Calling all Hunters/Gatherers
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Chrisjuvers wrote: »
Does he eat them? Or just skin them for fur? I'm not at all ok with sport hunting
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Hi everyone... just started on MFP, but have been huntin' and fishin' my entire life, since I was in my momma's womb LOL My dad used to be a taxidermist so it's just in my and remained in my blood. Rarely miss any local gun show. LOL and my favorite color is camo, I know, sad right. Heck, even my house is decorated in huntin' and fishin' LOL. The inside of my 4 wheel drive truck is camo and a "girls hunt too" sticker resides on my back window. LOL Fixed my dad squirrel for father's day LOL Have always processed my own meat (dad used to be a meat cutter too) so dressing out and filleting is definitely not new to me.... Oh my, the list just goes on and on....
Heck, raised everything from hedgehogs to Ostriches, Boer Goats, to Quail, dove, rabbits, fallow deer, etc... even had a bobcat when I was a little girl.
Going dove huntin' this Monday.. can't wait!
Nice to meet everyone!3 -
Welcome! You definitely fit right in. Share pictures on Monday of anything you get
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For everyone that says "poor animals," do your research on how that beef, chicken and turkey you buy from the grocery store is housed and then slaughtered, and compare that to a deer living freely in the woods and giving its life to feed you, dying with one single arrow. Never knowing what happened when it dies. It's more humane to hunt your own food, if it's done right.3 -
Just got back from the range. I'll be shooting the muzzle loader this year.3
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nojuicejustjin wrote: »Welcome! You definitely fit right in. Share pictures on Monday of anything you get
Thank you... seems like a great little group here
and I will depending on how it goes LOL 1 -
BackwoodsDarlin wrote: »l
Thank you... seems like a great little group here and I will depending on how it goes LOL
Lol hopefully great. I'll be heading into the Everglades Monday. Let's see what comes back with me1 -
For everyone that says "poor animals," do your research on how that beef, chicken and turkey you buy from the grocery store is housed and then slaughtered, and compare that to a deer living freely in the woods and giving its life to feed you, dying with one single arrow. Never knowing what happened when it dies. It's more humane to hunt your own food, if it's done right.
Except that unless you only eat meat you hunted yourself, and avoid all dairy, gelatin and leather for a start, then you are equally as responsible for the factory farming as other meat-eaters.
How about being veggie if it is all done for caring for animals and not just for fun? I hear a great deal of enjoyment language in these posts, and I know that, for me, that enjoyment of ending a life is part of the reason I am not a fan of hunting. It isn't a necessity, it is a hobby that involves killing:
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I don't eat anything animal related from a store. If that answers your question.
For everyone that says "poor animals," do your research on how that beef, chicken and turkey you buy from the grocery store is housed and then slaughtered, and compare that to a deer living freely in the woods and giving its life to feed you, dying with one single arrow. Never knowing what happened when it dies. It's more humane to hunt your own food, if it's done right.
Except that unless you only eat meat you hunted yourself, and avoid all dairy, gelatin and leather for a start, then you are equally as responsible for the factory farming as other meat-eaters.
How about being veggie if it is all done for caring for animals and not just for fun? I hear a great deal of enjoyment language in these posts, and I know that, for me, that enjoyment of ending a life is part of the reason I am not a fan of hunting. It isn't a necessity, it is a hobby that involves killing:
Second, I don't get enjoyment from killing an animal. I get enjoyment from waking my husband and daughter up at 3AM, to walk into the woods together, climb into a tree stand, look at and enjoy Gods Country. To have a moments peace from life. If a deer comes by, then I thank God for providing for my family that year. I thank the deer for giving his or her life. Hunting is a necessity for some. It's the only way they can survive Go read Genesis 27:3.
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Definitely love being outdoors hunting...3
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I don't eat anything animal related from a store. If that answers your question.
For everyone that says "poor animals," do your research on how that beef, chicken and turkey you buy from the grocery store is housed and then slaughtered, and compare that to a deer living freely in the woods and giving its life to feed you, dying with one single arrow. Never knowing what happened when it dies. It's more humane to hunt your own food, if it's done right.
Except that unless you only eat meat you hunted yourself, and avoid all dairy, gelatin and leather for a start, then you are equally as responsible for the factory farming as other meat-eaters.
How about being veggie if it is all done for caring for animals and not just for fun? I hear a great deal of enjoyment language in these posts, and I know that, for me, that enjoyment of ending a life is part of the reason I am not a fan of hunting. It isn't a necessity, it is a hobby that involves killing:
Second, I don't get enjoyment from killing an animal. I get enjoyment from waking my husband and daughter up at 3AM, to walk into the woods together, climb into a tree stand, look at and enjoy Gods Country. To have a moments peace from life. If a deer comes by, then I thank God for providing for my family that year. I thank the deer for giving his or her life. Hunting is a necessity for some. It's the only way they can survive Go read Genesis 27:3.
Nothing animal related? No leather, no gelatin, no dairy at all? If not, then well done, but I know you are in a tiny minority of hunters in that case.
So, you only eat venison and take one deer a year?
As for the bible - that is certainly not a source of ethics or guidance for me, so I'll pass on that as a reference!0 -
We take what we need and no more. I do not think I should continue talking to you. You seem very judgmental and ignorant to some things in life. Have a good day.
I don't eat anything animal related from a store. If that answers your question.
For everyone that says "poor animals," do your research on how that beef, chicken and turkey you buy from the grocery store is housed and then slaughtered, and compare that to a deer living freely in the woods and giving its life to feed you, dying with one single arrow. Never knowing what happened when it dies. It's more humane to hunt your own food, if it's done right.
Except that unless you only eat meat you hunted yourself, and avoid all dairy, gelatin and leather for a start, then you are equally as responsible for the factory farming as other meat-eaters.
How about being veggie if it is all done for caring for animals and not just for fun? I hear a great deal of enjoyment language in these posts, and I know that, for me, that enjoyment of ending a life is part of the reason I am not a fan of hunting. It isn't a necessity, it is a hobby that involves killing:
Second, I don't get enjoyment from killing an animal. I get enjoyment from waking my husband and daughter up at 3AM, to walk into the woods together, climb into a tree stand, look at and enjoy Gods Country. To have a moments peace from life. If a deer comes by, then I thank God for providing for my family that year. I thank the deer for giving his or her life. Hunting is a necessity for some. It's the only way they can survive Go read Genesis 27:3.
Nothing animal related? No leather, no gelatin, no dairy at all? If not, then well done, but I know you are in a tiny minority of hunters in that case.
So, you only eat venison and take one deer a year?
As for the bible - that is certainly not a source of ethics or guidance for me, so I'll pass on that as a reference!
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We take what we need and no more. I do not think I should continue talking to you. You seem very judgmental and ignorant to some things in life. Have a good day.
It is sad you feel that way. My questions come from a genuine place. I grew up in and live in the country, but I choose to not eat meat and to try hard to limit my consumption of animal products for ethical reasons.
My reasoning for this is close to yours, I believe. I do not like the commercial use of animals. If I felt I could humanely take a wild animal, from a sustainable source, then I wouldn't, morally, have an issue with that. I do have an emotional issue with it, however, as the killing of a soul for me to have meat I don't need would not be something I could do, and I refuse to sub-contract that killing out. If I can't do it I have to ask myself why and thus avoid the output from that action.
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I don't get enjoyment from killing an animal. I get enjoyment from waking my husband and daughter up at 3AM, to walk into the woods together
This. There have been many hunting trips when my dad forgets just about everything, including his sleeping bag so he sleeps in the cold. Then sees nothing, and very little signs. Still comes home with a big smile on his face.
There are many trips for bear and all he sees is a sow with Cubs and he'll sit there and eat his lunch and watch them play. He talks about stalking a big buck through some brush and somehow they end up face to face. Then the buck just bounces away with my dad just laughing.
And at our home, my dad will have to stop shooting his compound bow because a doe with fawns will get in between him and his target so he yells at them to get them moving again. Same with some really nice bucks, but they won't move.
It's not the kill. It's the time with loved ones, the time with friends. It's relaxing away from it all.3 -
Ok, so another genuine question here - why can't all that happen with a camera instead of a bow or gun?2
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It's the tradition. It's the food. The fact that you supplied for your family with your own bare hands.
Because shooting them with a camera won't help the population when they start to starve. Is that what you want to take a picture of? Starving animals nothing but skin a bones. I've seen that. It's disgusting and heart breaking.
When an illness runs through an over populated(more food more cougars) area a bunch will die. Well there goes the food for the cougars. Where are they going to go? Maybe if you're really really lucky they will kill your pets. And I mean that, it could be worse. You, a loved one, or even a child.
Plus how much are you willing to donate to the wildlife just to take a picture? Hunters pay a crazy amount in just the USA to help conservation.
Also my father's camera is full of pictures too.
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Post deleted on purpose. Avoiding an argument.2
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SO excited 'bout going dove huntin' in the mornin' that now I can't sleep LOL, UGH!
Best part is that both my dad and older brother are gonna go too....... food for the freezer, but time together, priceless!4 -
Haha! Yea I'm excited about my trip too. Have fun
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