Doing a paper on peoples views of hunting. Help?!?

Question

I'm doing a report on different citizens views on hunting, so if you'r ratically for hunting or against hunting, I would REALLY appreciate your input.
Thanks!!!

Answer 1

I have been a hunter for years. I am not a so called "Sportsman". I eat what I kill. I do not kill more than I can eat. Hunting is not just hunting. It involves camping, hiking, firearms ( or archery) and companionship. Of the four elements I enjoy the companionship the most. The time I spend with my dad and my brother is very special.
Please keep in mind that most conservation departments in most states get a large share of their money from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and other fees paid by both hunters and fishermen. This money is spent for the benefit of everyone. Like nature trails, forrest mangament, and state parks just to name a few things.

Answer 2

People who are 'against' hunting oppose something they no so little about.

In America, the human populations have grown and nearly displaced the large predators that used to live here. Without hunting to cull the populations of herd animals like deer, their populations would explode and it would be an ecological disaster.

I think that people have become soft the last couple of generations. We get our meat from a supermarket, in a plastic tray or a frozen package.

For a million years man lived on the animals he hunted and the plants foraged. It was the natural order of things, it's what humans are. Then, just a few thousand years ago really, a millisecond in the history of time, we started growing crops and domesticating animals and from this grew 'civilization'.

Except in a few aberrant cultures, hunting is still practiced as a male bonding ritual that was passed from fathers to sons. Most people relied on the meat from hunting in many places. It's how my grandfather put meat on the table to feed his 9 children.

Sometime around the social turbulence of the 1960s, the traditional male roles were not only questioned but rejected, at least by some in our society.

The people that rejected these traditional male roles typically live in large cities and on the coasts of our country, however they control all the media, the television, the movies, the news, etc. and they still believe that Men and males activities like hunting are now backward and barbarous and they are more evolved.

So where we are today is a couple of generations later with a lot of brainwashed young people that have never hunted, never seen an animal harvested for it's food, never worked a hard days work in their lives, weak-stomached and weak-willed vegetarians who could not survive one night in the wild who feel that animals have the same rights to live as humans and who are picketing in front of a fried chicken place against 'cruelty'.

These are the anti-hunters. Misguided fools that live in a fantasy world that's completely manufactured and man made and who understand nothing about themselves or nature or God or their place in the universe.

Answer 3

Too many people buy into the brainwashing the NRA, Safari club, NWTF, etc feed people on gun ownershp and conservation. Is their money and words powerfull, yeah and they are important. But too many people worship the radical ground the groups walk on.
People are not interested in conservation --- only conservation to promote the inflation of land cost and additional amimals to hunt.

Hunting is a recreational sport. As said, very few people today will actually break out even financially when you factor in the price of gas alone. I spend at least 20 dollars every time I go squirrel, rabbit, turkey, and deer hunting and I probably make those drives maybe 30-40 times a year.
You can go to the park and watch nature. You can go to the store to get food cheaper.

Also the argument that we're killing big game to prevent them dying of starvation. Hogwash, the vast majority of animals killed are juvinile or young adults. We don't allow euthenasia, do we ? And we certainly don't use it on people age 30 because in 40 years they are going to die a horrible death...

Hunting is a recreational sport and it is all about the kill or at least the opportunity --- there's nothing wrong with that.

Hunting is also big business ( making new and "better" guns and calibers, new products and camo that we really don't need but buy because of marketing) and can be a good investment. We're losing more and more land to development (meaning people can't hunt these places anymore) and what it's doing (in addition to the CRP crop reserve program) is inflating the cost of all recreational private land. So there is money to be made in hunting from the investor standpoint (although it's not like it was 10 years ago) in terms of buying ground, renting the ag ground to farmers, and then renting the area to hunters to lease. It's basically the same principle as having a home and renting it out at the mortage price.

But let's really recognize it for what it is --- recreation.

Good luck with your paper

Answer 4

I eat what I hunt. As a young fellow I hunted for the table. I now buy a hunting licence to enjoy the walks in the woods if I get game it is a bonus for the table if not it was a way to relax. I use the time as an excuse to relax, if I didn't have the license I would be doing other chores or working.

Answer 5

Well as my wife puts it when she sees the trophy my Dad had. Your Dad shot Bambi.

Personally, I have been raised to believe this is perfectly OK. I have shot and cleaned many small animals, but sadly my Dad passed away when I was 7, so no big game lessons. I was a little busy for that when I was older anyhow.

As far as hunting goes, I understand it to be OK if you eat what you shoot. If it is just for sport thing is a waste of life. We are predators and it is allowed, but when you are just trophy hunting only, you have a problem.

I have also heard of places you shoot game that is brought to you. Like geese or something. This is really ridiculous. Hunting is what slows you down. Finally, the use of rifles with telescopic sights is way too easy. You know, no sport in that.

We are not all cut out for this. My brother had the same upbringing, but would get physically ill when it came time to finish the animal off. You see the difference. Even at 4 years older he was not able to handle it.

I kept hunting small game after my Dad passed away, my brother did not and would not eat it.

Recently, I wanted to show my grandson how to shoot. This is really the best thing for respect for a weapon, to know what it can do to you. Although I was allowed to pick up a 22 rifle at 5 years old. My wife and daughter will not allow me to show my grandson to even shoot a pellet gun.

He is like me. One with focus and self control. With supervision he could enjoy target practice and be safe doing it. Hunting is not for everyone.

Personally, I don't want him to be a whoose. I want him to have my guns some day. I will try again when he gets older. Until then, he has his Karate lessons, so no worries.

I can understand the critical aspect of hunting and firearms, but all things in moderation. I think the people need to understand that hunting has nothing to do with who we are.

I don't beat my wife, I don't spank my children, I don't kick my dog... get it. The ability to kill does not mean violence runs rampant in my life. Most people who know me would not see me with a gun shooting something.

I hope this helps you with your paper. Maybe you should go hunting to see how it feels, although you could have culture shock when it comes to the kill. Just remember to eat what you kill. Good luck. JC

PS This is a little long to proof read carefully, so understand if there are a few grammar errors.

Answer 6

Well i believe that hunting (in Australia) is a valid way to exterminate pests or cull some kangaroos so the ecosystem is in balance. Hunting as a sport is also ok but only a few times a year.

Answer 7

it really is very simple.when a herd of any game animal is left as is it will grow and grow.then they have starvation ,disease, and inner breeding.this can lead to wiping out entire herds.anti hunters say it is wrong but never offer a solution of their own.god says it is okay to hunt. it is a very good tool for keeping herds to a managable size.nothing is sadder than to see sad and diseased wild animals.they are harvested and used as food. lasy year venison fed over 250,0000,000 meals.venison is used to halp feed the needy and homeless.hunters do not shoot animals and just leave them laying their. they harvest and use the meat for meals.just a few years ago chronic wasting disease wiped out thousands of animals. last year it did the same thing. these all came fro over populates areas.anti's and confusing hunters with just shooters. millions are spent every year by hunters to educate and make the animals healthier. the anti's never have done a single thing to help the animals but gripe.
----retired texas deputy sheriff----

Answer 8

i have to agree 100% with Scott E. its not about the killing of the animal,But the enjoyment of nature(and friends)I hunt because i love being 1 with nature.when i am in the woods, nothing else matters not the problems at work,not the price of gas,nothing.I have as much fun sitting in the woods all day just getting to watch the birds flying around and the squirrels running through the dead leafs as i do when i get the chance to harvest an animal.

Answer 9

I was raised in a family of 9 kids and 2 adults back when $40 per month was a good salary. Hunting put food on the tables back then. It wasn't a sport, it was survival, and all of the kids in my family became very adept at hunting.

Now in this state, with welfare, food stamps, and the exorbit cost of hunting and fishing license, it is no longer feasible for anyone to hunt for food.

Today it cost more for license, tags, gasoline and other related cost than it cost to buy food from the market.

Only the wealthy can afford to hunt for sport in my state. I don't agree with sport killing. If you don't need the food, don't kill it unless it is trying to kill you or someone else.

Answer 10

Ok i hope i can be helpful!! My view on hunting is i believe to be a practicaly one. If you are hunting to feed your family then all means go ahead. I don't beleve in butchering animal for sport and there the big difference between hunting and butchering. Ok for example i no some native that speer fish in spawning time but that don't just hunt the fish tofeed their familes, they kill the fish and i've seen them just left to go bad. Hunters can be good or bad some do it for fun and fome do it for the sport and to see how much pain a animal can take. I don't hunt for animal. I hunt for fish but only for the sport of it and to feed sometimes. Now hunters that go to the jungle and hunt there is no good reason for that. They just want the fur on their wall or just to say they kill a good animal. I don't no if this is helpful to you. i hope it is. Hunting for food is good and hunting for sport is wrong. Every living thing deserves a chance to live, God made them to live on earth like you and me and that is how it shoud be, but God also put animals there for us to eat not to slauter. That is were we all should draw the line in hunting. Take care and when you write your paper i hope you take my view and work it.