I recently went to a rifle range to help clean up the casings,and while there,this man showed up with his brand new gun that he was happy to say that he paid $1,500.00 for,and another $1,000.00 for the scope. I have never understood why anyone would want to go hunting. You are basically entering the animals home (territory),and killing them. I honestly don't see how one could find guning down a deer,bird,bear,whatever it is that these hunters are going after,a good time. Just my opinion,but I would never be able to do it.

How do you feel about this?
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Hunting isn't my thing but I'm not bothered if people eat what they hunt ...

if it's simply for sport, it makes no sense at all to me....

I dont think hunting should be played as a sport

as long as you eat what you kill, it's fine with me...

now just for trophys, that's just a sick waste!

Let the animals hunt humans for a change

I don't have a problem with hunting, but it would be cool if hunters were limited to using their bare hands to kill, OG caveman style.

luv4u said:

OMG, just imagine some big grizzly bear with a rifle chasing humans on the streets

RenHoek said:

same with fishing..."only keep what you need for a feed"

I used to go hunting fir food when I lived in a really rural area of England, it was also a form of pest control for the local farmers who's crops were ruined by pigeon and rabbits and we always ate what we shot

I moved away but I've had the chance to hunt again when I returned but said no thanks...I've realised, for me it's more aboutbthe dressing up, hiding, the skill more than the kill and I felt guiltybthe kast tine u shit something...nit much point going if your just going tongide and not shoot.

For the right reasons - food, pest control etc I have no probs with itbtaking place - it's a traditional way of agricultural life where I'm from. BUT I do have an issue with needless bloodsports like Fox Hunting done just for fin and with suffering in mind

I don't hunt, and don't think I could just from not having been raised around it. But as I get older I am realizing that for meat eaters hunting is the most ethical way. Also the healthiest.

I don't like it. At all.

My family hunts and fishes (same thing, really). My brother hunts deer every year. Of course, they eat the venison. I did too when I was a child.

Hunting for sport is downright appalling to me. It's less so if you plan to make use of the animal but I just don't think any animals should be harmed so that people can live.

Stax said:

What about fashioning a spear?

CarrieMpls said:

Nope. No tools. Give the animals a fighting chance.

anyone that opposes hunting should not eat meat , imho

personally i oppose both
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thejason said:

That.

If people don't shoot some of those deer, there's a greater chance I'll hit one with my car.

Bambi's dead either way.

My dad and younger brother are pretty big into hunting, which they do eat what they kill. I can't bring myself to do it though.

I'd much rather see the animal be shot than processed.

thejason said:

Spinzilla said:

+1

Genesia said:

ROADKILL RECIPES

thejason said:

Ditto.

It's legal, so what's the big deal?

thejason said:

What about vegetarian hunters? Are they excused from eating their kill?

Surely hunting for sport is a drop in the ocean?

Lammastide said:

Depends what people mean by hunting, as I said, for food o fully understand it but I strongly disagree with bloodsports...nothing justifiable about fox hunting; dressing up in ted coats, charging around on horses blowing a trumpet and prancing around with s pack of starved dogs...chasing a petrified fox until it us too exhausted to continue and having the starving hounds rip it to shreds....motherfuckers

luv4u said:

My sentiments, exactly.

I don't care for the idea of hunting...and well to be honest I don't care for guns.

My husband hunts and is crazy about it. He is insane for waterfowl hunting. He has such a hard time getting up for work in the morning or church on Sundays, but he will set his alarm for 4 a.m. during duck season to get a good spot before everyone else.

We have a freezer full of duck, goose, squirrel, rabbit and venison. I've tried it all, but really can only stand duck meat. I will eat a venison roast if it's cooked right. I'm just not crazy about meat period. I don't have a problem with wild game. In fact, I think it is a healthier choice over factory-farm raised animals.

If you are a meat eater, then I don't see why you would have problems with hunting. It's the circle of life.

In Michigan, we have such a problem with deer, that they basically have to be hunted.

I don't like it.

dag said:

no one is stopping them.