Do You Agree With Deer Hunting?????

[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.

[Lady's Human]

Actually, there's more woodland in Mass now than there was in the 1800's.

[Argranade]

Yes SOME areas have more land than others but on WWF they showed many acres being cut down and bears did not have enough room same for wolfs.

I still want more land for the animals than humans.

[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.

[MajesticCollies]

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.

We have a deer population of over 700,000 deer just in the state of Ohio. Introducing natural predators did not solve our problem. They brought in Coyotes to try and help the over population that would starve in the winter or come down with TB due to lack of water and alls it did was let the coyotes prey on our pets of dogs and cats and other live stock cause they were easier to prey on. I used to hunt but now I do not. No time actually. I do go to local hunters and get there left over year old deer meat from thier freezers and feed it to my dogs. Venison just happens to be some of the best raw meat for dogs do to its leanness of it. I'm not in favor of the people who hunt for sport and leave the animal lay.

[critter crazy]

Before my medical problems occured, i was an avid hunter. Our whole family is, I feel there is nothing wrong with it as long as it is not just for the "kill". People who kill deer and just let them lay, are cowards. If I could I would still hunt! I miss it terribly!

[Suki Wingy]

I could never do it but pretty much all else has failed to control the population, and we all know how the food chain works. My neighbors have land and hunt, and I'm actually looking forward to buying some meat for my dog.

[CagneyDog]

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.

Perhaps this is true Karen however, in my mind it is just a vicious circle. We've ruined enough, when will we learn that it's time to leave nature alone? That's just my two cents.

[*iluvskipper*]

Well I put deer hunting is ok because i guess it helps control their population but idk i guess that they way some people hunt and kill animals just really bugs me and if you see the music video for Rise Against's "Ready To Fall" you would know what i mean... uhh here ya go...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tgDusbS5nmU

[luvofallhorses]

no, I don't or any kind of hunting and some, not all..but some treat their dogs like s***!