Do You Agree With Deer Hunting?????

[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***!

[CathyBogart]

I think hunting is OK as long as the animal is eaten or otherwise put to good use. (Hung on a wall is NOT good use IMO)

I agree with Twisterdog.....I feel that most animals killed by hunters had a better life, and a faster death, than animals commercially raised for food.

[PJ's Mom]

I am totally against hunting deer. I live in an area that's growing so rapidly that we don't have to hunt them. We're driving them out of their homes and killing them with our cars. I get so sad to see a dead deer on the side of the road...especially a young one.

[IRescue452]

The problem with setting up conservation ares is that we can only do small amounts of land. Deer thrive on edge spaces between wooded areas and open areas. When you set up a bunch of 100 acre conservation areas you get a larger deer population. As the area gets larger, the population goes down. States that are mostly large conservation or wooded areas actually have less deer than say Wisconsin, where the wooded areas are split up. Natural predators, on the other hand, thrive more in large conservation areas. So the places where natural predators prefer are different from the deer's favorite places.

[Alysser]

Yes, if hunting is not done for sport. If it's done for food and overpopulation problems I don't really mind it. I could never kill an animal in such a way myself. My dad used to hunt but he doesn't anymore.

[sumbirdy]

I don't like it but it is a big thing where I live. Most people around here just do it for fun though and won't hunt the animal down if it is wounded and ran away like they are supposed to.

[columbine]

I'd rather eat meat from a hunted animal who ran around in the woods all their life than one who'd stood immobile in a stall, although I guess wandering around a pasture isn't bad. But I only agree with food hunting (subsistence or sale), not trophy hunting (although of course selling the skin & antlers reduces waste and I'm all for it), and the hunting itself is done SOBER.

[Marigold2]

All hunting is horrible, some might be warrented if over population is a factor. If the animal is used for food, that is a different matter then stuffing the head on a mantal.

[king2005]

I'm sure I posted here somewhere, but don't have the time to check.

I'm all for hunting for a couple reasons.
Its better meat as it hasn't been drugged or abused. It actually gets to live a life & serve its purpose in the balance of nature. The populations in some areas NEED to be thinned out with hunting, or the poor things starve to death or get hit by cars left right & centre (There is no way in HELL I want to stand beside another deer & watch it garge blood until the poor thing dies).

Just go to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada & see the deer there... There is THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of deer in that city. If your in Kanata (its part of Ottawa now), try driving on Richmond Rd going into Bells Corners, without seeing atleast 6-10 deer in that open field. So many deer get hit there.. You see dead bodies all the time. If your walking on the trails, the deer are never fat. They are ALWAYS thin... The trees are always chewed up (meaning there no very little food, as all the food as already been eaten, hence bare trees).

I ONLY believe in 1 kind of hunting! & Thats hunting for food. I don't care who eats the meat, but aslong as the whole animal is used, I'm happy.

Selling the pelts for blankets, the antlers for coat racks, bones for dogs, is great!!! I have a game rabbit pelt (nearly 10yrs old) for my table, & a game rabbit foot for a key chain (its nearly 15yrs old now).

I totally support hunting for food. Game hunters deserve to be SHOT!! The sick BEEPs!!!

[AllAmericanPUP]

just my thoughts..i havent read any of the replies so someone else may have said this

but hunting is ok with me but i do not agree with people that its a sport.
people hide in trees or behind trees or wherever and they kill animals with a gun or a bow...that is not sport and you are not amazing if you manage to kill an animal that is out in the open and defenseless while you hide and use a weapon

[critter crazy]

ummmm....should i just run up on said deer and stab it with a spear, or maybe i should chase it over a cliff. Just curious what you find is acceptable about hunting if you dont agree with hiding and shooting??

[JuniorxMyxLove]

I don't encourage deer hunting, but if the meat is used, what is sowrong with it? Everyone is talking about how bad it is, but is it any worse then eating a hamburger?Cows were killed to get that hamburger meat! Everyone is overlooking the obvious. Animals are killed daily to get food for us. Killing it ourselves is just another way to get it. Shooting doves, on the other hand, is a horrible crime. People don't use the doves. But if they use the deer, and are careful and hunt when they're allowed to, I don't see why they shouldn't be able to.I mean, think about it. Being shot my an arrow or bullet probably isn't much worse - if it is at all- then what they do to the cows and chickens and sheep at slaughterhouses.

Wolfs are natural in this Humans are just a pest at this.

I belive only Native's should be able to hunt.

Don't ask why, because if I explain it im sure no one shall understand it

No offense, but that's sort of racist. What is the difference between Natives and very other people? Both are people, both need to eat, both should be able to hunt deer if they use the meat. You're right, I wouldn't understand it. Because I think that people are people, and nothing can change that. Not skincolor, not race, not anything.