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  • Sabrina Corgatelli On Hot Seat After Photos With Dead Giraffe Circulate The Web

    Recently, the killing of Cecil the lion caused uproar on social media. The hunter and dentist by profession, Dr. Walter Palmer became the butt of criticisms and insults after the news came out.

    It seems that news of hunting and killing animals is now a hot topic as another poacher by the name of Sabrina Corgatelli, is making rounds in social media. Corgatelli, from Idaho drew the attention of netizens and animal rights activists after posting photos of her with a dead giraffe and other wild animals she killed on her hunt in South Africa.

    The said photos garnered a lot of criticisms from animal rights activists and ordinary people who were angered by this seemingly inhumane practice. Her collection includes a giraffe a wildebeest, a kudu, a warthog and an impala.

    She said on her Facebook post dated July 25, “Day #2 I got a amazing old Giraffe. Such a amazing animal!! I couldn’t be any happier!! My emotion after getting him was a feeling I will never forget!!!”

    Beautiful Blue Wildebeest. #Africa #racksandridges #huntlikeagirl A photo posted by >>>>—Sabrina Corgatelli—-> (@italianhuntress) on

    Tonight got a HUGE wart hog. 13 inches. What a fun hunt!!! #huntlikeagirl #racksandridges #Africa

    A photo posted by >>>>—Sabrina Corgatelli—-> (@italianhuntress) on

    Truly one of my favorite animals I’m Africa!! So lucky to be here!! #huntlikeagirl #Africa #racksandridges #kudu A photo posted by >>>>—Sabrina Corgatelli—-> (@italianhuntress) on

    Various people from all walks of life lamented and shared their views on the said incident including Ashley Byrne, spokesman for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

    Another celebrity who is very vocal about animal rights, British comedian and activist Ricky Gervais, took to Twitter his feelings regarding the killing and went to describe Corgatelli as a “new extreme ‘untress desperate for publicity”.

    Not only did she receive negative criticisms, some commenters even threatened her job.

    “Everything I’ve done here is legal, so how can you fault somebody because of their hobbies?” Corgatelli expressed as she defended herself against accusers. “How can an employer chastise you for something you do on your personal time that’s legally done?” she added.

    Idaho State University, where Corgatelli is working, released an official statement through the Associated Press and expressed that the choices of the said employee is “not representative of the university”.

  • Eva Shockey Maligned on Social Media for Bear Photos

    Eva Shockey, Canadian co-host of Outdoor Channel series Jim Shockey’s Uncharted, has come under fire after appearing in pictures with a 510-pound black bear her father shot, during a hunting exhibition in North Carolina on November 14.

    Shockey, 26, the first woman to appear on the cover of Field & Stream magazine in three decades, has received death threats from animal rights supporters on her various social media accounts. After posting a couple of pictures with the dead bear, thousands chimed in to convey their disdain for the kill.

    Shockey told FOX News, “I believe with every part of me that what I’m doing is right, so there’s nothing that I’m apologizing for,” while pointing out that in North Carolina, the bear population is rising rapidly. “Obviously we’re not gonna get rid of the humans. … You have to keep the bear population in check.”

    Here are the Facebook posts that riled the indoor types:

    Post by Eva Shockey.

    Post by Eva Shockey.

    While many of the anti-hunting comments were objectively tame, some were a bit overwrought, prompting Shockey to defend her and her father’s actions as avid hunters.

    Post by Eva Shockey.

    Commenting on being the only woman to be featured in a Field & Stream cover photo aside from Queen Elizabeth, Shockey remarked, “it’s a huge, huge honor. It’s really amazing. It doesn’t even really feel real. She’s a really important woman.”

  • Duck Dynasty’s Jep Robertson Almost Dies

    Duck Dynasty star Jep Robertson suffered a seizure while hunting last week and almost died … well at least that’s what Jep says.

    “Well, I about died this past Sunday…I’m doing much better now. Thanks for all the prayers! #seizuresuck #gladtobealive,” Jep, the youngest son of the family patriarch Phil Robertson and his wife Kay Robertson, tweeted on Saturday, October 25.

    “Earlier this week while deer hunting, Jep suffered from a seizure,” the family said in a statement to E! News. “Thankfully, he was in the stand with friends, and [brother] Willie was at the hunting camp when it occurred so he was by his side in a matter of minutes.”

    Luckily, Jep was hunting with his brother Willie, who was able to get him to a local hospital for treatment. The cause of the seizure has not been determined.

    “He is doing well now, but is still in the hospital for additional tests and observation and he is being treated with antibiotics to cover a range of possible infections believed to have caused the seizure,” the statement added.

    “Our family would like to thank everyone for their love and support and ask that you keep Jep, Jessica and their children in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” the family continued.

    Thankfully, the 36-year-old father of four is on the mend and is expected to make a full recovery.

    Season seven of Duck Dynasty is set to premiere on A&E on November 19.

  • Albino Buck: 11-Year-Old Kills Rare Deer

    How often is it that an 11-year-old hunter kills a 12-point albino buck, or a 12-point buck at all for that matter?

    Not often. However, that is exactly what one Oceola Township, Michigan boy did while was hunting with his father earlier this month.

    Gavin Dingman and his father Mick Dingman were on a hunting trip when Gavin shot and killed the rare deer with his crossbow on.

    The albino deer was known among the families in the town and several other hunters were on the look out for it. Lucky for Gavin, it was his turn to hunt with his father and he got to it before the other guys.

    “The whole neighborhood is familiar with it. Quite a few of the guys in the neighborhood were trying to get it,” Mick Dingman told USA Today.

    Gavin took a photo with his prized kill and it has since gone viral. Of course there has been mixed emotions over the photo with some animal rights activists upset that the animal was killed and others congratulating him for his harvest.

    “He kind of feels like a rock star right now. Everyone is calling, all of the hunting shows and hunting magazines,” Mick said.

    Gavin admits that he was nervous about taking the shot, even though this wasn’t his first deer.

    “My dad was just like, ‘Take a deep breath. Are you sure you can take the shot? If you’re not 100 percent, we don’t want to injure it’… I double-lunged it,” Gavin recalled of his 30-yard shot.

    To celebrate, Mick plans on having the deer placed in a full-body. “It’s too rare and too pretty not to spend the extra money and have the whole thing done,” Mick said.

  • 500-Pound Wild Boar is Killed by North Carolina Hunter

    North Carolina hunter Jett Webb’s freezer is sure to be overflowing with pork after killing a 500-pound wild boar last month. The hunter reportedly killed the 8-foot long animal in Bertie County on land leased by the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club. The hunter says that the boar had been spotted by other hunters, and now he is the envy of his hunting club as he was able to use his 308-caliber rifle to take the boar down with just one shot.

    “It was very surreal,” said Webb. “It was a shock. It was very humbling to say the least, when you walk up on a beast that big and you say, ‘Oh my gosh. I had no idea that there could be something that big running around the woods of Eastern North Carolina.’”

    Check out a photo of the 500-pound wild boar below.

    While Webb has killed other large wild boars before, which he mounted as trophies, he said this 500-pound wild boar will be used to feed his family. “We’re not going to waste anything,” Webb said. “So that pig will provide food for me and my family for a good year.” Hopefully the meat from the boar will go a long ways towards offsetting Webb’s hunting club membership fee, which is $6,000 per year.

    As shocked as the hunter was to gun down a wild boar of this size, he has also been very surprised by the amount of attention he has received after the word of him bagging the 500-pound wild boar circulated.

    “Channel 9 was actually the first to break it news-wise as far as doing a video clip on it. And from there, it’s just spun up out of control, to say the least,” said Webb. “I’ve been contacted by CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, I mean they’ve done segments on their evening news. I’m just kind of taken back by it just being a country boy from ENC trying to put a little meat in his freezer.”

    Amazingly enough, as large as the wild boar Webb killed is, the animal is less than half the size of the boar an Alabama boy killed in 2007. Then eleven-year-old Jamison Stone killed a wild hog that weighed in at 1,051 pounds and was a shocking 9 feet, 4 inches long. While Webb took out his boar with a rifle, the pre-teen killed his boar with a pistol. Check out a photo of the young man’s massive beast below.

    Image via YouTube

  • North Carolinian Hunter Kills 500lb Hog

    Every now and then our inner child jumps around like a relapsing drug addict on planet cocaine when the news showcases a wild beast like Big Foot or the Mothman that ‘proves’ to us that monsters DO exist and reality is truly stranger than fiction. Unfortunately, a lot of the times, we grow up, we learn then that news is sometimes augmented, and much like a bitter parent who tells us Santa isn’t real, we later find the magic to vanish.

    But wait!

    A 34-year old Conetoe, North Carolina resident and hunter named Jett Webb has bagged a beast last month: an 8-foot long, 500-pound wild boar pig. Webb first spotted the swine romping around in the manly woods of White Oak Ranch Hunting Club in Bertie County on February 28th.

    “The Mohawk down the back, the tusks really lean, the muscular big front end,” Webb said. “This is far from a domesticated docile pig that we’re used to.” Webb told WNCT-TV.

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    A few years ago, the animal was captured on trail camera footage – avid hunters failed to gun down the beast, until now.

    With the .308-caliber AR-15’s stock tucked in his shoulder, a calculating Webb drew a bead on the gallivanting beast from 50 yards away, tensed his index finger, and sunk one fatal bullet in one of Mother Nature’s many monstrosities.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r6gBGTkPm0

    “It was very surreal.”

    “It was a shock. It was very humbling to say the least, when you walk up on a beast that big and you say, ‘Oh my gosh. I had no idea that there could be something that big running around the woods of Eastern North Carolina.’”

    Mike Mansell, president of the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club noted the rarity of the hog’s size: “It takes your breath away for a second to realize how big this hog is.”

    “It took up the entire bed of the pick-up truck.”

    Mansell also said the wild boar population is a community of beasts that will never die: “They’re a species that is invasive. Once you have them, you’re not going to get rid of them. They just continue to multiply.”

    Webb has hunted “a similar-sized” monster pig before, and, proudly displays its mounted head on a wall of the White Oak Ranch Hunting club. The other swine will be going in the stomachs of him and his family:

    “We’re not going to waste anything,” Webb said.

    “So that pig will provide food for me and my family for a good year.”

    Webb swears the picture isn’t photoshopped.

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    For you doubters, such big cases of fatty creatures aren’t unheard of; the rise and fall of the 800-pound boar named Hogzilla happened in Alapaha, Georgia in 2005, and was the subject of a National Geographic documentary.

    Images via White Oak Ranch Hunting Club

  • Richard Cabela, Co-Founder of Cabela’s, Dies at 77

    On Monday, the hunting and outdoor sports worlds lost one of its leading supporters when Richard Cabela, the co-founder of outdoor gear retailer Cabela’s, died at his home in Sidney, Nebraska at age 77.

    In 1961, Richard, better known as Dick, along with his wife, Mary, and his brother, Jim, unintentionally started one of the most successful American businesses to date. After purchasing $45 worth of fly-fishing lures on a business trip to Chicago and realizing that the lures would not sell in his family’s furniture and home-goods store, Dick decided to sell the lures in a different manner – through the mail. Cabela’s first successful ad for selling the lures appeared in Sports Afield magazine and read: “FREE introductory offer!!! 5 popular Grade A hand-tied flies. Send 25c for postage and handling …”

    While the Cabelas did not make any money off of this promotion, they did learn a successful and efficient business tactic. When orders for the lures came in, Mary took all of the names and addresses and wrote them down on recipe cards, creating a database of potential future customers. Using this crucial information obtained from his lure promotion, Dick Cabela would purchase more fishing gear and showcase it in a 3-page mimeographed catalog, which would then be mailed out to those who had placed an order for Cabela’s original ad.

    This mail-order business quickly took off and led to the creation of Cabela’s catalog, which eventually evolved into the development of 50 retail stores across the United States and Canada. For the 2013 fiscal year, Cabela’s overall sales raked in $3.6 billion in revenue.

    Cabela’s retailers have actually seen a rise in business over the last 4 years, mainly thanks to President Obama. Following Obama’s second election, many outdoor enthusiasts and gun-rights activists feared that the federal government would begin to take away gun rights. As a result, sales of guns and ammunition exploded in 2012. These sales would account for approximately 1/5 of Cabela’s $3.6 billion in revenue for 2013 and would help raise the value of Cabela’s market shares by 92 percent.

    Aside from being a business mogul, Dick Cabela was also an avid hunter and gun-rights activist. In 2012, Cabela’s was honored by the NRA for being one of the first businesses to donate more than $1 million to the organization. When asked why he supported the NRA so fervently, Cabela would often reply, “Some of these countries have no freedom, and a lot of that comes down to the right to bear arms.”

    Not only did Dick Cabela bear arms, he also used them with great alacrity. Cabela was a big-game hunter who built a 15,000 square foot trophy room in his house, showcasing taxidermied elephants, giraffes, and rhinoceroses. When he heard that Africa was going to outlaw the hunting of elephants, Cabela responded by stating, “I told Mary, we’d better go shoot an elephant before we can’t do it anymore.”

    Dick Cabela is survived by his wife and 9 children, along with 2 sisters and 3 brothers.

    Image via YouTube

  • Comedian Jay Leggett Dies After Day of Hunting

    Actor, comedian, and writer Jay Leggett has died.

    Leggett, who lived(image) in Los Angeles, but was visiting his native Tomahawk, Wisconsin, collapsed and died Saturday after a day of hunting, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department has reported. He was 50.

    Emergency crews were called to a cabin in Tomahawk shortly after 4 p.m., arriving to find family members performing CPR on Leggett, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release. Paramedics continued the effort until it was determined that Leggett could not be saved. The Lincoln County Coronor responded to the scene and pronounced Leggett dead of natural causes.

    Leggett used his upbringing and his love for northern Wisconsin culture as a foundation for his humor.

    In the late 1990s and early 1980s, Leggett honed his performing style in Chicago’s Improv Olympic comedy troupe, the same group that included performers such as Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Chris Farley.

    Leggett performed in a string television shows, including “In Living Color”, “Ally McBeal” and “NYPD Blue.” He also acted, wrote and produced movies including “Employee of the Month” and “Without a Paddle.”

    Image via Twitter

  • Woman Kills a Lion and Posts a Photo to Facebook

    Woman Kills a Lion and Posts a Photo to Facebook

    Melissa Bachman, a TV presenter based out of Minnesota, found herself facing a great deal of backlash after posting a photo of one of her most recent hunts to Facebook. Bachman enjoys hunting large game and posted a photo of herself with a lion she had just shot and killed in South Africa (above). Now, not only is she catching a lot flak on most social networking websites, a petition has been started to ban her from South Africa.

    Bachman has been hunting since she was a kid. According to her website, Bachman has been working for North American Hunter for the past few years, a company she films her hunts from around the world for. Check out a video she uploaded of a bear she hunted below.

    After Bachman posted the photo of the lion she killed in South Africa on Facebook, people were outraged. She has been called “barbaric” and “pathetic,” among other things, on Facebook and Twitter.

    While Bachman has been the subject of controversy in the past for killing animals as trophies, it appears this is the first time anyone has tried to bar her from entering another country. Elan Burman from Cape Town, South Africa started a petition on Change.org to deny her further entrance into the country:

    Melissa Bachman has made a career out of hunting wildlife, for pure sport. Her antics are captured extensively on her personal website: http://www.melissabachman.com/. She is an absolute contradiction to the culture of conservation, this country prides itself on. Her latest Facebook post features her with a lion she has just executed and murdered in our country.

    So far, the petition has almost 30,000 signatures. Bachman hasn’t responded to petition or the nasty comments yet, but she has deactivated her personal Twitter account. Do you have a problem with the animals Bachman hunts? Add your comments below.

    Judging from Bachman’s Facebook page, it appears she has been quite busy hunting over the past few weeks. Check out some of her other kills:

    Post by Melissa Bachman.

    Post by Melissa Bachman.

    Post by Melissa Bachman.

    [Image via Facebook]

  • Colorado Considers Ban on Hunting Drones

    As communities across the country weigh in on how to handle new drone technology used for hunting, Colorado is considering a ban on the use of unmanned aircraft to help sportsmen seek out game.

    Federal law has banned hunting from the air for over 4 decades now, according to Randy Hampton, spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Hampton pointed out that there is an escalation of drone aircraft being manufactured in the U.S., and added, “We want to make it clear what the rules and regulations are with this new technology.”

    Below is a clip of a Parrot AR Drone chasing deer:

    At present, federal law states that a hunting party must wait 48 hours to engage game after a scouting flyover has been conducted, which coincides with a “fair chase” unspoken law that hunters abide by. The emerging drone technology has complicated standing regulations, and Hampton says that a drone ban would be a part of an updated package of new regulations that lawmakers will vote on early next year. Any new laws would go into effect in time for the 2014 hunting season in Colorado. The state rakes in roughly $404 million per annum, via hunting license fees, equipment sales, outfitting and lodging.

    In related news, a small Colorado town called Deer Trail, Colorado, had recently considered an ordinance that would allow hunters in the area to shoot down drones. The town even voted on a bounty for recovered drones. Deer Trail resident, Phillip Steel, who drafted the ordinance, said, “We do not want drones in town. They fly in town, they get shot down.” The FAA went on to quickly point out that shooting a drone out of the sky is obviously a dangerous activity, and is against the law.

    The U.S. military has long used weaponized drones for reconnaissance and battlefield excursions, but now one can buy a little drone at middle-of-the-mall kiosk for relatively cheap.

    These sort of scary RC drones might soon be banned on Colorado hunting trips:

    Still, for now one can only purchase a novelty Deer Trail drone-hunting license, and hope the drones don’t someday become self-aware. “It is a statement, but really just a novelty that could generate interest in the town and bring in some money through festivals or something like that,” town clerk Kim Oldfield said. “It wouldn’t allow people to shoot things out of the sky.”

    Image via Wikimedia Commons.

  • Small Town To Consider Hunting Season On Drones

    KJRH reports that the small town of Deer Trail, Colorado, will be considering an possible ordinance that would allow hunters in the area to shoot down drones. The town council will be voting on the ordinance that would also provide for a bounty when a local licensed hunter shows pieces of a drone he has shot.

    Deer Trail resident, Phillip Steel, drafted the ordinance. “We do not want drones in town,” said Steel. “They fly in town, they get shot down.”

    The proposed ordinance, made possible by only 26 required petition signatures in the small town, reads:

    The Town of Deer Trail shall issue a reward of $100 to any shooter who presents a valid hunting license and the following identifiable parts of an unmanned aerial vehicle whose markings and configuration are consistent with those used on any similar craft known to be owned or operated by the United States federal government.

    When asked if he had ever seen any drones in the area, Steel agreed that he had not, but said, “This is a very symbolic ordinance. Basically, I do not believe in the idea of a surveillance society, and I believe we are heading that way.”

    If the town board were to pass such an ordinance, it would sell “drone hunting licenses” online for $25. And here is where the whole thing goes from symbolic, if not outright silly, to a make-sense money machine.

    “They’ll sell like hot cakes, and it would be a real drone hunting license,” said Steel, “It could be a huge moneymaker for the town.”

    Town board member David Boyd said, “Even if a tiny percentage of people get online (for a) drone license, that’s cool. That’s a lot of money to a small town like us,”said Boyd. “Could be known for it as well, which probably might be a mixed blessing, but what the heck?”

    Deer Trail, Town clerk, Kim Oldfield said, “I can see it as a benefit, monetarily speaking, because of the novelty of the ordinance.”

    It all sounded like a neat little way to make a statement, and maybe make a little money for the town when people all over the country logged on to buy their bona fide Drone Hunting License (valid only in Deer Trail, Colorado). Then the FAA got wind of the plan and issued a statement. The statement said, in part:

    [A drone] hit by gunfire could crash, causing damage to persons or property on the ground, or it could collide with other objects in the air. Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in criminal or civil liability, just as would firing at a manned airplane.

  • Guy Amazingly Catches Flying Bird In Midair

    You don’t see people catching flying birds in midair everyday. FB-Rambo uploaded this video of a hunter that does just that to LiveLeak on Monday, and it has quickly become one of the top videos currently on reddit.

  • Humans Wiped Out Tiger, Not Disease, Shows Study

    A new study from the University of Adelaide has shown that humans, not diseases, were responsible for the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger.

    The Tasmanian tiger, also known as thylacine, was a marsupial carnivore found in Tasmania until the species went extinct in the 1930s. According to researchers, the Tasmanian government encouraged the hunting of the animals from 1886 until 1909, paying bounties for thylacine carcasses. The last known wild Tasmanian tiger was captured in 1933.

    “Many people, however, believe that bounty hunting alone could not have driven the thylacine extinct and therefore claim that an unknown disease epidemic must have been responsible,” said Thomas Prowse, leader of the project and a research associate at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Environment Institute. “We tested this claim by developing a ‘metamodel’ – a network of linked species models – that evaluated whether the combined impacts of Europeans could have exterminated the thylacine, without any disease.”

    The researchers used a modified version of mathematical models developed by conservation biologists to simulate extinction risks to populations of endangered species, called a population viability analysis (PVA). Prowse and his colleagues added species interactions to the normal PVA model.

    “The new model simulated the directs effects of bounty hunting and habitat loss and, importantly, also considered the indirect effects of a reduction in the thylacine’s prey (kangaroos and wallabies) due to human harvesting and competition from millions of introduced sheep,” said Prowse. “We found we could simulate the thylacine extinction, including the observed rapid population crash after 1905, without the need to invoke a mystery disease. We showed that the negative impacts of European settlement were powerful enough that, even without any disease epidemic, the species couldn’t escape extinction.”

    (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

  • New Far Cry 3 Trailer Shows Off Gambling, Hunting, and Crafting

    Though pre-orderers may still be despairing that Far Cry 3’s release date was pushed back to the far edge of the holiday season, it is still one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year. The open-world first person shooter promises a dark, mature story, amazing graphics, and plenty of sadistic violence.

    Today Ubisoft released yet another trailer for Far Cry 3, this time highlighting just how much freedom players will have to wander around the island they find themselves on. In-between the regularly-scheduled evisceration sessions with the local warlord’s henchmen, players will be able to participate in a variety of tasks and mini-games to help improve their characters. Some of the side-quests shown in the trailer include hunting, crafting, gambling, and being a delivery boy. Bears, leopards, and crocodiles are shown as hunt-able local wildlife.

  • Donald Trump Insists “Apprentice” Sponsors Not Pulling Out

    As reported yesterday, rumors have been flying concerning major sponsors withdrawing from Donald Trump’s reality show “Celebrity Apprentice” after a scandal erupted around his sons earlier this week.

    The brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, are at the center of a controversy after photos were released of a hunting trip they took in Africa last year which showed them standing beside the carcasses of various animals they’d killed. Though they insist that none of the animals were endangered and that all the meat was given to nearby villages, many people–including the animal rights group PETA–are outraged at what they consider to be animal cruelty, and that reportedly includes at least one sponsor of “Celebrity Apprentice”.

    Camping World and Good Sam CEO Marcus Lemonis reportedly told TMZ yesterday that he was “shocked” by the photos and that even though his company Camping World had already run ads on the show this season, he wouldn’t be spending any more money to support them.

    But Donald Trump Sr. says that just isn’t true. In a phone interview with TMZ today, he claimed that not one sponsor has pulled their funding from his show, including Good Sam. In fact, he said, the company is “thrilled to be on board” and is looking forward to the episode in which their ads run. The episode airs next month.

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    Trump also said he doesn’t personally believe in hunting but that he believes his sons didn’t do anything wrong on their safari.

    Reps for Camping World and Good Sam could not be reached for comment.

  • Major “Celebrity Apprentice” Sponsor Pulls Out Over Trump Sons Hunting Scandal

    Donald Trump’s sons are causing him quite a bit of trouble this week with something that happened a year ago.

    While on a trip to Africa with the company Hunting Legends, the younger Trumps–Donald Jr. and Eric–posed for numerous photos beside animals they had killed, which included an elephant, crocodile, kudu, civet cat and waterbuck. When the photos were released recently, public outrage over the hunting trip began immediately and spread to all facets of social media, causing Eric and Donald Jr. to issue statements and angry tweets in their defense. Jr. claims that the brothers both grew up hunting with their family and that the meat from their victims didn’t go to waste as it was distributed to members of local villages.

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @Cyn90 u think we wasted the meat? It fed a village for a month.(image) 2 days ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @CiruCougar I am only going after those who go after me first.(image) 2 days ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @meowmers11 that’s your opinion. I didn’t know u decided what’s justifiable. For me if the meat is eaten its all good.(image) 2 days ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    The reasoning behind their actions doesn’t interest some people, however, including a major sponsor of their father’s show “Celebrity Apprentice” (a reality show on which both brothers appear). Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis says that his ads have already run on this season of “Celebrity Apprentice”, but that doesn’t mean he will support the show with another penny.

    The businessman told TMZ today that he is “totally disgusted by the [hunting] pics I have seen and was surprised to see them … Money is spent but wow I’m really shocked.”

    Trump Sr. claims that he is against hunting and has never gone himself, and was planning to talk to his sons about their decisions when he got the chance. Perhaps sooner rather than later would have been a good idea.

    Image credit: TMZ

  • Donald Trump’s Sons In Hot Water Over Hunting Pics

    Donald Trump claims to be against hunting for sport, but his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, apparently don’t feel the same way. The two have come under fire for recent photos emerging from their vacation to Africa last year, which show the young men standing beside various animal carcasses with their weapons. Trump told TMZ that his sons have “become good at it” and that “anything they did was 100% ok in terms of the hunting community”. The tycoon has no problem with it, but lots of other people do.

    The animal rights group PETA has already spoken out about the photos, which were posted on a website called HuntingLegends.com, telling The Daily News “If the young Trumps are looking for a thrill, perhaps they should consider skydiving, bungee jumping, or even following in their anti-hunting father’s footsteps and taking down competing businesses—not wild animals.” The images have since been removed from the website.

    Donald Jr. and Eric, who both appear on their father’s reality show “Celebrity Apprentice”, issued a joint statement to E! News, defending their actions by saying they grew up hunting with their grandfather and were taught that nothing should go to waste, which is why they gave the meat to nearby villages.

    Trump Jr. has also taken to Twitter to defend himself and his brother, saying the media has spun their own view on what happened.

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @EspresStilettos if u knew anything about it you would realize nothing we hunt is endangered that’s just how its spun by anti hunters(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @mcollake because the media make thing out to be worse than they are. They said it was in a fence it wasn’t they say meat is wasted it wasnt(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Donald Trump Jr.    @iamGenteel I am not going to be gracious when attacked 4 doing what I do when it is legal. People can disagree w it but i will attack back(image) 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Some supporters are rallying around the younger Trumps, however, and are making their support known through tweets.

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    Mandy Collake    @DonaldJTrumpJr then I dont see the issue here with u hunting. If you are eating or donating the meats I dont c a problem. Why the uproar?(image) 1 day ago via Twitter for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Jimmy Simpson    @DonaldJTrumpJr Thank you for supporting the people of Zimbabwe by ethically and legally hunting there. I’m sure many people were thankful.(image) 1 day ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    It’s a sensitive topic, for sure, and there will always be opposing sides, but for now the family stands by their actions despite all the criticism, in true Trump style. Donald Sr. addresses his sons’ actions in this video with Access Hollywood:

  • Using Social Media To Get Work

    Using Social Media To Get Work

    If you prefer to live in the real world you will agree that the job situation in the US is not getting better any time soon. If there are any political pundit types out there who want to duke it out about the what’s and why’s of this situation that’s fine. I’m just stating a fact.

    This reality of the times we live in is played out all the time across social media channels. In particular, LinkedIn is the recruiters haven of social media as headhunters who collect connections like the business version of baseball cards. Collect’em all and trade with your friends who need a new VP of something or other. Hey, I’ll trade a VP of Biz Dev for two Directors of marketing!

    Of course, you can’t expect something as current and pervasive as extreme unemployment to escape the grip of Twitter. The social media powerhouse is still figuring out those revenue thingys while other are using it for more and more practical purposes (that generate a penny for the company).

    The newest is TwitJobSearch. We learn more from the New York Times technology blog Bits.

    In the last month, 340,000 jobs have been listed on Twitter, said William Fischer, co-founder of WorkDigital, which created TwitJobSearch, a site that searches Twitter for jobs.

    The latest tool that job hunters can use to find openings is called JobDeck, a new product from TwitJobSearch and TweetDeck, a desktop Twitter application.

    TwitJobSearch scans Twitter for job postings by paying attention to the context in which employment-related keywords appear. For example, if a Tweet links to a story about the construction industry losing jobs, that should not show up on the list. If a Tweet says there is a job listing for an assistant to the vice president, the search engine needs to categorize it under openings for assistants, not vice presidents.

    There are many early success stories in using Twitter as a job search tool and recruiting tool. JobDeck even pulls job listings from LinkedIn. This all makes sense especially of you are looking for some help with social related activities since those using the service are already at least on the platform. It doesn’t stop there though as the opportunities for many different jobs are popping up on Twitter.

    The article gave this quick sketch of a real success story.

    On Jan. 7, Richard Barton, chief executive of the real estate Web site Zillow.com, fired off this Tweet: “Greg Slyngstad & I are cooking up a consumer internet startup. R U our founding CTO? Seeking smart, passionate team-builder.” (Mr. Slyngstad and Mr. Barton helped start Expedia together.)

    “We were deluged with résumés,” Mr. Barton said. “It’s the most powerful recruiting tool I’ve ever used.”

    He has also hired three Zillow employees using Twitter, including its new marketing director. Mr. Barton says Twitter is especially useful for job announcements because, unlike e-mail, recipients do not need to respond unless they are interested in applying or know someone who might be.

    So if you are in the market for a job or are looking for new job opportunities don’t discount Twitter as a great resource. Just be ready to make that first impression in 140 characters or less.

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