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In reply to the discussion: Had a nice day deer hunting in Maine today. Last day for regular season. A big Maine tradition. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)So your lectures are just not hitting the mark with me.
You don't seem to get that deer live on the forest littorals, close to suburbs. If the wildlife types were going to let "predators" remain unchecked to control the deer population, they'd have to clear out those suburbs and leave the area to wilderness, unless you want to see those same predators occasionally attacking little Billy or sweet Dora on the playgrounds. Everyone back to the cities--you first??? And if you live in a city, will you give up some of your space for someone displaced from the 'burbs?
You also don't understand that, yes, for most hunters that I know, it IS about $$$$$--it's about being able to feed one's family quality protein that they wouldn't be able to afford otherwise. Not about "organic"--we're talking the difference between protein for growing kids, and no protein for growing kids.
Imagine you are making 25K a year and you have three or four kids (I KNOW people who make this small an amount of money--they are all over northern Maine, and they are very nice people, too). You have the gun your dad gave you on your 16th birthday, and you come from a community with a hunting tradition. Are you going to feed your kids shitty, fatty ground burger, or are you going to go get your own meat, and feed your kids quality food? I know what my answer would be. It's not about prissy little "walks in the woods," it's about having the integrity to get up off your ass, walk out in the cold and the dark, go kill what you eat, expend the effort to drag it home and butcher it if you know how, or get help if you don't, rather than just take off the plastic wrap and nuke the food in the microwave, and feel superior (for no good reason) while so doing.