Takes every girl back to that special moment they got their first crossbow.
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this photo should be called “the family that slays together, stays together.”
Virtual five for the Venture reference.
best comment. thank you.
Agree.
Why should it be called that? That’s stupid! Did you know that hunters are one of the best helps to animals?! They cull the inferior and bad animals so that better breeding will be passed down. You should not make fun of people who are helping the enviroment. You should try sometime.
While this is true with animal hunters (like wolves, lions, etc) who prey upon the weak animals, it is not true with humans. How many human hunters and fishers do you know that brag about catching a sickly deer or a really small, weak fish? Human hunters are out there to hunt big bucks, or “land the big one!” So, in essence, they are really a detriment as they are killing all the strong animals with good genes.
If humans had not killed off so many of the natural predators, then these animals would be around to take care of the overpopulation and other problems. Your argument is a good one, but misplaced, because human hunters aim for big prey, not weaklings.
Bzzzz….wrong! Most wildlife management plans consist of consistent hunting to reduce the weaker links. What you see is tv hunting which, duh, who wants to see a management hunt where some puny buck or old grandma deer who keeps having deformed babies is taken? Once again, someone taking a VERY small percentage of hunters and assuming the worst about the whole lot because of what TV, PETA and etc. are saying. For the most part, hunters care quite a lot about the particular species they are concerned with hunting and about preserving the superior stock.
Also, honest hunters, not poachers, are typically the ones who make the first and most vocal call to stop allowing hunting a species to preserve it.
Finally, studies in the former Soviet Union have actually shown that wolves will bypass a sickly caribou for a healthier one and near the Caspian sea wolves killed, but didn’t eat numerous seals. So much for your theory, huh?
I live in Michigan. I happen to know for a fact that hunters go out with intentions of making the biggest kill possible. Many hunters are compassionate enough to kill a sick or injured animal if they see one, but they do not hunt for them specifically. I’m not saying that hunters do not care about wildlife, but they do hunt for trophies. Wildlife conservationists are the ones concerned with eliminating “weak links” and preserving the strongest in the species. I do have firsthand knowledge on this subject; it does not come from hunting TV, but from real life. I do not know if the hunters that you know are only concerned with killing sick and weak animals, but I have yet to meet one with said intentions.
I gotta say, when I hunt, I go for the biggest fattest doe. It helps reduce the number of breeding females and gives a lot of good meat. I mirror Cassie’s reply. Most people hunt for the big bucks, I hunt for meat, that means fat does. I definitely do not want to be eating meat of a sick animal. Who would? They should die off anyway, and if they dont, maybe they do have some good genes to pass along.
Well, my hubby’s a Wildlife Biologist, so I’m just going off of how he hunts and how he sets up management plans for ranches in the area. (He does private consulting for 5,000+ acre ranches, mostly for muledeer now, since we live in their territory, but prior to this he worked mostly on ranches with large whitetail populations.) Even the King Ranch has management hunts to cut down poor genetics; how do you think they got their big bucks? Through a breeding and management program. (My interpretation of “management” is that weaker specimens are either killed or driven off the property in some way.) I’m not saying my hubby and the rest of the wildlife biologist community only hunts for sick, weak animals, I’m just saying that hunters concerned with promoting the good breeding stock will bypass them for poorer specimens to keep the good blood lines alive. My hubby will take a monster animal when the time is right, but that’s not what he only hunts for. On his family’s ranch in S. Texas, he only allows hunters to take older, spent-out does and cull bucks until the monster buck population starts thriving. In my opinion, no, not every hunter hunts this way, but the ones that care about the species might consider it every once in a while.
He’s going on a hunt this year where the ranch has received from the state parks and wildlife system 300 permits to cut down weak animals. All those permits sold. It is illegal with those permits to consider taking a good deer. If every hunter hunts for the big prize, why did they sell out?
“He’s going on a hunt this year where the ranch has received from the state parks and wildlife system 300 permits to cut down weak animals. All those permits sold. It is illegal with those permits to consider taking a good deer. If every hunter hunts for the big prize, why did they sell out?”
Practice, duh. I also live in South Texas, and know a LOT of hunters. Anytime they can buy a pass to hunt before the season opens, even if its to hunt the weaker of the species, they will take it for the practice. Jeez, lighten up, this is not a serious website, it’s just for fun…
Actually the definition of wildlife management is “the art and science of making the land produce wildlife”. Who’s your hubby? Did he go to SFA? If so, when did he graduate? If he is a wildlife biologist in S. Texas I bet I know him!
FYI, idiot I live on a ranch where we kill almost fifty “non-trophy” deer per year. The hunters here only kill the cull bucks or does. The owner of the ranch who doesn’t even come every year is the only one who kills good bucks and he doesn’t even kill one a lot of times. I’ve had plenty of dealings with the Conservation and all of them work to get land owners and hunters to cull bucks so that the good ones genetics will be passed down. My father is one who works on culling the inferior. You’ve probably only seen the stereotypical hunter. The redneck who shoots anything with horns. Not all people are like that. Don’t you even care about that enviroment? If deer weren’t shot every year they could become extremely numerous and destroy our crops. There are so many deer that they don’t have enough natural predators to kill them. That’s why they are many hunters who shoot the inferior. And why are you bringing fish into this??? There are like umpteen loads of fish everywhere. BTW, when have you ever seen a weak fish? If it is to weak it won’t even go after the bait, duh. Well that’s all I have to say. And if what i said made you think…well that’s good. Because that’s the only reason I wrote it. Yes, I do believe in those things, but I’m not as severe as it may seem. I wanted to see if there were some people out there who weren’t wackjob liberals. I thought it was funny too, but I wanted to get people thinking on the subject. *sigh* I should be in debate.
TeeHee, Get over it. You are being over-sensitive. It was a joke and as an avid hunter myself (yes & my mother & daughter, too), I thought “the family that slays together, stays together” was hilarious. That picture is whacked!
Seriously it was a joke, GET OVER IT.
I agree with Hunter… it is hilarious! One problem though… I don’t see any crossbow’s in that picture!
Totally. Tee Hee – lighten up! The comment was great. Remember, this is a web-site where families share awkward photos. It was awkward.
Lol hunters are one of the best helps to animals………… that has to one of the stupids things I have ever heard!
Before we start to kill what we beleive to be the “weaker and inferior” of the animal perhaps we need to look at the human race first!
Help the environent…….. hmm I think that there are many more uslefull thing you can do – perhaps you should do a little more research – pref not in the hunters mags!
Where is this world heading with attitudes like this!
You’re an idiot! Hunters don’t kill inferior or bad animals, they simply keep herd numbers down. There is actually debate as to whether or not trophy hunting (only shooting mature animals with good racks) is hurting the gene pool when it comes to producing large racks. Hunting is good for the ecology of the game since humans have eradicated their natural preditors. Also, Matthews makes great bows.
Most importantly, emm isn’t talking **** on hunting, she is merely making a joke about a ridiculous family photo. Chillax!
get over it I guess your a hunter well good for you it is just a name and they are having fun .I also am a hunter quit trying to make hunting political. Admit it it is the rush of the kill not to mention taste great in a pan. So you go girls
Are you people imbeciles? Don’t you think a deer would shoot you if they ever got hold of our guns? Smarten up. It’s us or them.
Since they have no opposable thumbs, I’d have to say good on them if they were able to shoot a gun. Also, I wasn’t aware of such an “us or them” mentality with regard to deer. We’re competitors of some kind? I think SOME hunters use this argument to justify killing, instead of just being honest and calling it a hobby.
If it’s such a good practice, why do we only do it for animals? I know some “inferior and bad” people that need to be culled.
REGARDLESS of who is being made fun of, slay is another word for kill. That’s all that was said here. They may be helping the environment and doing whatever else, but I defy you to tell me that hunters don’t kill.
o rly???
Take a look at the picture…those are all TARGET
Oh just stop it all of you! Go sit in the corner before the Van Helsings start pointing the compound bows!
Also, if you look closely, those are all competition bows, not hunting bows!
ST*U HIPPIES! If you are going out and bagging a deer that you drew a tag on, you are participating in an organized management of wildlife providied to you by your local Fish and Game. Personally, if people around where i live DIDNT hunt, we would have some serious issues. There are SO many damn whitetail and Muleys around here that they eat farmers crops, devistating their income, and come winter, half the damn things starve to death because there is way too many of em and not enough food. So all in all, Fish and Game sells a tag to “Joe Blow”, joe goes and shots a deer( even if it was Bambies mom), Joe has put meat on the table for his family and that is one less deer that is gonna stave this winter and have its meat wasted, or get poached by an angry farmer because he cant keep em out of his field………..
Bambi’s mom tastes wonderful floured and pan fried.
Seriously, people who don’t think hunters help the population are deeply in denial OR have no concept of how wildlife management works OR are just retarded OR all of the above. The sickly deer don’t get much of a chance to reproduce. Big, strong, healthy bucks who can fight off other bucks are the ones who nail the does. The more babies there are, the less food and the more diseases so, HEY GUESS WHAT? More sickly deer. So if you take out a few bucks and does, there is less of a population so more food to go around and fewer diseases. As long as hunting is conducted according to state conservation laws, it’s a good thing for the population even if it happens to suck for the deer who happen to get shot.
LM*O!!!!
What does Emeril think I put in the lasagna I make after my dad goes hunting?
“BAM!!!”
(bi)
I wonder if they’re hunting the endangered Naugapotomus, it must be endangered since I never see anymore naugahyde chairs anymore…and I miss those comfy chairs.
Naugapotomous? Hmmm I always wondered what animal that hyde came from. Thx.
I have made a pilgrimage to this photo.
do you mean a shrine…?
HAHA!!! apparently they set out on a pilgrimage to this photo… really good error.
I’ve made a virtual pilgrimage to this shrine.
being a non-white male with antlers and a fluffy tail… this picture just made me nervous….
C’mon Bambi….be a sport…..run! Is it bad to say that, as a woman, I too know these are compound bows, not crossbows?
What a funny guy!
S’ok, Matt; they’re vegetarians; they hunt the dreaded Tofutti Beast with those. You have nothing to fear unless you’re soy-based.
Matt you cracked me up with that!!
GOD! xD
thank god they were also able to wear their mathews brand shirts to compliment their bows. i think i see sponsorship in the making!
“mathews: providing your one stop shop for the archery needs of the whole family!”
is this the photo that started all the compound bow jokes?????
The one and only.
Reading way too much into this, but I wonder:
Did the mom and dad meet at an archery range and get together out of fanatical devotion to a common hobby or was the archery thing dad (or mom’s) thing and the spouse took it up as well.
I wonder if, instead of saying “goodbye” in that household, it’s more like: “Godspeed, good husband! May your arrow be true and your quiver never empty!”
“Aye, mine wife, and may your eye be as of the eagle and your aim that of Artemis this eve upon which we embark on our quest for vile raccoon who hath transgressed upon our yard waste bin.”
Or words to that effect.
Bullseye! Too funny.
Funnier than the photo itself
Awesome!
OMG!!!!!!!! dead on!!!!!!! wonder if dad favors green wool tights.
OMFG That was the funniest thing I’ve read all day, and yes, far better than the picture in it’s own.
I actually envisioned the husband and wife speaking these words as they clasped forearms and placed the other hand on each other’s shoulders!
Just think if they all had crossbows….now that would have been emberrassing.
Even if one of them had a crossbow it would be..
>.<
Crossbow haters!!!
Arrggghh!!!
There are a lot of comments on here… I just added one more! YES!!!! I feel so special!
Speaking as someone whose Christmas phot was a pic of the children sitting on top of hubby’s newly dead bear…what’s wrong with the photo? lol (just for the record have now seen so much of WildTV that am now cheering for the animals…) and btw I do not hunt but I do know those are compound bows not crossbows…which is just plain sad.
I think what’s wrong with this photo is that these people seem to, um, like each other and do something fun together. Horrific, isn’t it?
Well, they have to! If they were as dysfunctional as a normal family, someone would lose an eye!
i thinks its funny that they took the time to take there bows to the photo place to get it done special, that and it whole completely randomness
Is it wrong that I find it adorable that one of the bows is pink?
Is it wrong that I went to see it?
I noticed also. Its the barbie compound bow
Now I had to scroll up to see who had the pink bow. Was just HOPING it was the man. Rats. Now THAT would have been funny.
I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too much to say here, but I FINALLY get all the compound bow comments I’ve been reading on other pix!
JEEZ!
A family that crossbow hunts together, stays together!!!
Well, I know who I’M calling the next time I have to fight French mounted knights at Crecy.
Good one!
This poor guy needs a son – seriously
What for? Apparently, his daughters are faring just fine.
*thumbs way up for Jane*
I second Jane. Or do I third?
Now I get the compound bow jokes! Hilarious. Could someone now explain the regulation size casserole dish jokes? : )
see Thanksgiving Letter
Funniest letter ever penned
or emailed?
i could not be more serious
That pic would have been more awkward with assault rifles
“SAY HELLO TO MY AWKWARD FRIEND!”
Sorry, I don’t think this picture is awkward per se. Okay, they have an unusual hobby, but otherwise, they are good-looking parents with cute kids. There is none of the “I hate these people but am forced to sit uncomfortably close to them” vibe here, like in the truly awkward finds. There are lots of families in which everyone plays the same sport or rides horses — how is this any different? Personally, I’d rather learn archery for a PE credit than play volleyball (and yes, I’m female). I give the parents kudos for teaching their girls to kick ass.
No lie, Jane! My brothers got to play league soccer and camp and lash in Boy Scouts. I was stuck with ballet and a girl scout troop that wanted to learn how to apply makeup. It was debutante training, and I only recently learned how to drive a stick-shift when I rebelled and became a trucker!
Ooh, are you that foxy trucker on Ice Road Truckers?
what makes it awkward is that it’s an entire family posing with something. it doesn’t matter what it is, if you see a photo of a family and every member is wearing theme clothing and holding similar items, it’s awkward. it doesn’t matter what the activity is! and anyway, you can’t possibly think that this guy lives with FOUR female crossbow hunting enthusiasts, can you? one or two, maybe, but four… that’s a stretch.
Why is it hard to believe that a whole family can enjoy the same sport? Believe me, it happens! Maybe not in every family, but for some of us, it works!
I think it would be wise to never really make this family angry. How would you like to be the guy from the Homeowners’ Association having to go over there and telling this guy to mow his yard? Look at smirk on his face! He would probably take him out. Good thing he doesn’t know where I olive, having said that!
And arrows are DAMN hard to trace back to the owner/weapon, unlike bullets. As long as you don’t leave prints or buy hard to find arrows, it’s almost impossible to match an arrow to a bow…….and they’re nice and quiet!!!
And all I got for Christmas was a set of knives!
Don’t get this family angry, they will give you a “compound” fracture
The Van Helsings …. Um … aren’t they that famous family of vampire killers ??? NOW this makes sense… Silver tipped wooden arrows… straight to the heart…
They’re compound bows…Just to clarify one more time. MUahahahahahahaha!
Um, I don’t know if anyone’s said this, but those aren’t really crossbows. I mean, they’re not angry at all.
And crossbows backwards: swobssorc.
Oh god! This reminds me of my family, except two girls instead of three. My dad never had any sons either. I’m so glad I can be honest with my dad and tell him I never want to hunt again. This brings back font memories of my dad creating mock blood trails with red finger nail polish for me and my sister.
I think bright pink and blue bows are going to scare the deer away, just sayin’.
I like the girl with the pink bow. She’ll shoot you but she’ll be very lady like about it
I think they should go to the Thanks Giving dinner and help the guest out with Aunty M.
At least these parents were cool enough not to make their daughters wear their bows in their hair…
Um…Imagine any young gentleman coming a calling and seeing this in the living room. Best deterrant even.
“You want to what to my daughter (or sister)?”
How many deer would a family kill if a family could kill deer? A family would kill as many deer as a family could if a family could kill deer. Sing song this to the woodchuck rhyme.
Wow, an online (and awkward) arguement about a photo. That’s provin’ your case!!!
Those are actually compound bows, not crossbows like what Van Helsing used, which are designed to aim and fire more like a rifle. Just sayin’.
That rocks.
First, there isn’t a crossbow in the lot.
Second, if you think hunting is evil, you’re ef-ing clueless.
Don’t mess with…this family!
Anyonewho actually agrues on a site that is supposed to be funny is whack. You wanna talk debate? Watch CNN or something. But anywhoo, NICE family pic. Priceless. My family never let us use potentially deadly weapons…although, I was always nest to my older sister, so that prolly why.
Too bad they aren’t crossbows. o.O
if you don’t have a crossbow, you’re not allowed to be in the family.
Nothing wrong with being a Mathews Family. My Family could take that same photo. Only we have the hats too. Although I hope someone did look to see if those were loaded. My cousin… He was a good man
why did they photoshop out the crossbows?
okay…..so who is gonna be the first young man to knock on the door and ask one of the young ladies (of dating age) for a date?…….hmmmm?
Why oh why must they make weapons in PINK???? Arrrrraaaaaggggggghhhhhhh!!! Sorry if a girl’s gonna shoot Bambi, she is most definately not a princess. Just sayin…
In N. America, habitat destruction and the overpopulation of humans has done far more damage to predator and prey than any kind of hunting. That said, trophy hunting should be banned. Hunting for meat is ok.
So many assumptions! Perhaps they are practicing for the Olympics!!
Now there’s a guy who said, “I just gotta’ have a son but i guess i’ll stop at three.”
I didn’t bother reading all the posts, so if this has been said already, I apologize.
Those are not crossbows. They’re modern bows, as in Bows & Arrows. Crossbows are decidedly shorter, with bolts maybe a foot in length. They’re for power and precision at long distances, and were better than using longbows.
Those bows in the photo above are very nice. They’re expensive, top of the line bows, so they probably do hunt with them. And they’re probably fairly accurate.
Good going, family! A family that hunts together pays less in the grocery store.
When you have a hobby, do it but don’t feel that it’s a great idea to get the whole family in on it. This is just ghey. $20 says only dad still uses his, the rest sit in a closet probably in Dad’s basement.
oh my got ….
Adam says:
May 11, 2009 at 6:42 am
Those are compound bows, not crossbows.
Still the best.