Hunting - not for sport/fun

[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.

[IRescue452]

As long as he tries to make a clean kill. We have enough deer and geese where I live where I wish I had the money to shoot them and have them made into food rather than buying from the store. You'd have to prepare the meat all on your own in order to save money though and I'm not doing that. Not to mention safety courses, ammo, permits, all cost money. I'd rather our human population was just smaller though so there was more areas for wildlife to live without needing to weed out the animals when their population exceeds what little land we leave for them.

[Karen]

We have enough deer and geese where I live where I wish I had the money to shoot them and have them made into food rather than buying from the store.

I wonder if you could connect with a local hunter, and offer them compensation for game, are you in an area where that might work? Just a thought.

[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.