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In reply to the discussion: Comedian Jay Leggett dies after killing deer [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)You can shoot deer. You can eat deer. I already indicated I don't care too much about that one way or another. But you're implying that "the hunter" (whether that's you personally, all the hunters you're speaking for, or whatever)--you're implying that "the hunter" is shooting deer for reasons of nutrition, and that's just not true. While it may be true that some hunters want to source food as locally as possible, and while it may be true that some hunters don't want to eat over-antibioticized store-purchased meat, the vast, VAST majority of hunters have had a Big Mac or Whopper or Taco Bell "food" item in the last 3 months. So you can climb down off of your high horse, because I don't believe your starting position. Hunting is primarily done for the thrill of the hunt, for the technical challenge. And that goes right back to my point. If you want to shoot deer with a gun, great--go have fun. If you want a real challenge, however, do your shooting with a camera. And then when you want a bigger challenge yet, start pointing the camera at birds. But talk of eating photographs, well, that's just a non-starter with me.