Do You Agree With Deer Hunting?????

[timlewis]

I was answering a poll and this came up so what do u think?

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Deer hunting is definitely not for me, and I don't want to be anywhere around it. I don't think it's wrong though as long as the person/people use it for food.

[Pam]

I personally would never want to hunt or have a close relative (husband, son, etc.) who hunted, although I know lots of people who do. The husband of my good friend goes deer hunting all the time and they do eat the deer meat. I just don't understand the need since we all live near supermarkets.

[BC_MoM]

I personally would never hunt, but hunting is OK in my opinion. It helps balance populations of different animals so one doesn't starve because of overpopulation, etc.

[Karen]

As I have said before, we need people to hunt deer. This is actually becoming a huge problem uin some areas, because no one "wants to shoot Bambi," but it needs to be done. We have destroyed the balance of nature by eliminating most of the deer population's natural predators. With previous centuries "bounty" on wolves and other predators, there are none or very few left, not enough to keep the burgeoning deer population in check. The deer are wreaking ecological havok on some of our forests, destorying habitat for other species because of their overpopulation. And if we do not keep the deer population down by hunting, they will overpopulate and die of starvation.

Have you ever seen a deer dead from starvation lying on the side of the road? I have. Have you ever seen a skeletal deer licking road salt from the edge of the highway? I have.

What is kinder, a quick death by a hunter's hand, or long, slow, painful starvation of deer and other creatures whose habitat they have altered?

I am not a hunter, myself, but I respect the people who do hunt, and know it needs to be done.

[NicoleLJ]

Hunting is a way of life for us. Last year hubby got 3 white tails, 1 mule deer and tried for his elk but didn't get it. This year he is down for 2 white tails, a mule deer and an elk. We are hoping he gets all of them. I am not for trophy hunting though. When hubby hunts we use all teh meat. And some of our family uses it too. We stock about 4 families freezers with teh meat. It is very healthy. My step dad has diabieties and eating lean meat like deer is much better for him. Our freezers are almost empty so it is good that hunting season is starting soon.
Nicole

[Chilli]

I, myself, would never hunt, though I'm fine with people who hunt that uses every single peice of the animal they can.
And like said, if no one hunted, there would be a major overpopulation of certain animals.

[JenBKR]

I don't hunt, but my husband and father do. I have no problem with hunting, and it's MUCH more humane to the animals than commercial meat.

I don't want to say that ANY hunting is ok though because I don't agree with hunting just for sport, where the animal is not used.

[Christiansmommy]

I think deer hunting is okay...and actually probably most animals (with the exceptions of obvious ones). As long as it's not for the "sport", but to eat the meat. Afterall, that is the reason why certain animals were put on this earth, so that we humans could have meat to eat. I have eaten deer meat, though, and by itself, is too gamey tasting for me...it has to kinda have the taste "hidden" for me to like it My in laws family hunt , and keep all the meat and they do eat it all...

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Well I seem to have a different opinion than most people who posted, so I will say what I think at least.

I think hunting is a lazy way to "bring balance" to overpopulation. What about reintroducing natural predators and setting up preservation or conservation areas for them to live in? Too often we rely on a "quick fix" that will really not help the problem in the long run. Unless we keep shooting and killing overpopulated animals there will be no "balance." It's people's fault that it is this way, and I think it should be our responsibility to fix it, in the most natural, humane way possible.

I also have a big problem with bears and other animals that ARE NOT overpopulated being hunted. It's disgusting in my opinion to kill for sport. Also, growing up in the midwest I know that MOST hunters DO NOT use the animal for food. I had a friend whose father had 20 deer carcasses piled up in his garage every deer season.

I also think hunting is dangerous. Too often, you hear of hunting accidents (even the vice president accidently shot a friend) and pets being accidently killed because the hunters thought they were a deer or something.

[Zippy]

Hunting is ok as long as you use all of any animal you hunt and that you hunt during the right season.I don't agree with just shotting an animal and not using the animal for meat,clothing,ect...

[buttercup132]

Well I seem to have a different opinion than most people who posted, so I will say what I think at least.

I think hunting is a lazy way to "bring balance" to overpopulation. What about reintroducing natural predators and setting up preservation or conservation areas for them to live in? Too often we rely on a "quick fix" that will really not help the problem in the long run. Unless we keep shooting and killing overpopulated animals there will be no "balance." It's people's fault that it is this way, and I think it should be our responsibility to fix it, in the most natural, humane way possible.

I also have a big problem with bears and other animals that ARE NOT overpopulated being hunted. It's disgusting in my opinion to kill for sport. Also, growing up in the midwest I know that MOST hunters DO NOT use the animal for food. I had a friend whose father had 20 deer carcasses piled up in his garage every deer season.

I also think hunting is dangerous. Too often, you hear of hunting accidents (even the vice president accidently shot a friend) and pets being accidently killed because the hunters thought they were a deer or something.

Ditto Ditto Ditto

[Lady's Human]

I have yet to meet a hunter who doesn't use the animals taken for food. You can't base an entire group on the actions of one. The person with 20 deer carcasses piled up in his garage wasn't following hunting laws, as most states have a VERY low per hunter bag limit on deer, except for nuisance herds.

As to bears not being overpopulated, in some areas they have an extremely high population. NY, NJ, some parts of Mass, all are having problems with bear overpopulation and the ensuing human/bear run ins.

[Argranade]

As to bears not being overpopulated, in some areas they have an extremely high population. NY, NJ, some parts of Mass, all are having problems with bear overpopulation and the ensuing human/bear run ins.

The only reason there over populated is because US humans have taken over so much land and there's not enough room for the poor bears to spread out by.

[Argranade]

Deer populations do not need to be controled by guns.

I have seen on T.V where people catch the bucks that mate with the females and put them to sleep for a while, in the time these people neuter the male bucks so they produce less babies when there set free again.

Not all male bucks will mate all the time.There is a leader that will defend the females from other males, fights will occure and the winner usualy gets all the does...so then its that deer that needs to be neutered.

This is a way to keep a population down instead of shooting the poor things.

If only people would use there brains, a challenge is no good reason to shoot a living thing it hurts the animal no matter what.Wolves populations have gone down because of too many high ways being built near there homes and the pups these wolfs produce get run over by cars, no wounder deer have rised in population...because of humans.

Its up to Humans to fix the things we did wrong not kill them.