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Originally Posted by Danzig
'for fun'.
not sure how one would decide if it's purely for 'fun'. can people buy food instead of hunt? sure. but they choose to do it on their own. and i'm sure there are many reasons for deciding. i know the last few years i haven't bothered to go. it's a lot of work, and i guess i just decided it was more work than enjoyment.
and i have to say, it's the act of being outside, seeing things you never see if you're not out there that's fun. the act of shooting isn't fun. and for most it's the same way. people like their venison, or whatever they're hunting. and it's not easy to get the stuff from the grocer.
besides, much like other hobbies, it's not incredibly enjoyable. people like to work on their cars, but they could certainly pay a mechanic. it may not be fun to do some of the work, but it's nice to have that sense of satisfaction, that you can do it all yourself.
when we take a deer, it never leaves us. we take care of it from start to finish. lots and lots of work. it'd be a lot easier to just buy a side of beef.
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You make a good point. There could certainly be some crossover in terms of doing it for necessity but also enjoying the satisfaction, etc.
If a person told me that instead of going to the store to buy his meat, he prefers to hunt because the meat is much healthier, and he also gets some satisfaction out of it, I wouldn't have a problem with that. In reality, that is probably a much better death for the animal than an animal in a slaughterhouse would have.
I just don't like the people that think it is fun to shoot an animal and take its life. Could I tell you the percentage of hunters who fall into that category? No, I couldn't but I know there are a lot of them. I haven't talked to hundreds of hunters but I've talked to enough of them to know that there are plenty of them out there. They usually won't admit that they enjoy killing the animal but it isn't too hard to figure out. Practically none of these people have told me that they hunt because the meat is healthier and they use this meat in place of buying meat.
Now it is possible that hunters from big cities hunt for a different reason than hunters who live in rural areas. I don't deny that.