I had to hunt for a matching black sock this morning. It sucked.

But seriously, I know this will sound like pure fagetry but, I could never kill an animal. That doesn't mean that I think hunting/fishing is bad, by any means. I'm just glad that there are other people out there who can and will do it, be cause I can't and I hate starving to death.

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I used to do alot of bass fishing by me. The only problem is I gotta drive 40-60 miles to find a good lake. Ive also done alot of Carp fishing, but only to beach em outta the local ponds that get taken over by em.

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i go hunting every now and again at my familys ranch in west texas

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"Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold :
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I live in NYC now, so no hunting or fishing anymore, but when I was growing up in Pennsylvania, I used to do both quite a bit. Usually catch and release for bass and panfish in ponds, some trout fishing in streams.

As for hunting, deer, turkey, rabbits, groundhogs all summer, a little for pheasants, a few years hunting doves (they're sooo hard to hit and so tasty when grilled). I even went out for black bear a few years ago, but it was mostly to scout for the upcoming deer season.

In western PA, it's a pretty normal thing to do. My grandparents both own small family farms, so the animals (especially deer and groundhogs) do a lot of crop damage. My family's also into shooting and I used to do it competitively when I was younger and still try to make use of my dad's shooting range every time that I visit home.

what's the point of hunting? what are you proving?

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Originally posted by Floorfiller what's the point of hunting? what are you proving?

You gotta put food on your family.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller what's the point of hunting? what are you proving?

Does everything that you do have to be to prove something? I'm assuming that you feel that hunters are trying to prove their superiority to their prey, which isn't the case.

I used to hunt all the time because it was something that I enjoyed doing. I grew up in a rural area, so as I said before, it's common to be a hunter. I liked getting out into the woods and away from everything else that was going on in my life. I guess it's a way to retreat from society for a bit. When you're hunting, you pay a great amount of attention to detail, trying to notice for sign, watching for movement, etc., which can give a greater appreciation for the outdoors. It was also a good bonding experience between my father and I as it was one of the few times when I was a teenager that we weren't fighting over something.

People who grew up in cities for the most part don't get it because they pick up everything from the store. They also don't have to deal with the negative effects that many game animals have on humans (see my earlier comment about crop damage, look at the costs of deer-automobile accidents, both in dollars and human life, etc.). While some people have this idea that we should just let nature do as it pleases, I'd contend that hunting is more humane. A well placed bullet is a lot quicker than starving because of overpopulation (because they're competing with other animals as well as humans for food).

As for the food comment that followed, my family eats everything that we kill when we hunt. From a health standpoint, most of the things that you kill yourself are going to be quite a bit healthier than farm animals. As they aren't confined, the meat tends to be leaner (compare the fat content of venison to that of beef). They're also free of the chemicals and supplements that farmers put in their feed for cattle (or even farm-raised game animals like deer and turkeys). If you take a wild turkey and compare to a domestic, you'll notice that the meat is completely different. Wild turkeys have no white meat, it's all dark, which is more moisture rich.

I went on a fishing charter once, and now apparently I'm a redneck.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller what's the point of hunting? what are you proving?

Your much more metro than i gave u credit for

The way i see it is, either you kill your food or someone else is gonna do it for you.
But either way i respect your view. I felt the same way before, then when i went hunting i saw the other side of the story...i guess our experiences mould who we are

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Originally posted by Floorfiller what's the point of hunting? what are you proving?

I will occasionally "hunt" coyoties/coy-dogs. My friends and I will do this as a favour to local sheep farmers.... they appreciate it as these preditors will regularly kill the lambs amongst their flocks.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by UWM I went on a fishing charter once, and now apparently I'm a redneck.

I think that photo was a chop anyways....

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