Do You Agree With Deer Hunting?????

[timlewis]

I did not post when i started this thread but i do deer hunt although i havent in 2 years i probably will rifle hunt this year. Someone said we should repopulate wolves and coyotes to take care of the problem, we have plenty of coyotes not wolves. If you think about it is it more humane for a wolve or coyote to fight and tear a deer to shreds even start eating it while its still alive, or to kill one in seconds with a gun or bow. I shot a doe 2 years ago and it didnt run 50 yards until it fell over and died that to me is a lot more humane that coyotes and wolves. Now my BIL shot a doe one year and we had to chase it down and he had to kill it with a knife(without going into detail) he had hit it in the shoulder and we tracked it until it just couldnt go anymore. But at the same time a predator can just the same lame one and it get away and be that way for the rest of its life. And as i said in another thread there is almost nothing like sitting in your tree stand and having a buck or doe walk under you and having your bow pulled back ready to shoot. It really gets your blood a pumping, and im sorry if this offends anyone but just according to where you are brought up it is a sport, I dont think its right to just throw the meat away dont get me wrong. Although when you go deer hunting you are out for the biggest rack you can find, I personally dont eat much deer meat I will however give it to someone who is less fortunate than I am and let them eat it.

[Glacier]

Hunting feeds my family--human and canine. Not deer hunting though. There aren't enough deer up here to have a hunting season on them, unlike most places. However, there are more than twice as many moose as people. So far this season, hubby has been skunked so we are trying to find a place to get a side of organic beef. I just can't eat commercially raised meat anymore.

My husband is a hunter. He's a good one. Never takes an animal for it's horns. Frankly smaller ones taste better! There will never ever be a trophy head hanging in my house!! My father in law is a carver. He turns the antlers into beautiful carvings. We have a First Nations friend who turns the hides into all sorts of clothing and drums. Another native friend takes the "using everything" a step further than we do--we give him all the liver, nose, intestines ect and yes he eats them! The dogs get all the bones and other non-human edible parts.

The dogs' Uncle Randy is a wild game butcher. He keeps my canine family well fed with scrap meat and bones. I have four freezers just for the dog food meat. My dog food bill would triple without his help.

Where I live there are many people who don't live within driving distance of a supermarket. There are communities here that are fly-in only, no road access, where a pound of regular hamburger would cost well over 10 dollars. Those people depend on hunting to survive. That's a large part of why I am so opposed to any drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.