined forces to donate almost 127,000 pounds of wild game (almost 508,000 servings) to help families struggling to make ends meet."

Here's a couple of links with more information:
http://www.countryworldnews.com/Editorial/CTX/2004/ct1230hunters.htm
http://www.deertexas.com/hungry.html


The following link has contact information and links for most all of the states:
HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY
NATIONWIDE RESOURCES
http://www.nrahq.org/hunting/hungry_nat_list.asp
Contact information for your state of South Carolina is listed.

South Carolina Hunters and Landowners for the Hungry
Phone: 864-585-9218
Email: glynn@campbellsbody.com
(No web site link was listed.)

Sincerely,
-Bob F.