Comments on: Africa Photos

By: Nick Valle

Nick Valle — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:34:25 +0000

peace

By: Nick Vall

Nick Vall — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:33:12 +0000

Matt,Those are some awesome pictures.I have only ever dreamed about an African hunt. I, like you grew up on a farm. I lived on a fifteen hundred acre. dairy farm. We milked about 250 Holsteins. Anyway,I have a great deal of respect for you and your work ethic. You are what todays kids need as a role model. A hard worker, a husband, not to mention a father! When I saw you on the Tuff show I admired your desire to share the word with the young men on your team. Serra laughed and made fun of you,but lets face it your in the hall of fame and he is not! I wish you and your family all the very best! God Bless You!

By: Elizabeth McKenney

Elizabeth McKenney — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:07:27 +0000

Matt, I have a lot of respect for you as a fighter. I’ve met you in person in Pittston, ME. I grew up hunting and the purpose of the hunt was for food to feed our family or feed our neighbors. You say the ranch keeps the meat, for what purpose and to what folks with enough money does the meat go to? I doubt very much it goes to villages who need it the most. I am sure that in your heart you feel you are giving it to someone else but more than likely it is going to some fat cat who doesn’t need it via some gourmet restaurant in another part of the world. It broke my heart to see you teaching your son that killing for sport is acceptable. Growing up here in Maine, killing was never a sport, and you had respect for the animal you killed and showed it by killing it as quickly and as efficiently as possible. You then taught your child how to gut and skin it and use every part possible to eat for survival. If you had extra you donated it to a large family nearby. Hunters are becoming less responsible and shooting at whatever looks like a target which is how people are getting shot every year. These are beautiful animals, but I would have preferred seeing them running wild in Africa, not dead on the ground. As to the “Christian” who said that the Bible referenced the sacrifice of animals for God, there was first of all nothing godly in this sacrifice, and secondly, those sacrifices were done PRIOR to Christ, who was the Lamb of God and was sacrificed for us, ending the need to continue to sacrifice animals. I’m an Atheist and I know that. Christians should not believe in animal sacrifice for God for that reason. The only reason animals are sacrificed is for the survival of Man. This was not for survival. My father would be cursing in his grave over this type of behavior. He had absolutely no respect for ‘flatlanders’ who hunt for sport.

By: NateR

NateR — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:04:45 +0000

US customs would likely never allow meat to be brought from Africa into the US through the airports. Plus, it would be too expensive and impractical to transport the meat across the ocean without it spoiling. So obviously the meat was left with the company who put on the hunt in the first place. Nothing is going to waste.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:05:50 +0000

I hope you guys are eating gemsbok and zebra roasts every night. Otherwise this is kind of rediculious.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:29:48 +0000

Howard Buffett bought more farm ground this past week in neighboring Moultrie co. One 160 acres,
the other ?? acres. One piece he bought for 10.2 grand. One he was the only bidder. All farmland
is under the name of Sequoia Holdings.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:59:43 +0000

Sorry, but I want to talk about something else. I guess everyone heard that Warren Buffett, the billionarie,
gave each of his children a million dollars. One of his sons lives in Decatur, IL, where he is the senior
executive positions at Archer Daniel Midland and the GSI Group. Howard has bought over 1,300 acres
of famr ground in Macon and surrounding counties. Most of the ground he bought is a Agriculture
Research Farm, main headquarters’ ssouth of Decatur. Somehow connected with Southern Illinois Univ.,
but not as a SIU research farm. He shows the internation dignitaries through ADM and SIU, what crops
look like with half or no chemicals, fertilizer and anhydrous applications. His main farm just south of
Decatur is north of my property, has made improvements from an old machine shed, corn crib and
two 7,500 bushel bins to a machine shed over 200′, two open sheds, two additional 7,500 bushel bins,
a heated smaller shed to work on tractors in inclement weather, made the old corn crib into a house
for his farm workers and tiled all of his 320 acre farm. With his millions/billions has bought farmground
in the countyt and surrounding counties at 10 to 12.5 grand an acre., placing most of the reach of
farmers. Including my nephew, who had our machine in now his shed last fall. My nephew didn’t
know the owners sold the ground till after Mr. Buffet bought it at 10 grand. But Mr. Buffett allowed
my nephew to keep our machinery in his shed till my nephew build a 200′ shed on his property
this past summer. My brother also has found Mr. Buffett nice when as raod commissioner, place
a culvert for another entrance onto his property. I, on the other hand, have never met the guy,
but have bad dealings with him. In my waterway there were holes had devolve but tiles busting.
Mr. Buffett had laid an 10″ tile into my 8″ tile busting mine out without informing me of his doings.
I repaired my tile, but the water draining from his property I placed a 6″ tile! It hasn’t rained
enough yet to cause any problems. Oh yes, there is a Foundation. Money that the government
cannot reach and is there long after he passed away.
On the flip side Howard has given generously to a Decatur soup kitchen after the community
put in the first 50 grand and he matched it. The kitchen doors are open for a noon day
meal 7 days a week, 365 days a year and serves 300 daily. But buying more and more land,
he said he wants to own a quarter of the county, from farmers livelyhood hurts farmers.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:08:47 +0000

Last week our church had a undie Sunday collecting over 100 pairs of new adult underwear for
Operation Slieghbell for their Christmas Store in Macon County. Several area churches in Macon
County is collecting Operation Christmas Child through Samaritans Purse organization, giving a box
to needed church around the world with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and other items of
personal interest.

By: r-dawg

r-dawg — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:01:38 +0000

some bible passages i strongly believe in:

Luke 3:11
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

By: r-dawg

r-dawg — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:10 +0000

dear nateR, you have made assumptions about me. i’m ok with hunting if it’s communally shared with everyone (like most tribes do when they hunt an animal). even more so if you are in an area where the majority of people are malnourished or starving. in the US where there’s plenty of access to food, i guess it’s not a big deal. also, i respect a hunter more than someone who eats at McD’s and doesn’t know how exactly that burger got there. i posed a a question, not an assumption.

if matt donates to charity that’s great. as someone who is pro-life & has done missionary work in poorer places, seeing a bunch of malnourished kids didn’t exactly make me want to go out and eat something gigantic just for myself. here in the US where i’m surrounded by ppl always eating, i have no issue eating at a buffet.

and you’re right, i can’t decide for other people decide to spend their money, but i hope no one minds if i make *suggestions* to those who are blessed with extra income?