Does anyone else think this article has an agenda?

Question

I think it is weird that someone would only list hunting as a more stressful activity than a treadmill. Aren't there a lot of activities that strain the heart more than a walk on a flat surface? Yet they seem to single this out, with no real groundbreaking data or stunning statistics. I dunno. What do you guys think?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/hl_nm/deer_risk_dc

Answer 1

Try this on for size.
June 2001 I was rushed to the local hospital.
Diagnoses was I was having a massive heart attack.
Life Flight was called in to rush me to a major hospital in Tulsa Okla.
I died in flight, just before they hit me with the paddles my heart started again on its own.
I was then rushed in to surgery at which time I died 2 more times.
According to the doctor I died 3 times on record.
2 days later I was given the news that I was not expected to live 6 months by my heart surgeon.
He stated that my heart was trying to explode in my chest.

This same doctor told me I would have to eat a lot more Chicken, in front of the doctor, nurses, my family and GOD I told that doctor that he had a better chance of sticking a chicken up my @ss alive as to try and feed me one.

The doctor then asked what I do for a hobby, I said I hunt.
The doctor asked did I eat the meat, I said yes.
That same doctor (heart surgeon) told me wild game was better for me then even chicken, to eat it more often.

When he asked how, I hunt I told him I usually pack all my gear 1 ½ to 2 miles back to get away from the NUTS.

That doctor then prescribed hunting as my exercise regiment for my health.

Last deer season I turned 48 years old and had to drag 6 deer any where from 1 ½ to 2 miles plus my weapon, day pack and Summit climbing tree stand.
Not to mention that I’m a disabled vet that did a free fall of 180 feet to earth with a 40 pound rucksack and a M 60 machinegun loaded.
It was not hunting that messed up my knees and back, it was Landing with that load.

Now if my math is correct, I made it past the 6 month mark by a day or two.

I’m going to print that article just so my doctor can have a good laugh.

Any one wont to make a wager that I wont be in the woods dragging deer out this year, just let me know.

Well ok I wont have to drag them that far any more, I just started hunting lease this year.

D58


Hunting with Rifle, Pistol, Muzzle loader and Bow for over 3 decades.
Reloading Rifle, Pistol and shotgun for over 3 decades.

Answer 2

Without even reading the article I can tell you why. When you use a treadmill the stress is gradually built up. First you walk then work up to running. When hunting you sit still and your heart slows then all of a sudden its racing because you just shot and chased and animal. That ain't good for people with weak hearts.

Answer 3

The point of the article is to imply that a lot of hunters are overweight and only excercise when they are enjoying their sport. The article is biased in the sense that it also implies that hunters are fat guys who use smokeless tobacco (which is very bad for your heart) and sit on the couch and do not get good cardiovascular excercise on a daily basis. I would not suggest that the article is "anti-hunting". That would be stretching it a bit. Garfield made a good point as well.

Answer 4

First off, I will state I didn't read the article. I will not change my habits to suit some one else' thinking on the subject. I will continue to hunt, and I will continue to shun the use of treadmills. D58 has it nailed. Hey, it may kill us to hunt, but everybody has to die from something, so it just as well be something we enjoy doing.
I quit worrying about all those studies when I learned about the test procedure they used on the rats when saccharin gave them cancer. In order for you to get the concentration of saccharin they gave the rats, you would have to drink a case of diet soda a day for 3 years.

Answer 5

Might depend on where and what you hunt. I live in South Dakota and the conditions are hardly a "walk on flat surface," LOL!! How about hunting elk in the steep mountains, up in the thin air for starters? How about dragging a deer out of the woods? Hunting late season pheasants is pretty tough as you walk through chest deep thick cattails in big snow drifts. And finally, my favorite is walking 300 yards while wearing waders through boot-sucking heart attack mud. This is the kind of mud in the sloughs here that you sink in to your knees and then have to pull your leg back out for another step. Crying out loud, it would be less work to carry the stupid treadmill up four flights of stairs on your back than try to put out decoys in that gumbo mud. For the record, I've never done the kind of hunting where you ride an ATV out to an elevated deer stand and sit around drinking coffee.


Kent in SD

Answer 6

So what they are saying is "Hard Work" can kill ya?

Wow, my Dad was wrong for all those years!


This is just the daily anti-hunter, anti-gun owner, anti-rural folks, anti-Christian, anti-white guy crap the media puts out on a daily basis.

I was a journalism major in college and worked in the field for about 5 years. It's dominated by leftist, liberal, urban atheist who, if they happen to be white, have a lot of "guilt" about it and overcompensate by always bashing what they see as "redneck culture".

Since I'm of mixed ethnicity, being half ndn, they didn't like me because I would never buy in to their anti-redneck agendas and thought Ronald Reagan was the greatest president ever.

Look, you will find a story like this every day. Every day. And they call me paranoid......

Answer 7

of courese it has an agenda
but i want to see a study that shows the heart beat relitive to the rack size of the buck.
I have 1 nice 9 point on the wall I stuck a few years back with a bow when I fianlly walked up on him the size of his rack my heart nearly jumped out of my chest i had to sit for a minute to get my heart rate down., had nothing to do with walking

Answer 8

These days, everything is bad for you, just depends on who you talk to. If I die while hunting, at least I will be doing something I enjoy.

Answer 9

well... hunting would maybe get your heartrate up because of the excitement involved, but the treadmill is more stressful on your body. so you decide

Answer 10

I'd rather die do something I love, than sitting around wishing I had some venison jerky.