Ok, think here...Quote:
Originally posted by Pit Chick
A herd of any animal usually won't stay behind for just one of it's members. They aren't going to sacrafice the masses for one. They let nature takes it's course and if that one can't keep up, the rest of the herd keeps moving. If hunters really do pick off the sickly ones to "put them out of their misery", then a meal was just taken away from the predatory animals who depend on the sickly ones to survive, leaving them to wander on to farms and kill pinned farm animals, which in turn pisses off the farmers who demand that the predators be killed. So who really benefits from hunting here? Here in America you can only hunt a certain amount of deer per season, so hunters aren't going to waste that opportunity or amo to put a sick animal out of it's misery.
Like I said before, nature was doing fine on it's own, before humans came on the scene.
There are so many injured and old animals in the woods, far more than a hunter can kill, leaving the predators with more than enough food to get. Not all wolves go for deer, they also go for smaller animals which are easy for them to obtain. Not to mention the little helpless fawns in the spring time which they prey on all the time. A wolf pack can easily take down a healthy deer- that is why they hunt in a pack- it's called teamwork. The wolves wander on to the farmers land because the farmer took away their land/territory to raise his family and herd- cows are an easy target for a wolf- and they are in their territory. Either way you look at it- there is no clear winner of the hunter/animal "game"- it's all ups and downs.
I'm trying to watch my temper, but it is extremely hard in situations such as these.Quote:
Here in America you can only hunt a certain amount of deer per season, so hunters aren't going to waste that opportunity or amo to put a sick animal out of it's misery.
You do not hunt. You have never been hunting. You honestly don't have a CLUE about hunting (from experience). I hunt- I know what I am talking about. It is not a waste of ammo to put a sick deer out of it's misery. Hunters do have a heart you know, shocking as it may sound to you. We are human, we do have feelings. Thank you very much. Why do you think hunters spend so much time sighting in their guns? To make sure they are shooting accurately so they can ensure a quick kill that won't cause the animal to get away and suffer! Obviously, sometimes that is always not the case and some are injured, sadly. A hunter WILL "waste" their time and ammo to go after a sick deer. Here in Wisconsin you can only shoot one deer during the regular 9-day season. However, you can go to a DNR registration station and purchase "bonus" tags to get more deer. There really is no limit to how many you can purchase- why!? Because they need no limit- it is extremely hard to get more than 2 deer in the season. If hunters were coming out of the woods with 10 deer a piece there would be a very strict limit. I have gone the last 3 years without getting a deer- can you believe that? Probably not. Hunters don't always walk out of the woods with an animal. This past deer season, I had two doe 20 yards away from me- NEVER saw them until they smelled me and ran away (saw their white tail). That happens ALL THE TIME!
I get so sick and tired of having to explain myself as a hunter all the time, and defend my fellow huntsmen, and correct the dumb, false, comments anti-hunters make. It's like people talking bad about Pit Bulls- when they don't even own one or really have a clue about them......
