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(8,361 posts) Mon Dec 9, 2013, 06:31 PM Dec 2013

I would like to announce that as a young person I hunted for food [View all]

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I think a lot of poor people in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc. do hunt for food. I do not own any guns now, and I don't believe I will ever go hunting again. However, I think impoverished people have fewer choices which is why organic and locovore trends are mostly good for people with higher incomes and very poor people end up doing what they need to do to survive.

There was one year when the deer my dad got ended up being a big deal for our diet as a family of six.

EDIT: Oh, and in the interest of full disclosure, I'm holding a 12 guage shotgun for a friend of mine since he's living in NYC. Since I have no shells for it, I guess the most it can be used for is a bludgeon.

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I would like to announce that as a young person I hunted for food [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 OP

We fished for food. Same thing. n/t pnwmom Dec 2013 #1

Nothing wrong with hunting for food. bigwillq Dec 2013 #2

I agree, but trophy hunting I hate. n/t RebelOne Dec 2013 #7

So do I (nt) bigwillq Dec 2013 #25

No, nothing wrong with it at all. I prefer it to factory farmed meat nt Mojorabbit Dec 2013 #37

My husband did the same. HappyMe Dec 2013 #3

that's a good iea. Yeah, my brother and I used to do a lot of fishing in the lake near us too. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #5

There's a Hunt For the Hungry Program in WI. HappyMe Dec 2013 #6

"...very poor people end up doing what they need to do to survive" etherealtruth Dec 2013 #4

Nothing wrong with hunting, but i bet you never needed an AR15, to take down Heather MC Dec 2013 #8

you are right. I am for restriction of some guns out there. and univeral background checks Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #10

I like Chris Rock's Plan, Give them the gun but Charge $5,000 per bullet Heather MC Dec 2013 #13

Wouldn't work, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #20

Ok, $5000 per primer ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #70

I love Chris Rock's stand up comedy routines, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #73

Other than Chris rock being an idiot know-nothing... cleanhippie Dec 2013 #77

You do realize Chris Rock is not a constitutional scholar? hack89 Dec 2013 #80

Some hunters do use AR15 or the higher powered AR10 to hunt deer but ... spin Dec 2013 #17

Even if you wanted too Sgent Dec 2013 #38

But I thought most news reports when talking about ar15s always call them hi powered rifles Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #68

Depends on what you mean by Sgent Dec 2013 #69

One reason the military went to small caliber bullets is they found that when you kill Bandit Dec 2013 #95

I've several guns, for hunting Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #9

That used to be us... cynatnite Dec 2013 #11

We just had a nice bowl of moose bone soup for lunch. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #12

A lot of people get preachy behind what they THINK is a sustainable lifestyle. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #14

Nicely stated. appal_jack Dec 2013 #15

One summer, I fished for it to save money. badtoworse Dec 2013 #16

I lived with a foster family for a year when I was in high school and venison was the Cleita Dec 2013 #18

Over Thanksgiving weekend my Mom talked about growing up csziggy Dec 2013 #19

Used to have squirrel for breakfast missingthebigdog Dec 2013 #22

Same here wendylaroux Dec 2013 #60

Yum! X_Digger Dec 2013 #23

my dad was in the military demigoddess Dec 2013 #21

I think most people in the South have eaten venison Aerows Dec 2013 #24

Quite a few in the Great Lakes region of the north have too. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #28

Indeed Aerows Dec 2013 #30

Moved to Houston 5 years ago :)... but it's brrrr chilly here (45-ish). ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #31

LOL! Aerows Dec 2013 #32

PS - they have the dry cold Aerows Dec 2013 #35

I was sort of chuckling at your soup thread the other day. Jenoch Dec 2013 #92

Heck I STILL hunt. growing up I not only shot rabbits and squirrels littlewolf Dec 2013 #26

there`s nothing finer than a deer roast that`s just cooked to perfection! madrchsod Dec 2013 #27

venison is a wonderful meat. luckily i can get ground bison at the grocers here. dionysus Dec 2013 #29

Some places in TN during the Great Depression were "hunted out"... Lars39 Dec 2013 #33

In WV the deer herd is the one natural resource that is used to the benefit of all citizens. hollowdweller Dec 2013 #34

Hunting them Aerows Dec 2013 #36

Yep. One area where some rural land owners and sportsmen who hunt game find Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #39

This is the part that made this post about guns... Agschmid Dec 2013 #40

because I implied I had no guns around me Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #43

Grew up eating probably 50% meat that my dad brought in fishing or hunting Lee-Lee Dec 2013 #41

As a POOR person I hunted also up to 9 months ago. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #42

dumster diving? eww Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #44

Isn't that what you've been doing lately? pintobean Dec 2013 #48

a little different Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #49

It's worse. pintobean Dec 2013 #51

well, I'm sure my hobby won't last long Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #52

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #61

I am defending DU in every post Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #62

He knows that BainsBane Dec 2013 #64

He went over there to call them on their shit BainsBane Dec 2013 #63

Thank you. I appreciate what you've said. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #65

Did you get my PM? BainsBane Dec 2013 #66

Yes. I will respond to it in a little bit.... Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #67

I hate not being in the "know" snooper2 Dec 2013 #75

Ok, I gotta be nosey. But you're the one who brought it up... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #93

Unexpected inheritance 10 months ago. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #99

I figured it must have been an inheritance. Sorry for the loss of the person ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #100

Yeah, guns! Iggo Dec 2013 #45

I am about as big of a gun control proponent as you can imagine Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #46

Bothered? I'm havin' a good ol' time! Iggo Dec 2013 #47

Are you ok? cleanhippie Dec 2013 #78

I am now. Iggo Dec 2013 #90

hunting is about as "locavore" as it gets KittyWampus Dec 2013 #50

agreed. just mentioning that in contrast to people who can afford to shop at upscale markets Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #53

There seems to be a double standard in GD on gun posts SecularMotion Dec 2013 #54

no. mine was locked, and I appealed saying it was more about hunting for food Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #55

It's happy talk about hunting with guns SecularMotion Dec 2013 #59

It's happy talk about locavore hunting, not about... Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #74

The difference is SecularMotion Dec 2013 #76

The OP is not about hunting with guns, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #79

There is no need to hunt for food. We don't live in caves anymore. SecularMotion Dec 2013 #82

Yeah, you go ahead and eat that store bought, factory farmed, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #84

Here I fixed it for you SecularMotion Dec 2013 #86

Call it what you like, Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #87

Actually, one cannot first "slaughter" without first hunting and killing... Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #88

Caves are the homes of neanderthals and the uncivilized SecularMotion Dec 2013 #91

It sounds as if you don't know any poor people who can't afford to buy food, Tanuki Dec 2013 #96

Being poor isn't an excuse to hunt for food SecularMotion Dec 2013 #97

In the long run it's much cheaper to hunt your own food. Ranchemp. Dec 2013 #98

Sorry. Doesn't fly. This is clearly a thread about hunting. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #85

A lot of people around here are subsistence hunters Warpy Dec 2013 #56

I can't think of anything more organic than hunting one's own food. yardwork Dec 2013 #57

Wouldn't that be the epitome of locavore? n/t BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #58

In Tennessee (and I'm sure in other states as well), Tanuki Dec 2013 #71

I fish for food only because I love eating them. Taste a hell of a lot better B Calm Dec 2013 #72

I don't turn down game when it is offered to me. GoCubsGo Dec 2013 #81

Some years back they called Detroit mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #83

'Dillo chilli is damned good though I have not made it.. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #89

*Insert snooty, elitist, ignorant comment here* Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #94

Me too Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #101

Locavore is someone emphasizing a diet of locally produced food Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #102

Oh, cool. That makes me one too Prophet 451 Dec 2013 #103