"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
...
Just watch out for those protesters who don't share your view of hunting
as a "rich" tradition. In their eyes, you're an "evil" person......


I know what you are saying. I dealt with that here at work. One of the
ladies
in the admin dept came over to my cubicle one time to talk to me. She saw
a
bunch of old Field & Stream magazines on file cabinet, and saw the photo
of me
decked out in camoflage, standing in front of a duck boat, holding a pair
of
ducks. She darn near wigged out on me: "Is that YOU? Oh my God... I
didn't
know you got into that stuff! You don't seem like the type".

"The TYPE"?!?! What "type" is she referring to? Hmmm.... Maybe it's
because
I'm a mild mannered white collared computer geek, but on weekends I don
the
camoflage and go hunting.

Perhaps she is referring to the type that does'nt outsource 'upleasant'
tasks. If she is a meat eater ask her if she believes that the meat she eats
has all died of natural causes. Suggest she take a field trip to a meat
slaughter/processing plant. If she does so she will learn that annimals are
neither willingly nor painlessly transformed to shrink wrapped packages. She
will also learn that most hunted annimals are more humanely killed than the
shrink wrapped ones.

Perhaps she is referring to the type that does'nt outsource 'upleasant'
tasks. If she is a meat eater ask her if she believes that the meat she eats
has all died of natural causes. Suggest she take a field trip to a meat
slaughter/processing plant. If she does so she will learn that annimals are
neither willingly nor painlessly transformed to shrink wrapped packages. She
will also learn that most hunted annimals are more humanely killed than the
shrink wrapped ones.


I'd rather run free in the forest and take my chances with hunters and
predators than spend my life in a "secure" 16 sq ft cage.

I bet a lot of wild animals feel the same way. :-)

Nim wrote:


She
will also learn that most hunted annimals are more humanely killed than the
shrink wrapped ones.

Humanely killed? What the hell does that mean in hunting? A couple of
years ago, Arnold, one of our pet cats was dying, with several major
organs giving up the ghost. We medicated him for as long as we could, to
keep him alive, but, in the end, when it was obvious he was suffering,
we held him while the vet put him to sleep. He was humanely killed.

In hunting or fishing, there is no such thing as "humanely" killing your
catch.


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Harry wrote:

In hunting or fishing, there is no such thing as "humanely" killing your
catch.

If you were a deer, which would you prefer:

1. Dying of starvation or disease as the population grows out of control and
the land can no longer support the herd. This happens quite often when hunting
is severely curtailed.

2. Ending up as a hood ormament on the front of a speeding car. Also a major
problem in some areas where the heards are too large.

3. A quick shot to the heart.

Nature doesn't provide animals or fish with many humane choices for death. Most
don't die of old age like humans.


Barry