posted on December 8, 2000 02:26:47 PM
Hunting is a crime.
Hunters are serial killers.
Imagine that, you take a riffle, go out and do some killing.
You give yourself the right, when the mood strikes you, to take the life of another being.
The worst part is not even in the killings. It is in the fact that 9 out of every 10 shots don't kill.
Animals with broken legs, brohen wings, broken spines, shot in their face, bleeding, spending hours and hours, sometimes days, dragging a broken limb, or with their eyes shot, or their jaw broken.
A hideous slow agony, pain and fear mixed in a nightmarish horror.
posted on December 8, 2000 03:06:15 PM
nutspec- i hear what you are saying and whether i agree or not i appreciate your response. tegan- i was just using a word that i knew would create a good general chat on the subject, however, for the record there are definitely many hunters who call it a sport. i am among those who feel, as another poster said, that unless the prey is shooting back it is not a sport. aren't there many hunters who shoot perfectly healthy, non-starvation threatened animals just for fun? they may even take the meat but don't really need it. marwin- although i don't necessarily agree with your opening generalities, your point about wounded animals is a very important one. i wonder how a wounded hunter(it does happen) would feel if he(or she) could not get medical attention?
[ edited by stusi on Dec 8, 2000 03:09 PM ]
posted on December 8, 2000 03:25:08 PM
Just on another note regarding the possibility of killing an animal and leaving it intentionally to rot and just taking trophy parts - It is a criminal offense in every state I hunt in.
posted on December 8, 2000 11:25:51 PM
Some of the places I hunt have terrain that can be quite dangerous. 100-foot cliffs, old mine shafts, deep ravines, slides, etc.
Most of the time the terrain is traversed when it is dark going in and dark coming out. In the early AM I go in without the assistance of any light to reduce the alerting of the game.
I would like to take "jamesoblivion" on a hunt with me to foster new appreciations in life for him.
posted on December 8, 2000 11:33:58 PMNature kills the weakest, a hunter when given a choice will choose to kill the biggest and strongest.
Not if they are meat hunters. I spent over 20+ yrs shooting everything & anything that I could eat, and I always seeked out the young, tender, primo eatin, critters. Moose under 2 yrs of age were my fave.
I've also watched entire herds of deer die of starvation in -50 below weather, not a very pretty site.
It is in the fact that 9 out of every 10 shots don't kill.
That's funny, 10 out of 10 head shots, always kill.
