Do you like to hunt?

Question

i like hunting it is fun and you get good food out of it. Just dont kill for fun because that is wasteful and mean.

Answer 1

Yes, I like to hunt for tasty meats, to be sure, but do not stereotype other hunts.

For example, varmit hunting addresses the problems caused to the ecology due to overpopulations of species that unchecked would wreck havoc on other species, ex. jackrabbits, coyote, fox, prarie dog, etc.

Left alone, populations skyrocket and these animals starve and become desperate, affecting human and domestic areas as well as decimating their natural food supply.

Also, given proper regulation and monitoring of populations, I have no problem with big game and safari hunts for trophies like Teddy Roosevelt used to do. Remember Teddy?..... Created the National Park and Forest systems and preserved our natural wonders for all future generation to enjoy? That hunter did more for the protection of wildlife than anyone else in history.

I'm still hoping for that African Cape Buffalo hunt one day, have been ever since a friend's dad told me about his adventure when I was 7.

Now, I DO have objections to canned 'high-fence' hunts where the game is bred and kept in near captivity for some rich guy with a brand new Weatherby/Leupold setup to come shoot like a fish in a barrel from the back of a Land Cruiser. I saw this kind of operation in Mexico recently and it gave me indigestion and I told the hunters there that they should be ashamed of themselves.

Answer 2

Hunting to me is almost a religious experience. Harvesting a deer or bear is great, but I would hunt even if I knew I would never shoot another animal. It is part of who I am. To watch the sunrise and hear the woods come to life on a crisp, autumn morning bow hunting in Colorado is beyond words. Hunting is good for the soul. I enjoy the peace; I enjoy the time with my friends; I enjoy the exercise and clean air; I enjoy trying to out-smart the game on their turf; I enjoy the freedom.

I grew up in the Midwest, where I learned to hunt from my father. It was a good way to spend time together, and in the process, it was a good way to learn values and respect for the land and the creatures around us. The magic of a bugling bull in September. A whitetail chasing a doe during the rut. The size and power of a bear lumbering down a stream bed. The gobbling of a turkey in the pre-dawn hours. The cackling of rooster pheasant as it takes flight from under your feet.

I have a good friend from Hungary who I’ve been hunting with for the past seven years. He told me that hunting in his country was not for "common people" like him. After our first hunt he wrote his brother to tell him what he had done--it was a great privilege. I have been a bird and animal watcher since childhood, and hunting seems to me to be a way of life. Don’t get me wrong, the kill can be very exciting, but it can also be a descent. I prefer eating wild game to any store-bought meat, and for that reason view the kill as a somewhat necessary conclusion.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved the woods and hunting. Hunting finds a way to inspire our senses. Coffee never tastes as good as at 4 a.m. when you’re joking with family and friends and predicting the day’s hunt. It’s a connection back to the woods, my food, and my history. It’s the thrill of the chase, and the regret for the kill. I can look my food in the eye and not hide behind the styrofoam and plastic wrap of the grocery store.

Most of all I hunt because deer meat with potatoes and carrots in a brown gravy is hard to beat. I grew up in a hunting and fishing family. It was our primary recreation and a source of meat to stretch the family budget. Where other kids had football or basketball, I had a 20-gauge and waders. I came to find a peace and order there that can’t be found in civilization. I f they outlawed hunting tomorrow, I would still spend mornings up a treestand or in a blind. I started to hunt as a child, and I love everything about the outdoors. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about our sport. Merely buying wrapped steaks at the store teaches nothing. Knowing that a life was lost for the meat I need brings home the importance of survival and the truth of life and death. As a meat consumer, I am also an animal killer. I know what I am. I accept it. Hunting keeps me real.

Answer 3

I enjoy shooting sports, hunting, trap, varmint,

I like the experience of getting out of the truck at sunrise walking acrossed a frost covered hay meadow to get to my favorite quail patch.. listening to the bob's calling in their herd for feeding. I like to sit next to my favorite merriam roost calling in the dominate goobler on a cool spring morning.

I enjoy the smell of new mown alfalfa as I walk toward my favorite prairie dog shooting perch.

I like what Ted Nugent says about it. Hunting is a spiritual experience. Nothing can match it.

The by product of the experience is good meat in the smoker, on the BBQ then on the table.

I'd say good luck to DJ, if you get to Ingogo or other safari location. The would be the rush of a lifetime. Like DJ, I have a problem with the canned fenced hunts as well. I watched a dove shoot with Chris Batha in Argentina, there were 4 guys and they knocked down probably 1000 birds. That is a waste. It's jokers like this that give hunting and hunters bad juujuu in the non-hunting world. They can shoot clay like I do if their intent is to "kill mass quantities of something"..

Answer 4

I like to hunt too,one of my favorite parts of it is just being outside in the fresh air and nature.some of my best hunts never even involved shooting my rifle or bow,one that stands clear is watching 2 bucks,a 6 and a 4 point sparring off 75 yards in front of me!!,what a sight to see for sure!!,I never fired my rifle.I just watched ,I also hate those canned/staged fenced off hunts where the deer follow the truck to get fed,IMHO those are not hunts,those are just killing for pleasure.

Answer 5

I am a hunter.
I hunt for Meat and Sport.
I hunt year round for predators and varmints.
I provide a service that helps the farmer and the rancher.
That in turn keeps prices of meat and produce down, because my service stops predation.

If it were not for the sports hunter then the government would have to deal with the ever rising population of vermin and predators, in short that would result in higher taxes paid by you John Q public to prevent predation and crop damage.
Do you wont to give our government reason to raise taxes yet higher so they can miss appropriate 50 to 75 % of that money raised to their own pockets or special interest groups that have nothing to do with your welfare let alone the very reason for the new taxes.

If I were you I would support the person man or woman that saves you money by controlling vermin and predators, for it their sport that saves you money in higher meat and produce prices and keeps the government out of your pocket demanding higher taxes to be squandered.

Some under stand the need to control the population of vermin and nuisance wildlife.
While other object to all hunting, and some who object only to sports hunting.

What I don’t understand is those that support or engage in abortion and then protest hunting of any style.
How can they dare say a bunny has a right to live, and yet they kill babies!

Looks to me as some people have their priorities F**ked UP.

I love to hunt!

D58


Hunting with Rifle, Pistol, Muzzle loader and Bow for over 3 decades.
Reloading Rifle, Pistol and shotgun for over 3 decades.

Answer 6

No, I LOVE to hunt. And yes I eat whatever I kill. I think that makes it taste even better.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

yes i like to hunt and i agree you dont kill just for the fun of it...you have to eat what you kill! =]]

Answer 9

Yep, it is great. the only thing i kill for no reason is coyotes. they are a pest and way overpopulated. I do sell the fur in winter though. I hunt deer, squirrel, rabbit, turkey, and ducks and geese occasionally for food.

Answer 10

I sure do*... Whitetail Deer, Grouse, Pheasant, Woodcock, Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbit with Beagles, Groundhog, Crows*...