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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting so sacred? [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)And I know she's proficient. Her deep freeze is never empty. (Even with a six annual limit here, that's a lot of processed meat per hunter.)
Why does she in particular keep on, despite being a grandma herself? She was the oldest and went along with her now-deceased father on hunting trips a lot growing up. And she likes venison. It may not be the only was she can keep her family fed, but it does reduce winter meat costs.
Yes, they were the "country cousins", my grandparents bucked tradition and moved to the city. They often had feeder animals, which I only raised while I spent time in a *very* different ideologically group (off the grid sustainable living).
Myself, I more enjoyed my required deer camp attendance shooting with my camera, though I wasn't excused from learning the basics of processing. I also enjoy fishing (and am much better at getting a good fillet there.) My sister and her husband enjoy both a lot more than I. They get time in the wilderness and meat.
I actually tend to agree archery is more sporting. But muzzleloaders aren't what's causing shootings, and if semi-automatic is the new technology, magazine limits should be 1000% Constitutional regardless of if people argue about whether an AR is a great weapon for filling your freezer to supplement food. If you need more than 5 bullets to shoot a deer, the Maine/Oregon regulation, you are either lazy because you just don't want to reload, or don't need to be shooting.