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4. Most hunters eat what they kill

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 08:48 AM

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I don't get hunting... [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 OP

The eat what you shoot, covers probably 99% of hunters. ileus Oct 2015 #1

Your numberrs are way off Reter Oct 2015 #15

"From the hunters I know, I'd say only about 30% eat what they kill." cleanhippie Oct 2015 #29

Some of them are Reter Oct 2015 #91

Anecdotal evidence is fun. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #71

Obviously you can't go by my small sample of 15 people or so Reter Oct 2015 #90

Then you don't know very many hunters. GGJohn Oct 2015 #97

Yeah I don't know anybody d_r Oct 2015 #105

I doubt Dick Cheney or Sarah Palin do. Or lion hunters on pricey safaris. nt valerief Oct 2015 #26

Most eat it but do it for sport. Not sure how it is challanging but ok. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #54

I did it some growing up Recursion Oct 2015 #2

Same, until I was 13. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #27

I love fishing too Recursion Oct 2015 #43

My husband cooks ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #60

Oh, that sounds like a great way to prepare 'em. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #62

I'm spoiled ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #63

I think the vast majority of hunters do eat what they hunt Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #3

I will just say I am thinking of the clown who shot the poor lion./nt DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #5

I think the meat was donated. Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #8

That makes more sense - you might say sport hunting or trophy hunting el_bryanto Oct 2015 #10

It would be nice if they could get someone to donate butchering Marrah_G Oct 2015 #6

Texas has a well-run system of animal donation... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #72

you think CreekDog Oct 2015 #89

Most hunters eat what they kill Marrah_G Oct 2015 #4

Setting aside whether you get it and whether it should be called sport... HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #7

This alarimer Oct 2015 #30

Yes, cameras, binoculars and even bird seed have been proposed in various places HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #79

The sport is in the fact that the animal I'm hunting can smell, hear and run much better than I can, Brickbat Oct 2015 #9

Yeh. I understand. Your gun is hardly even relevant. What total bullshit. HERVEPA Oct 2015 #33

Which is...not what I said. Brickbat Oct 2015 #41

Brickbat is right. Your gun (or bow, or hunting pistol, or whatever) is less important... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #73

Good question. I eat my kills AND enjoy hunting as a "sport." Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #68

I get so tired of the image of the "good" hunter being a poor soul who has no other option Brickbat Oct 2015 #70

Yeah, and then there are the many animals who just get wounded and have Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #88

The number of animals not recovered by hunting is hard to determine... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #100

I just cut down 5 new arrows for my sons first day of bow season tomorrow. ileus Oct 2015 #94

Enjoy! Good hunting! Brickbat Oct 2015 #101

been hunting all my life belcffub Oct 2015 #11

It is a tough subject Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #38

Only times I've ever been hunting JackInGreen Oct 2015 #12

I hunt for the food and the enjoyment. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #74

So, you're under the impression that hunters in the U.S. are not eating what ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #13

They don't have to shoot back to make it sporting Shrek Oct 2015 #14

I feel the same way about fishing! Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #28

Congratulation for when you outwit the animal. I'm sure your weapon gives no advantage. HERVEPA Oct 2015 #36

Not only do I always eat what I kill, safeinOhio Oct 2015 #16

Growing up in the exurban south I have eaten alligator's tail. Tasted like chicken too... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #17

I get what you are saying. safeinOhio Oct 2015 #19

Very few hunters NEED to eat what they are hunting PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #18

You might find it sick, on the other hand I find safeinOhio Oct 2015 #21

.. PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #24

Can we assume you are not an omnivore? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #22

so lets stop all hunting belcffub Oct 2015 #25

So it's more moral to eat chickens raised in inhumane conditions? cwydro Oct 2015 #31

I agree with all you have said. PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #35

How are you defining "need"? Brickbat Oct 2015 #34

Awww, someone haz a sad. GGJohn Oct 2015 #98

Factory farmed animals aren't exactly living the good life.... think Oct 2015 #102

true PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #103

Sorry. I missed the above post. think Oct 2015 #104

I've never known any hunter, myself included who didn't eat what they shot. Autumn Oct 2015 #20

I get hunting. What I don't get is the pleasure in killing. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #23

There may be a pleasure in killing, but I cannot relate... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #77

Sounds like pleasure to me. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #78

I can't say. We live in a conservative society, suspicious of pleasure... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #84

I don't get it, but properly regulated I can see its place. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #32

Specifically we would have to re-introduce predators that farmers don't want Recursion Oct 2015 #46

city parks need more predators that munch on chipmunks and squirrels geek tragedy Oct 2015 #47

The problem is coyotes have a way of munching on Fifi the Poodle, too Recursion Oct 2015 #49

mustelids could do, pit vipers and constrictors are generally geek tragedy Oct 2015 #50

I was even thinking "rattlesnakes seem like the most obvious choice" Recursion Oct 2015 #51

rattlesnakes are getting more dangerous than ever in parts of the west. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #52

I lived in Van Nuys which is a pretty densely populated L A suburb. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #56

DC is full of coyotes Recursion Oct 2015 #57

If you eat what you shoot, it's probably no more immoral than a trip to the supermarket. If . . . leveymg Oct 2015 #37

Lived subsistence in Alaska for more than a decade Scootaloo Oct 2015 #39

Heh. Brickbat Oct 2015 #42

Humans aren't the top predator out there. And despite what you might think, neither are bears Scootaloo Oct 2015 #44

Tell me all about it -- I live in Minnesota. Brickbat Oct 2015 #45

So, so true. Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #58

There is hunting, and there is trophy hunting. Glassunion Oct 2015 #40

Thank you for adding the last sentence. jwirr Oct 2015 #48

I used to do it HassleCat Oct 2015 #53

Shooting a helpless animal is not a challange. Maybe bow hunting is. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #55

It can be very challenging Shrek Oct 2015 #61

Many game animals have plenty of traits that ensure they are not "helpless." Brickbat Oct 2015 #64

LOL, ok, then kill them with a knife. Fair fight. If hunting is so damn hard why are so many killed? Logical Oct 2015 #81

So many what, deer? There aren't. Brickbat Oct 2015 #83

That is a high percent. So must not be that difficult. nt Logical Oct 2015 #86

Why do so many get away or go unseen? Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #85

I refuse to bow hunt Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #80

I agree. Herding cows into pens, keeping chickens in tiny cages is no challenge at all. uppityperson Oct 2015 #95

Tradition! Iggo Oct 2015 #59

:'( darkangel218 Oct 2015 #65

If they are in it for sport only they should use nothing but a pocket knife nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #66

And if it's a sport, I'm rooting for the non-humans. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2015 #76

Some people get hungry and don't live in a first world environment. Rex Oct 2015 #67

We've all got ancestors who saw people of the neighboring village as "meat..." hunter Oct 2015 #69

Sounds like Russian folklore. Rex Oct 2015 #75

People who eat meat but object to hunting are hypocrites. Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 #82

Planting, propagating, and harvesting crops of all kinds also displaces many creatures mac56 Oct 2015 #87

deer hunters in this area madokie Oct 2015 #92

Population control, enjoying a hike in the woods, and sometimes tasty meat. X_Digger Oct 2015 #93

My grandparents were dirt poor laundry_queen Oct 2015 #96

Hunting is morally superior Kang Colby Oct 2015 #99