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

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452 View Post
    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.
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    I have no problems with people hunting, especially if they are willing to share. Better venison in the pot than all over my car.
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    I, obviously, have no issue with hunting for food. I don't like hunting for antlers. if you aren't going to use it for food, leave it alone. I enjoy wild game. While I don't think I could hunt (too much waiting around, up too early, and there is no way I could clean it myself lol) I definitely appreciate that hubby can and will and puts delicious food on the table.




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    I envy those that have hubbies who can hunt and have a freezer full of wild game. I was as glad mine wasn't a hunter because things weren't too strict before and we had a few accidental mishaps where people were killed so I was glad he wasn't wandering the bush.
    I would rather be eating wild game than be eating the junk they have on the shelves today though. No harmful antibiotics or hormones . Tastier too in my opinion.
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    If there weren't hunters in NJ, we'd have an EVEN bigger deer problem then we already do. I, too, believe that every part, if not all parts of the animal should be used. However, alot of people I know are in it for the sport as well as for food. They do both. Like I said, New Jersey had a huge deer population problem. Ask my brother, he got into a huge accident thanks to a 4 point huge buck. Sometimes, they have a bear season as well depending on the population up north.

    I never understood why people always said 'if you can't kill your own meat don't eat it' or whatever. That's one of the absurd things I have ever heard. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if you eat meat from a butcher or that comes from a farm (especially huge commercial farms) and are against hunting (even for food), well you might be surprised at what you find out.

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    I don't mind hunting as long as it is for the meat and not the ego. Last night I made some delicious deer meat chilli that my brother in law gave us.

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    There are two deer season here starting next week. I have seen sick deer on my hikes due to over population. There was a doe with three fawns running around our area this summer. The dogs ran into a buck in rut two weeks ago. That was a hair raising experience. It took me over half an hour to get the dogs rounded up. The wild meat from wild animals like squirrels, rabbits, raccoon, deer, elk, bear, etc., is very lean & healthy. We all wouldn't be hear if our ancestors hadn't of found wild game to live on. All of the people that I know that hunt do it out of necessity.

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    I like hunting for antlers-lol. In the winter when the deer shed them naturally. They don't need to lose their lives to lose their antlers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452 View Post
    I like hunting for antlers-lol. In the winter when the deer shed them naturally. They don't need to lose their lives to lose their antlers.
    Do you ever find them? I know some critters eat them up for the protein!
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