question!? :)

[Genny]

My uncle and cousin have deer hunted as long as I can remember. While I don't like it (or all the deer head mounted in their house) what can I say?
I say as long as he doesn't ask you to come along on a trip, just let it be. And if you don't feel comfortable with him talking about it around you, just let him know it bothers you and ask him to not talk about it in front of you.

yeah, i guess that's what i'll do and let him know right away that i never want to talk about it. and if he respects how i feel then maybe everything will be alright..thanks

[Karen]

We have discussed this here before. Basically, the choice we have created as a society is that we either encourage deer hunting, or we watch deer, which are overpopulated in many areas, starve to death by the side of the road. We eliminated all their major predators, so there is no check on their population. They are causing major devastation to the entire forest ecosystems in some areas. And people are up in arms about coyotes invading the suburbs, imagine how'd they'd feel if we let wolves - the deer's natural predator that we hunted to the brink of endangerment, lose there? We created the problem, and hunting is one way to at least curb the population. While being shot is not a pleasant way to die, frankly, I'd prefer that to slow and painful starvation if given a choice.

Have you seen starving deer trying to graze 10 feet away from the carcass of another who had died of starvation, by the side of a highway? I have, and will never forget it.

[Sparklecoon]

We have discussed this here before. Basically, the choice we have created as a society is that we either encourage deer hunting, or we watch deer, which are overpopulated in many areas, starve to death by the side of the road. We eliminated all their major predators, so there is no check on their population. They are causing major devastation to the entire forest ecosystems in some areas. And people are up in arms about coyotes invading the suburbs, imagine how'd they'd feel if we let wolves - the deer's natural predator that we hunted to the brink of endangerment, lose there? We created the problem, and hunting is one way to at least curb the population. While being shot is not a pleasant way to die, frankly, I'd prefer that to slow and painful starvation if given a choice.

I agree. While I don't personally hunt many in my family do. We eat what we catch. I believe hunting is necessary as a form of population control but that those who hunt should also only take what they'll use.

[jackie]

I would prefer to eat deer to chicken or beef anyday.