Views on hunting

[Gunn]

Take a look at your teeth. We aren't carnivores. We're supposed to be vegetarians.

What numbnut says we are carnivores? We do have canines. They may be short, but they're still there. Take a good look at our diet. It only makes sense to call ourselves omnivores. There are archaeological records showing that humans always had an omnivorous diet, including meat. Now, we don't need to rely on meat to survive though. It's just a matter of choice.
I just hate how some vegetarian freaks contrast humans with carnivores. >__<!

Anyways, I feel a bit in the middle when it comes to hunting. But it only seems to be a hobby, or should I say, a game. People collect moose heads to hang above their fireplace, collecting rabbit tails because they are supposedly "good luck," and for brags. I see no good reason coming out of hunting, other than food.

 

[Shinji_]

I think hunting is just fine, i'm not really bothered by people doing it I just won't do it myself. And putting it up as a Trophy Yuck xD

 

[yvette]

I think hunting for the pure fun of it is wrong because you are upsetting the animal's delicate eco-system. If I shot a doe, and it had babies to tend to, the babies would die if they had no food, or would be eaten by a predator. Imagine if they were the only deer there. That would mean that carnivorous predators, like wolves/foxes would run out of food, and start hunting other animals who would also be affected because the predator is hunting them down so much.

Oh, and we are omnivorous, but some of us are vegetarian (me).

Wit before word. Buddha died of eating bad pork.

 

[Midnight Beat]

If I shot a doe, and it had babies to tend to, the babies would die if they had no food, or would be eaten by a predator.

This is where knowledge and etiquette comes in. From the day they are born to the day that they leave thier mothers care, fawns rarely leave thier mother's side and it is down right sick to hunt a doe and or any female animal when the hunter sees that it has children to attend to. However I say this only to inform and I do respect your opinion.

 

[MegaDitto]

Me and Eliana used to have a movement on hunting. I miss Eli. ._.

Eating for survival is one thing but I'm not a fan of it as a sport. Sadly, it one of those things that cannot be abolished completely. It's just a act of human nature.

 

[yvette]

This is where knowledge and etiquette comes in. From the day they are born to the day that they leave thier mothers care, fawns rarely leave thier mother's side and it is down right sick to hunt a doe and or any female animal when the hunter sees that it has children to attend to. However I say this only to inform and I do respect your opinion.

Why thank you. Like the Aboriginal people, I say to hunt only if needed, and even if they did hunt, the Aboriginal people would treat their food with respect. They'd have a parade the day they'd hunt a bear, and they'd use every bit of any animal they hunt. Some hunters, on the other hand, won't even take the dead body of the animal. They'll just leave it there, and go look for their next victim.

 

[Punishment]

Well here is a basic run down of my opinion.

I disapprove of hunting as a sport and game. Hunting is okay in my eyes if and only if it is for the purpose of food in order to survive.

 

[Alex_]

Hunting things like wild rabbits is okay, I supose.

But trophy hunting is inhumane and disgusting. Everytime a see a moose head or anything like that I want to vomit.I could never go through with killing any animal. I couldn't live with myself. Hunting is inhumane and wrong. For food and survival, I could understand, but in today's society in most cases you won't have to hunt for food. What murderface says about the pain and fear in the animal's eyes before you pull the trigger is so true. Once I had to get my dog put down and when I looked into his eyes he was asking me, "Why?" It was so deeply depressing. I feel much more depressed when an animal dies rather than when a human dies (unless it's my mother or my brothers).

Killing an animal to decrease population (i.e, Aussie's rabbits) is okay with me as long as they don't go to far and control it rather than completely destroy it. I can't stand the killing of canines though so killing creatures like cyotes or wolves sickens me deeply. Same with killing rats. That's why I cry whenever I read books like Where the Red Fern Grows or Old Yeller. Just typing this post has made my cry a little.


Sorry for having a heart, people.

When it comes to an animal needing to be put down, it's for the best. Your veteranarian would not put it down for no reason, it knows when the animal is suffering.

 

[Ullion]

I read the first 15 or so posts, then got tired of all the "ews, hunting is disgusting and inhumane" crap. D:

I understand and acknowledge the afct y'all got the right to your own opinions, but IMO, they're all crappy ones. First of all, humans since the begining of time have eaten meat and hunted animals to survive. If they didn't eat meat back then, our whole race would be completely different, and for all we know (since it might, or might now happen) the human race may have ceased to exist if our ancestors never ate meat because it was too "disgusting" and "inhumane".

Also, if anyone throws out the crap, "Killing live things and eating them is horrible", well geez, what would we eat then, rocks? Anything people eat comes from living things, YES, plants ARE alive. o.O If you want me to put this in an analagy (I think thats what its caleld?), then picking apples (as an example), its exactly like taking away someones baby and eating them.

Geez, now I forget some stuff I was gunna say. Well, carrying one...

Hunting for sport is okay in my opinion as well. I'm quite sure the animal is still turned into food for people to eat. Same goes with trophies and stuff, since people mount heads; which we don't eat. We also don't eat animal hides, we use them to make coats and whatnot which keeps us warm in the winter.

Darn, I hate it when I am only part way through rants, and I completely forget most of the stuff I was gunna say. SO I'll prolly post again or somethin'.

edit: P.S., I'm not sorry for anything I said in my post. If you don't like it, too bad and don't complain.

editx2: Ahh I remebered somethin'! The only thing (i can think of) that I am against thats related to hunting is if a guy goes *boom!* and kills an animal, walks off laughing and going, "LOLZ I LYKE, SO KILLED YOU! HA!1!!11!!one" kinda thing. I mean like... if you're gunna kill it, put it to good use, mkays?!

 

[Alex]

All right listen, hunting has three essential purposes;

1. Lower animal population (sometimes that's needed, believe it or not)
2. Give omnivores and carnivores something to live off of. Face it, we're not all vegetarian, and some of us don't want to be vegetarian.
3. For fun, it's a sport.

1. Honestly, sometimes there's just too much of an species in one place, and you have to kill them off. I'm fine with that because it has a good enough cause. And, if the animal isn't an elephant or something, it won't remember! Geez, I mean, kill them off, let the rest get on with their lives, for Christ's sake, it's not that bad to kill an animal for a reasonable cause.
2. As an omnivore, I need to eat meat. Seriously, fish doesn't cut it, and vegetation alone definitely doesn't. I know it's a bit selfish, but I would kill an animal to let myself live. Seriously, simple motto; Kill or be killed. I'd kill to let myself live, and since you don't get put in jail charged with murder to kill an animal, that's the way I'll live. I have to eat meat, k? k.
3. All right.. hunting, I mean.. It's all right. I'm not 100% for it, but not 100% against it. It's a sport just like any other sport. Sure, it involves killing, just be thankful it's not like Manhunt. Honestly, a sport involving killing human beings would be inhumane, but hunting.. not so much.
I, myself, don't hunt, but I wouldn't mind learning how to.

Anyways.. that's my share.. >_>

 

[Craig²]

When it comes to an animal needing to be put down, it's for the best. Your veteranarian would not put it down for no reason, it knows when the animal is suffering.

True enough however my dog was actually recovering, but my parents disliked him because of his howling problem, which is common in beagles anyway. He was on medications for his problem, which was treatable, and was getting better but they used his problem as an excuse to put him down. I'm glad that he was rid of his pain but I really loved him so it hurts anyway ~

 

[Random]

2. As an omnivore, I need to eat meat. Seriously, fish doesn't cut it, and vegetation alone definitely doesn't. I know it's a bit selfish, but I would kill an animal to let myself live. Seriously, simple motto; Kill or be killed. I'd kill to let myself live, and since you don't get put in jail charged with murder to kill an animal, that's the way I'll live. I have to eat meat, k? k.

I guess that proves Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection :P, but i agree with you Marz, you need meat, especially protein.

 

[yvette]

I guess that proves Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection :P, but i agree with you Marz, you need meat, especially protein.

You don't have to eat meat in order to get protein. Some vegetables can give you protein too. I'm vegetarian, and I'm fine.

Has anyone here ever been to a slaughterhouse?

 

[Craig²]

You don't have to eat meat in order to get protein. Some vegetables can give you protein too. I'm vegetarian, and I'm fine.

Has anyone here ever been to a slaughterhouse?

Yes, I have, and I never ever want to go again.

Nor do I want to see where they keep their veil ever again. @__@

*sigh* Apparently, though, we need meat despite vegetables. I can actually say that I'm not a vegetarian, mainly because my family isn't and my dad makes really good steaks...

 

[Sumomo & Kotoko]

If your going to eat the animal then fine, hunt.

But if your just doing it to shoot something then thats just stupid,
can't you find something better to do with your time then going around pointlessly killing animals?


durkadurk~

 

[wolfie1177]

It's alright if you hunt to eat, but I don't like hunting for fun. It just seems a little barbaric, deer and stuff are really peaceful and we go around shooting them for the hell of it.

 

[Alex_]

You don't have to eat meat in order to get protein. Some vegetables can give you protein too. I'm vegetarian, and I'm fine.

Has anyone here ever been to a slaughterhouse?

I've seen animals slaughtered.

Point?

 

[IAmTheWalrus]

As many others have said, I think hunting is right when you need to do it to survive.

 

[Craig²]

I've seen animals slaughtered.

Point?

She's saying that it's disgusting and inhumane, obviously ~

But that we do it regardless ~

 

[Alex_]

She's saying that it's disgusting and inhumane, obviously ~

But that we do it regardless ~

Well not everything in the world can be "kawaii" and wonderful, that's just how life is.

I've seen animals slaughtered yet I still eat meat and don't feel bad about it.