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Hunting is essential human behavior. It does not take someone special to do what humans evolved to do.
originally posted by: testingtesting
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Can you sell it?...The meat?.
The only difference between hunting and shopping is in one you dont have to get dirty. That doesnt make you in any way superior. Nor me mentally ill. Youve simply paid to have someone do your dirty work.
FWIW game meat actually is cheaper if you arent doing the whole outfit thing. I can drive my truck down to public land with my licence and rifle and bring home a few thousand worth of pork and venison.
Do you call anglers mentally ill too? Or just hunters?
I bet you live in the city.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: SlapMonkey
Most people are not born with their own land and a gun in their hand. They do have to purchase such things, but I did not say all at once, as you did.
Do not misrepresent what I said.
I made specific statements and stand by them. You are playing games by saying silly stuff.
So you have no comment on the specifics that I mentioned?
How nice. Tradition and stuff. Happy fathers and happy kids out in the fields of joy murdering # for fun.
Now the real question is does that make any financial sense. I can get chicken for $1-$1.25 a lb. Can you get the deer for that amount or cheeper? I can go a mile down the road, get my food, no need for a firearm, a licence, land rights, etc, and get back home in a matter of 20 minutes.
Can you do that hunting?
No.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: howtonhawky
I dunno man....its not like we have any right telling africa that they cany become a successful economy. Europeans killed all their large animals and it facilitated civilization. Now we want to tell Afruca they cant? So much for sovereignty.
Africa is the fastest growing population on the planet. Encroachment will not stop. So the options are to fund conservation or just give up.
It was implied in what you said and how you presented it, and I'm quite certain you understand that.
Oh, well...if you stand by them, by all means, they must be correct and accurate.
No, because your specifics hold no merit for comment.
And this is why your "specifics" warrant no comment, because you have no logic or reason contained in your argument of "mental illness" and "murdering sh*t just for fun." You are being willfully ignorant on the topic of discussion for the sake of ideological idiocy, and you're succeeding with honors.
Do you comprehend that I'm talking about wild game, like deer, and you're talking about cage-raised chicken? You are conflating two completely different points, here.
Not everyone wants to buy the cheapest chicken raised in the least humane ways and slaughtered and processed with no regard for life.
The point that you're missing here is this, and it's simple: The vast majority of hunters have a respect for life that these meat-processing plants and bulk-meat raising facilities completely lack, but at the end of the day, it's all the same result--an animal is dead, being cooked and consumed as food for a human.
Just because you don't have to witness it in person or take part in that, but are still willing to enjoy the benefits of the process is a testament to how separated you are from reality.
If that's what you want to do, that's fine, but don't pretend like you are situated on some moral high ground above hunters, because I guarantee you that every supermarket throws away exponentially more meat per year, wasting the lives of animals, than hunters in America kill for themselves and their families.
Your pretentious, lacking viewpoint on this matter is almost as laughable as some of the comments that you make, but the fact that you keep repeating the same garbage over and over negates said humor.
The rest of your comments to me are unnecessary, as I refuse to debate further with you on this matter. I apologize for the ad hominems, but damn, when you're basically admitting these things yourself within your comments, I'm just citing the obvious.
Best regards...enjoy your cheap supermarket chicken and all that time you saved by not hunting--I'm sure glad that you put it to good use, like with these deep and well-researched comments on ATS...
I cannot find venison at the store. So any price would beat that. I can order it online for a hefty sum though.
You living in the city is relevant when you state that hunters are mentally ill.
It is just another support in my belief that the urban/rural disconnect is becomming alarming
If someone has to hunt to feed their family and it is the most logical avenue to do so, I understand that.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: howtonhawky
Bull
I lived in Wyoming and knew several subsistence hunters. Poor as hell, couldnt survive without the hunt. Never sold their rifles
Not everyone is poor due to being stupid.