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Are we cruel?
GlisGlis:
I think Pappy had the point.
if you eat your prey (and possibly use all the animal parts) and if you train yourself at your best and if you hunt within your limits a good part of cruel definition fails and more than that you prove you understand the value of the life you are taking.
I would stop here and be satisfied whit this.
I would not venture in evaluating how much the animal will suffer as this seems to me very uncertain and debatable
It is worth considering that many of us do not rely on hunting for living
So if you hunt for pure fun (exaggerating a bit) the topic question makes more sense
Digital Caveman:
I pretty much rely on meat for a living.
GlisGlis:
--- Quote ---I pretty much rely on meat for a living.
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Sure. My post is not anti-hunt.
I was stating that there are also people considering game just moving targets (more or less) and that is cruel.
I also recognize that it's likely that this is not happening for people in this forum as it seems they have a deeper interest in nature and, I hope, a greater respect
Pappy:
Pretty much all the meat Miss Joanie and I eat is wild game but can't say I wouldn't go hungry with out it, I had just rather gather it my self than pick it up at the store,guess it is just Man's nature to want to provide for his family , weather you hunt and gather or buy. I very much agree just killing for fun/sport /something to hang on the wall or brag about ant my cup of tea. ;)
Pappy
boomhowzer:
I just found this quote in a Tom Brown Jr. book and I think I agree with the sentiment.
"Many people today are quite lackadaisical in their approach to hunting. Perhaps this is a result of a technology that has created long-range weapons and lifestyles more separate from forests and fields. Whatever the reasons, many modern hunters stumble into their game by chance, shoot from a great distance, and take only the best parts home to the freezer with little feeling of connection to the animals they hunted. By contrast, native Americans felt intimately connected to the animals they hunted. Knowing starvation all too well, they hunted from the heart, using skills that took years to perfect. They felt a true thanks for every morsel and fiber of an animal's being."
-Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (1983), pg. 146
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