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FrostedFlake -> RE: Deer (1/10/2012 2:53:57 AM)
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intriguedLynn
I took 3 deer that day from about 30 yards, using a Winchester 30-06.
There were many more deer that day, but I only take what I am confident is a clear, clean shot without suffering. I only harvest for consumption and, as my grandmother taught me, I always say a prayer thanking both the deer and the Lord for providing for my family.
I did the same when I farmed animals for meat as well, chickens, geese, ducks, goats, pigs & much more. Myself, I prefer to eat meat that I know had good life. My farm raised animals were generally free-ranged and always well-loved both during their life and after.
She talks the talk. Where do the eggs you eat for breakfast come from? Fair is fair.
I shot a deer. Once. And ate him. As much as I like to shoot, I don't like to shoot living things. On the other hand, the deer I shot had a better life and a cleaner death than the meat in my freezer, now. In the absence of predation (that is what wolves are for, and we shot them) deer would literally breed themselves to starvation. In the process they would strip the woods and praries bare, affecting the other animals, severely. This includes cattle, sheep and horses. And you. Properly regulated, there is nothing morally wrong with hunting. As long as you eat it.
Trophy hunting IS wrong. Because it takes the best animals out of the gene pool, which is exactly the opposite of what predation used to do. Interestingly, photos of dead trophy animals are a lot more acceptable to the general public than photos of dead food animals.
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