The Most Dangerous Game

By Alicia Dorr in News on Feb 5, 2007 7:54PM

There are certain hunting practices that totally baffle us. The releasing of the hunted animals in an enclosed place so you are guaranteed to shoot something (like your friend, in the face) has topped our list of pointless and ridiculous hunting practices for some time.

Well, move over, fat-asses-who-can't hunt-and-so-pay-people-to-release-quail-right-in-front-of-you! The newest way to hunt while not actually hunting is hunting by remote control — and Illinois lawmakers are jumping on the bandwagon to stop the relatively new practice.

State rep Dan Reitz wants to stop real sportsmen, like the Nuge, from the proverbial slap in the face that could be caused if people were able to sit at a computer, aim and click to actually kill a live animal without doing any of the actual work. Even if "actual work" often means getting drunk and falling asleep in a tree, Reitz is shooting to ban the so-called "pay per view," long-distance hunting before it even gets off the ground in the state.

Saying it's wrong to never leave your "tufted sofa," that "sick ideas have a way of spreading" and that remote-control hunting is simply "lazy," lawmakers across the nation are standing up for their principles on this one. That is, basically, have a little respect for yourself: kill the animal the right way. It's totally absurd, but we actually agree. Now we're wondering why the hell we actually had to form an opinion on something like this, which we find irritating because it even exists.

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