Poll: Hunting

[orifice]

Sport hunting is wrong but hunting to eat is normal and ok.

 

[freebiewitz]

Well I think the issue of hunting is not whether it is right or wrong rather the reason as people have stated. Obviously hunting for food is alright but hunting for sport is not.

Everything in the end probably comes down to either reason or method in the end.

 

[Random Argument Man]

I have a hunting license. However, I never hunt....animals. (Joke). In all seriousness, I don't hunt even with my hunting license...

 

[Ultrajoe]

Given that Kangaroos are in such epic and uncontrollable numbers... well... shooting them fulfills 3 important rolls.

1) It's entertaining, challenging and makes for some good stories.

2) You get to eat kangaroo, which i am of the opinion we should farm instead of cattle, as it is both more delicious and better for the environment.

3) It stops kangaroos overpopulating themselves and eating the place bare.

I do despair whenever i see anti-hunting advocates on these forums, all the world of arguments they could use and they pick the ones without relevance or even a shred of power behind them.

 

[Gwaihir_Windlord]

So long as it's not for sport, I'm fine with it. Killing for sport is just wrong (I think), but if you are going to do something with the critter I don't really have a problem with hunting.

 

[Neosage]

All those who hunt should be shot, skinned and hung on the wall like their quarry.

All those who make retarded generalisations whithout knowing a dick about the subject they state their pathetic opinions on, insulting someone's family members who dedicated their life to preserve wildlife by hunting, should be banned.

If he is talking about hunting for sport without using the animal at all then I agree. Hunting for food on the otherhand has a certain charm to it. And is useful.

 

[Hevoo]

If we didn't hunt animals (at least where I live), all of the deer would die a slow and painful death because there would be no food or room for them. If someone is hunting for game that's a different story. If I killed a animal, is that going to change your life? No.... So then don't worry about it if someone wants to hunt for sport.

 

[Shapsters]

Hey, if some one wants to have himself some deer stew, or jerky then by all means go ahead. If he shoots it, watches it die and leaves it, or just takes the head or antlers then thats wrong.

 

[Anarchemitis]

A friend of mine regularly goes hunting for deer, and makes the meat into Pepperoni which his family sells at a farmers market.
It's delicious.

 

[Jharry5]

If the animal killed is going to serve a purpose i.e. as food, clothes etc, then it is okay. If the whole animal is going to be used, that is. Killing something to only use the skin is wrong (what about the meat?).
The whole thing is riddled with grey area, however, like 'what is considered humane?' and questions of that sort...

 

[runtheplacered]

I understand that people hunt and I can even find a few pros for it. But, what I don't understand is trophy or sport hunting. Hunting for the idea that it's "awesome" and for the need to mount the head or antlers as if it's some sort of accomplishment. If you're hunting for food or hunting to keep an ecosystem in check, then why are we using them as decorations?

 

[mokes310]

I have absolutely no problem with hunting and hunters, so long as you're not just killing for sport. If you kill the animal, you'd better eat it, use the skin for a nice pair of boots, etc. If you just kill it so you can mount the head on your wall, then do nothing else with it, you're hunting for all of the wrong reasons.

EDIT: I used to hunt, and will do so occasionally, but now, I'd rather just take a stroll through the woods and see the animals in their habitat. Don't get me wrong, I love me some fresh killed turkey or tasty deer jerky

 

[mattaui]

There are plenty of states in the US that now have deer overpopulation because of misguided bans or restrictions on hunting, as deer no longer have any natural predators. It's so bad in some states that they have to spend tax money to have services come out and engage in a mass deer kill, which is hugely wasteful in many ways. There are plenty of people willing to shell out a reasonable fee and spend their own time to keep the deer population in control. Otherwise, the deer just starve to death, get hit by cars causing injuries and death and become lyme disease carriers.

I don't care to hunt, myself, but that's just because I've got no interest in it. I sure love the taste of venison, though.

 

[meatloaf231]

Hunting for sport is retarded, hunting for food is delicious

I'd probably not have been able to put it so concisely, and I don't think I'd have said "retarted," but this.

 

[thiosk]

Hey, if a man can provide for himself then why not let him. As long as you're killing for a good reason. To eat is a good reason, humans have been doing it for centuries.

I would like to point out that humans have been eating for a little longer than centuries

Now that we have wiped out the predators that once kept the wild populations in check, it is our DUTY as stewards of the environment to cull the populations and prevent out of control explosions in deer and other animal populations.

That means hunters, unless your community bans it and watches as the vegetation from foot to eye-levels is completely picked clean by overpopulated and starving deer.

 

[Woundingisfun]

People should be able to, and I would like to hunt as well.

 

[Zac_Dai]

It's not something I would do myself.

I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with the American approach to Deer hunting, it seems to be managed well. Though I hope most who do it are good shots and don't just maim the animal.

But if you go fox hunting or kill endangered species like Tigers then you're a ****, end of.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

I think you should only be allowed to hunt with bows, seeing as a .306 round takes away some of the challenge. I don't know, hunting is wierd. With all today's modern gear hunting is becoming a new kind of overkill. I throw my hands up!

 

[Damien the Pigeon]

My view is that if you are going to hunt, you better eat EVERYTHING you kill. Otherwise, you're just getting pleasure (and not food) out of killing a living thing. I find that pretty sick and perverse.

 

[sheic99]

The only thing I find wrong with hunting is the odds. I mean it's you with a scoped rifle and enough bullets to carve a smiley face on it's skin vs an animal(quite possibly with a family) who's just trying to survive in the world we're all already trying to demolish. Some people might say it's the same as eating meat but I don't buy that. Those animals were grown and killed for that particular reason(food), cruel but it doesn't upset any balance. People however hunt the strongest and the fastest, which means not only do they kill a creature that was... you know... just out for a morning stroll, but also fuck up the balance because they keep killing the leaders. Natural selection is NOT the same thing, it's always the weakest that get taken down and if you find any fun in taking down weak and sick animals, you are sick! Hunting is and always was fine as a matter of survival. So if you're hunting the critter because you are starving, then ya it's okey dokey, if you're hunting it for sport (tho the definition of sport in this area is strange, because sport is about something hard to achieve, not sitting on your ass in a tent waiting to pull the trigger) I find that weird.

A real hunter uses a bolt action rifle. They stalk the deer and wait for the perfect shot. Anyone who uses a semi-auto rifle is just cheating.