Hunting - not for sport/fun

[Scooter's Mom]

He just called and he's on the way home. My DH didn't get any, but the guy he went with got a couple.

My favorite of the "game" is dove - my father in law fries them in something similar to pancake batter, and they are SO good! Tiny, but good!

[moosmom]

While I'm not CRAZY about hunting, I do believe that as long as it's for food, it's okay. What I don't like is when people go hunting just for an ego trip and bragging rights. I also loathe "game farms" that keep big game enclosed so that idiots can pay lots of $$$$$ to kill them, and have their picture taken with the dead carcus. That's just plain stupid and so unfair to those poor animals. Those kinds of places should be shut down.

Ted Nugent is a avid hunter. BUT...he uses every single part of the animal. He uses it for food. What he doesn't take, he donates to needy families, and shelters.

[chocolatepuppy]

Some people want to believe meat in the grocery store comes from the meat fairy. People need to grow up. As far as hunting, send your hunters my way, way too many deer in the streets here.

[Asiel]

While hubby doesn't hunt we don't have anything against it. Out here people hunt to fill their freezers for the winter. I love venison and we have a neighbour who is kind enough to always bring us some when he gets his. So far he hasn't missed a year. They rarely eat meat from the butchers, they prefer wild meat.
The bonus is that I get all the leftovers to feed my dog. Nothing goes to waste. Don't understand why people make hunting so ugly when for most it's a way of saving and feeding the family.

[snakemama]

Not a dove, but my cousin just brought in a lovely 8 point buck that will feed her and her hubby for quite awhile! I like the idea of my meat having lived wild and being killed humanely rather than being factory farmed...

[Marigold2]

I have read everyone's comments and can see the truth in them. But I could never let a man touch me who looked any animal in the eye and killed it nor would I have a child wit that man. I would always fear that if he could murder an animal he could murder a human.
I know this is not a popular stance but it is how I feel and I have that right.

[pomtzu]

I have read everyone's comments and can see the truth in them. But I could never let a man touch me who looked any animal in the eye and killed it nor would I have a child wit that man. I would always fear that if he could murder an animal he could murder a human.
I know this is not a popular stance but it is how I feel and I have that right.

You don't eat meat or poultry purchased at a butcher shop or grocery store? Just curious........

[Scooter's Mom]

I eat meat, I would rather know where it came from.

[Cataholic]

I have read everyone's comments and can see the truth in them. But I could never let a man touch me who looked any animal in the eye and killed it nor would I have a child wit that man. I would always fear that if he could murder an animal he could murder a human.
I know this is not a popular stance but it is how I feel and I have that right.

I share your thoughts. I don't think it is any different of a stance than someone that says, "I could never be with someone that doesn't believe in God", or, "I couldn't ever be with someone that DOES believe in God", or, "I couldn't ever live with a smoker/drinker".

It is a different belief/value system/stance. As long as everyone is afforded their right to have their view, we all should be just fine.