Zoltack wrote:Some people like me to do it to escape civilization or just get some peace and quite. It's quite up in the forest and there's lots of lovely scenery too it's a wonderful experience.
I enjoy the outdoors as well, but it's possible to get out and enjoy nature without "shooting up the place", as they say. I do it frequently. The extent of my shooting is done with a camera... which results in a much more pleasant remainder of the day (for both myself
and animals) than a shot to the head might. I'd no more be willing to shoot a deer (or anything else) than my cat... animals, for me, are a significant aspect of enjoying nature.
Zoltack wrote:I strongly suggest anyone who is against hunting really look into it deeper because all I've been hearing so far is ignorance. Unless you can find a credible source out there that proves hunting is bad by all means share it. If you can't back up what you say with facts than don't say it. If you haven't been hunting; what do you know about it then? BTW my facts came from this site
http://wildlife.state.co.us/ which is in fact a credible source.
I doubt it's possible to have a credible source to prove hunting is either bad or good... at least depending on the reasons
why a given person thinks it's good or bad. It's almost entirely a subjective affair. Certainly, hunting is legal (though heavily regulated) in any civilized (as far as that term goes on Earth) area... so obviously it's generally considered morally acceptable enough by a majority of individuals.
However, on the other hand, it may simply have retained its acceptance due to the fact it's (as Zoltack stated) a tradition deeply ingrained into the human psyche. In that case, there's the chance that anyone who really put some thought into the matter, or was directly exposed to it might very well find it unacceptable in the modern world. The question of whether or not it's necessary isn't particularly important... but IMO hunting is 100% unnecessary in Western countries, and a good many non-Western countries as well. Certain groups (eg. Aboriginals) in North America retain unrestricted hunting rights as a method of culture preservation (how successul that's proven is highy debatable, but best left for another thread), but for the greater society as a whole there's no real reason to hunt, even for the quasi-defensible reason of providing food.
Chernabog_Rocks wrote:and I just find it hard to see the positive things in hunting when all I hear about from guys at school is how they shot this animal through the eye with their new scope and than proceeded to slice the animal up so it could be cooked.
This is one of the most repugnant things about the whole hunting "culture"... the ones who actually take pleasure in it for the sake of violence, gore, or pain. IMO, there are far more human beings that think along those lines (in relation to many matters beyond the scope of hunting, as well) than ones who have more noble pursuits (call me cynical, but I've met more unpleasant people than pleasant).
People who actually do hunt for food are somewhat easier to understand, but I still don't care for the idea, personally. Even grocery stores with relatively poor selection, at least in western countries, generally have a diverse enough range of meat products for anyone. On top of that, I can't imagine eating a deer... or, indeed, many of the animals people tend to hunt. Two of my uncles live up in Newfoundland, and do a fare bit of hunting, and eat some extremely distasteful (to my mind) food... beaver, caribou, moose, etc. As far as I'm concerned, that's not much better than eating a dog, cat or common rat.
well yeah, he's a farmer and breeds animals to sell and eat, i was talking about hunting