Jared Allen craves the thrill of the hunt
Defensive End Jared Allen, traded from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Minnesota Vikings in April, is featured in a Sporting News article out on a bear hunt with Gary Stueve's 3 Heart Outfitters in northern Idaho:
Allen, who led the NFL in sacks last season and then moved to the Vikings in the biggest trade of the offseason, is an accomplished hunter. He has bagged numerous deer and pheasant in the Midwest, a red stag in New Zealand, even a wild boar--with a knife, no less--in Texas. But this is his first bear hunt, and he's stoked...
Allen, a vacuum cleaner for information, peppers Stueve with questions. Are bears creatures of habit? (Yes.) Do bears travel in packs, or are they loners? (Loners.) What do you call the male and the female? (Boar and sow, just like hogs.) Can I finish off the bear with a knife? (Yes, but it sounds like a really bad idea.)
All in all, an interesting article.
But the reaction on SN's web site is quite something to behold.
Here's a sampling from the comments section on the article:
- So what, he's a redneck, who cares? I don't see why SN is glorifying some dude who goes out and kills animals for the fun of it. What's the matter Allan, nothing hangin' downstairs? You've got to make up for it by shooting bears?
- O yeah really tough guy. He carries a gun to hunt? If you are so tough give the Bear a gun or better yet go caveman & do a hand to hand fight.
- I hope he gets hurt then released. You country verson of Michael Vick. Even thouhg Vick is a maggot (I hope he stays in jail 4 ever) at least the dog has a chance to live. How tough is a guy that sneeks up on a defensless animal? With a rifle? Be a man put the gun down. Loser.
Don't people crack you up?
