Hunters Are Awesome

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by jms62

You specifically stated that a large percentage of hunters do it for fun. Please show me your evidence supporting your position that a large percentage of hunters do it for fun. Don't simply pull more numbers out your ass.

I just clarified what I meant by a large percent in my last post. It doesn't matter whether it's 10% or 80%, there are people out there doing it for sport. Do you dispute that? There will never be a way to know anything close to a precise percentage because not everyone who simply hunts for sport will admit that it is just for sport.

There aren't a ton of hunters who live in Los Angeles, so I can't claim to knowing a lot of hunters. But I have met some. A good friend of mine (who happens to be a very successful pinhooker) is a hunter. He lives in Ocala. I talk to him about once a week on the phone. I will often give him a hard time about hunting. He usually uses a cross-bow. I think he eats a lot of what he kills but he pretty much does it for fun. Like most hunters, he likes the challenge, the outdoors, the camaraderie, and that type of thing. I tell him to go play golf instead and he will still have the challenge, camaraderie, etc., but he won't be taking a life.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I just clarified what I meant by a large percent in my last post. It doesn't matter whether it's 10% or 80%, there are people out there doing it for sport. Do you dispute that? There will never be a way to know anything close to a precise percentage because not everyone who simply hunts for sport will admit it that it is just for sport.

There aren't a ton of hunters who live in Los Angeles, so I can't claim to knowing a lot of hunters. But I have met some. A good friend of mine (who happens to be a very successful pinhooker) is a hunter. He lives in Ocala. I talk to him about once a week on the phone. I will often give him a hard time about hunting. He usually uses a cross-bow. I think he eats a lot of what he kills but he pretty much does it for fun. Like most hunters, he likes the challenge, the outdoors, the camaraderie, and that type of thing. I tell him to go play golf instead and he will still have the challenge, camaraderie, etc., but he won't be taking a life.

What does that mean? Does he kill things and not eat them or give them to someone who will?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by jms62

What does that mean? Does he kill things and not eat them or give them to someone who will?

I think he gives it to someone who will eat it. I guess you could argue that it doesn't matter who eats it, as long as someone eats it. That is a legitimate argument. But I would argue that he is still just killing for fun, which he basically admits, but not in those words. As I said before, when I ask him why he does it, he talks about the challenge, the camraderie, etc. That doesn't sound to me like any kind of necessity. If he truly believed that this was the only healthy meat, and he hunted so that he had this meat to feed his family, then I wouldn't have a problem with it.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Speaking of deer, here is a good story about a stray dog and a deer that became good friends.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/motherle...032652172.html