Why is hunting so sacred?

[DashOneBravo]

151. Not being argumentative

I’ll try to politely explain. I hunt deer and every year I kill 4 or 5 does. The limit is 3 does a day. That’s how bad the over population is where I live. We get 3 or 4 guys together and butcher it ourselves. The only thing we don’t do is making the ground part. We have a local guy who will grind one for $60. That’s most of the meat my family eats.

This is a rural area. I grew up in a farming area and moved. I’ve lived in urban and suburban areas for 20 plus years and moved back to the country. It’s poor here, the average combined family income is $30,000. Guys will work 3rd shift slinging steel and then go jump on a tractor for a couple hours. Union Dems in a right to work state.


A lot of us hunt with rifles and shotguns that were handed down to us from our fathers or grandfathers. A box of deer ammo is expensive so we make each shot count. When my buddy kills one he calls and we all come over to help.

Sometimes I think it be nice if everyone had to live a few months in the other persons shoes. I include myself in that.

-1B