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WhiskeyGrinder

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37. Once you've field-dressed it, it's just raw meat. If you've skinned it, you won't smell anything but raw meat.

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:55 PM

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If you've drained it right, there's very little blood splatter. I'm not saying it wasn't rude, but it's very possible it wasn't nearly as gory or "unsanitary" as people are imagining.

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Cornell students kill bear, bring it into residence hall to skin and butcher [View all] Coventina Friday OP

Will they hang the body parts to decorate the walls of their dorms in the customary way? Ping Tung Friday #1

Have these kids been hanging out with RFK jr? Bayard Friday #2

Careful! Worm brain has a taste for bear meat. GreenWave Friday #3

You're pretty much right jmowreader Friday #16

And of course, no charges. StarryNite Friday #4

Even dorm kitchens must have some enforcement of sanitation laws. This was unbelievably stupid. nt eppur_se_muova Friday #5

Stupid? choie Friday #9

How do you think people process their own kills? WhiskeyGrinder Friday #10

Somewhere other than a college dorm kitchen, as a general rule. Paladin Friday #13

My question was more about "sanitation laws" than the specificity of a dorm. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #17

AFAIK most people do this partly in the field and outside at home, but not in a kitchen which is not their property ... eppur_se_muova Friday #28

"not in a kitchen which is not their property" -- again, my question is more about "sanitation laws." WhiskeyGrinder Friday #35

You obviously never lived in ANY of the dorms or apartments I did. eppur_se_muova Friday #45

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When I process my own animals Farmer-Rick Friday #27

Once you've field-dressed it, it's just raw meat. If you've skinned it, you won't smell anything but raw meat. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #37

Not sure they field dressed it Farmer-Rick Friday #43

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Actually many farm animals are much cleaner Farmer-Rick Friday #48

Or in the garage. Lice come off dead animals. mainer Friday #51

I didn't think about that Farmer-Rick Friday #52

Right I meant ticks mainer 19 hrs ago #54

It was a wild animal--Not in a shared/communal kitchen. Parse each word in that sentence. Hekate 10 hrs ago #66

Wild animals are what people hunt. WhiskeyGrinder 10 hrs ago #69

You're being cute. I think you and every other person in this board know exactly what I mean. Hekate 9 hrs ago #70

As I say, it was a rude move. But it's not like a chlorine leak or black mold. WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #71

Might not be illegal, maxsolomon Friday #6

Doesn't Cornell have a Hotelier program? Turbineguy Friday #7

Fucking bastards. choie Friday #8

A little consideration would not have gone awry. Good eating on a bear. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #11

Is there? Conjuay Friday #34

Nevermind Conjuay Friday #41

Wtf is wrong with people? Bluestocking Friday #12

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Friday #14

Cornell has a webinar, "What Now?! Creative Slaughterhouse Workarounds" sl8 Friday #15

Time out!!! WVreaper Friday #18

The hell with that. No Cornell student is starving. This was way out of line. Dock_Yard Friday #19

Does a person have to be starving before hunting is okay? WhiskeyGrinder Friday #36

The point: It's not OK to bring a carcass into a shared public area. Dock_Yard 14 hrs ago #58

It's how they "processed" it that's a problem. Farmer-Rick Friday #31

Yeah, right. johnp3907 Friday #33

I came back to my college apartment.... Hope22 Friday #20

WTF is wrong with people? Ya see, when you're a guy who was gifted with a small appendage. Ya gotta compensate. 3Hotdogs Friday #21

not appropriate for shared spaces. ecstatic Friday #22

But if they do it out of shared spaces then they don't get misanthrope Friday #24

They could have rented a processing kitchen Farmer-Rick Friday #32

Sounds like frat boy behavior misanthrope Friday #23

Gosh, and my college roommate complained about my keeping a fetal pig in our refrigerator. milestogo Friday #25

They must have slept through health class. littlemissmartypants Friday #26

RFK Jr skipped the hunting part. underpants Friday #29

Sounds like a stunt to get into a fraternity underpants Friday #30

Are we sure . . . AverageOldGuy Friday #38

Engineering students, am I right? NT mahatmakanejeeves Friday #39

What's in their housing contract? nilram Friday #40

Fresh brainworms, all around... Blue Owl Friday #42

A grisly scene Orrex Friday #46

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Friday #49

Had a friend in Northern Minnesota invite me Emile Friday #50

If bear meat is not processed I_UndergroundPanther Friday #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person 19 hrs ago #55

If you eat meat - something died DenaliDemocrat 17 hrs ago #56

I do happen to be a vegetarian, but beside that point Coventina 15 hrs ago #57

It is NOT a dirty job DenaliDemocrat 11 hrs ago #59

According to the article, the carcass was brought to be skinned Coventina 11 hrs ago #60

In YOUR opinion DenaliDemocrat 10 hrs ago #61

Well, there were plenty of people upset by their actions, so your opinion is not universal. Coventina 10 hrs ago #62

And there are plenty like me DenaliDemocrat 10 hrs ago #64

Well, maybe you should contact Cornell, if you feel so strongly. Coventina 10 hrs ago #65

I'm not the one calling for people to get arrested DenaliDemocrat 10 hrs ago #67

I'm not calling for their arrest. Maybe take it up with those who are? Coventina 10 hrs ago #68

I'll never understand or trust those who kill for entertainment Torchlight 10 hrs ago #63

Wild bears carry trichinosis, just as wild pigs do. You kill it, you eat it, & I won't complain. But don't be an idiot. Hekate 9 hrs ago #72