If 'catch and release' fishing is ethically sound, why not 'catch and release' deer hunting too?

Question

If we wanted to, I'm pretty sure that us clever humans could figure out a way to catch and release a deer without shooting it. Anybody heard of snares?

Its not a matter of 'survival', people 'survive' torture all the time - it doesn't make it right.

I think some of you are missing my point. I've got nothing against hunting for food. I just don't like catch and release fishing and I am comparing that to the same thing with land animals to hopefully make people think a little.

Answer 1

I LOVE this idea!

Maybe paint ball deer hunting, or lazer tag deer hunting might catch on! Everybody hates the taste of venison anyway!

You had a very good idea! ♥

Answer 2

You catch fish, you hunt deer. Using snares would not be allowed being that you could snare other game perhaps even an endangered animal, leaving you with a hefty fine. The whole point of deer hunting, is the hunt. Setting up a snare and just waiting defeats the purpose

Answer 3

Well for one deer can not be caught and released, due to the injuries they will get being caught and or trying to escape the trap....THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS NOT PETS.
Then you have no predators left to keep the deer population under control. So hence it is now up to man to control the deer population. What about lime disease, it can and does get spread by deer. ( even tho ticks carry the disease, deer spread the ticks)
Enough said PETA members better start doing more research into the facts before making statements like catching deer LMAO.
Real funny thing is California outlawed Cougar hunting now they are having problems with the cats showing up eating fluffy (pets). What man screws up in nature ( unbalancing predator/pray ) it is then up to man to keep nature in balance.
With the water world even the parents of the fry can turn predator ( as in Bass eating their own young )

Answer 4

i think you will find that if you snare a deer and release it you will probably watch it hobble off with three legs due to the fact that it has struggled so much the snare would cut right through its leg not very ethical A?. when you catch and release fish not only are you catching them you check their health, you are feeding them you are keeping the waters clean by picking up other peoples rubbish and stopping the rivers and lakes from becoming over grown and over weeded.hope this helps

Answer 5

Because ethically we ki9ll the deer to eat and control the population. With fishing we keep what we want to eat and release the rest to be caught and or spawn to perpetuate the species. If you don't think it's ethical, why are you on the fishing "answers" site? It seems you will only frustrate yourself with all this animal killing and fish catching.

Answer 6

So, you've been watching me. Yes, I snare deer, and its just for fun. But you need to know why we dont do it. Becuase it is dangerous. You can release a fish real easy. Not a deer, they will try to gore you, kick you, and bite you. Thay are not a joke. We have had them come after us when we let them go. Also, it is not legal.

Answer 7

It's called "Wild-life photography".

You can "shoot" any animal using this method.

However, at the end of the day, you don't get a juicy venison steak or backstrap.

And unfortunately, because deer population has grown to enormous proportions do to industrialized farming techniques it is essential to "harvest" deer and other animals that feed on grain & corn. If you don't keep deer population in "check", you eventually get thousands of malnutritioned deer, which leads to diseases like "chronic wasting disease".

This is a fact.

Doesn't matter if you like hunting or not. The harvest and population control of wildlife is imperative to the survival of ANY species that feed on "Mans agriculture".


You can't escape facts! Sorry.



UPDATE: Fishing (IMHO), is as "wholesome", "rewarding", and "honest" as any other sport, (if not more!!!!). BTW, fish do LIVE after catch & release fishing, (98-100%).

You speak as if these fish are doomed!

I'll wager me & my fellow fishermen care MORE for "fish" than you and your PETA friends.

Q:
How much do you (personally) spend on improving the enviroment/habitat of fish every year?

Fishermen/Hunters spend millions of dollars each year on tackle, licenses, gear, guns, Etc, ,WHICH IN TURN, supplys moneys to DNR and other Natural Resource Org to keep wetlands, lakes, river systems, CLEAN, SAFE, & OPEN for PUBLIC USE!

So, the next time your hiking a trail and you stop to admire the "nature" around you, REMEMBER who PAID to keep that trail open for YOU!

The next time you decide to take your boat out for a spin, and you notice the new BOAT-RAMP you are launching at or how CLEAN the water and surrounding swamplands are, recall who pays for it!

ETC ETC ETC ETC.

Your welcome!! (No need to say "thank you".)

Answer 8

In fishing you put a small hole in the jaw with a sharp piece of metal, with proper removal of the metal and conscientious handling of the fish it has a high probability of survival.

In deer hunting you put a large hole with a high speed projectile in what are largely considered to be important anatomical features of the animal. Though I suppose if you are at minimum a competent trauma surgeon and carry packed red cells and/or plasma in your field gear............

Answer 9

I got catch and release Vegan hunting what it is
you shoot a Vegan in the head and leave it in the woods releasing back to the wild

Answer 10

It's called photography.

But, I don't think "catch and eat" in "put and take" areas, or in areas that can sustain reasonable creel limits, is unethical.

I also don't think wild game hunting is unethical. Just ask the farmers in South Eastern Ontario (Lanark County, for instance) that are being over run by deer if they think hunting is unethical.