For you people that don't like hunters...

**tikeyas_mom** · 12-10-2003, 12:48 AM

this is a very interesting post.. humm..

**trayi52** · 12-10-2003, 01:02 AM

I know Jynnelle, I confuse a lot of people, I even confuse myself sometimes.

MY husbands doctor says he knows why my husband has nerve problems. I said " who me", Whoops there I go again.

Tray

**wolfsoul** · 12-10-2003, 12:01 PM

I think hunters are fine, as long as they obey the law and use the animal wisely. People tend to think that it's wrong to shoot deer, without realizing just HOW many deer there really are. In my opinion, that's just cutting down on the number of deers that will get hit by cars anyways (When my aunt was young, the person who was driving her hit a deer. The poor thing was lying there dieing and they called the authorities but it was illegal to shoot it. He had a rifle in the back, but he wasn't allowed to shoot it! So they had to watch the poor thing die -- how sad!).

I'm never going to go hunting myself. It would be interesting, but once I get a deer, I wouldn't want to look at it, or touch it, or anything. I'd have to pay someone else to do everything for me. So I'll just buy from the store. There's a great fresh dog food place in Vernon that sells deer meat. That's where I'll be going for the pooches.

**trayi52** · 12-10-2003, 03:09 PM

Jordan, that is the way I feel, I really don't think, as a matter of fact I just could not kill a deer at all. That is something that has always been hard for me, I just can't bring myself to take a life. I have a hard time stepping on bugs. LOL.

I know I think what you said about the deer being hit by a car, I think the state of TN is about the same way. It is not right, but some of the laws here are just rediculus.

Somebody brought us a deer one night, they shot it and didn't want to clean it, so they took the head as a trophy and gave us the meat. My husband loves deer meat, which I am not that crazy about it, though I do like to make Jerky out of it.

Tray

**wolfsoul** · 12-10-2003, 03:18 PM

Originally posted by trayi52

I do like to make Jerky out of it.

MMMM JERKY lol. My dad's friend went hunting and brought us some deer sausages and bear jerky lol.

**Desert Arabian** · 12-11-2003, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by wolfsoul
MMMM JERKY lol. My dad's friend went hunting and brought us some deer sausages and bear jerky lol.

Bear, Elk, and Bison jerky is the best jerky on the planet!!! Especially the way my dad's friend makes it!!

**Desert Arabian** · 12-11-2003, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by wolfsoul
When my aunt was young, the person who was driving her hit a deer. The poor thing was lying there dieing and they called the authorities but it was illegal to shoot it. He had a rifle in the back, but he wasn't allowed to shoot it! So they had to watch the poor thing die -- how sad!

I agree. I have a bad childhood memory dealing with a deer getting hit by a car. To make a long story short: I was looking the rear-view mirror, and noticed a deer try to JUMP over the car. The deer hit its back legs on the car. The car kept on going. I told my dad, we turned around. The deer dragged itself using only its front legs about 250 yards into the woods. The person who hit it didn't realize what happened at first, that's why they kept on driving. They eventually came back, and we called the cops. We had to watch this deer slowly stinking in a marsh waiting for the police officer to come and kill it. When the cop got there, he didn't want to kill the deer, because he would get his shoes dirty!! That is what he said, not kidding. So my dad walked into the swamp and put the deer out of its misery. Poor deer. I felt horrible!

However, I do think it is kind of a good idea that peoples other than the authorities cannot kill deer. In a situation like that, your adrenaline is on full speed, and you can do some pretty stupid stuff, because you really aren't looking at the full picture and can't think clearly. That is a mad mix: high adrenaline and a gun. Cops are trained to use guns in high adrenaline situations and have better control of guns and better judgment than the average person. So, in away it is a good law, because it prevents other accidents from happening. That is unless you get a moron cop like the one who came to our scene.

**wolfsoul** · 12-11-2003, 08:05 PM

Aww poor deer.

Here you can only shoot the deer if you drag it so many km into the forest or whatnot. Plus, I'm not sure, but I believe it has to be a certain time of year.