I have read that you can harvest animal to eat,but was called a slothful man to let it go to waiste. What about crows,coyotes and other non-eatable animals that we hunt for sport? Is it wrong to hunt those animals? If not,where in the bible does it say it is all right to do so?
Brother,
I personally agree with you..as a non beleiver I grew up killing everything I saw..as a beleiver I have much more respect for ALL of God's creatures..I would never shoot a coyote, or anything else unless I planned to eat it.
There are a few animals I do kill and I'm not boasting about it but I do kill some bugs like mosquitoes , roaches and fire ants etc..I also kill poisoness snakes if it's in an area I hunt. If i see a poisoness snake in a place I don't plan to return I won't kill it..but I had a nest of them under my deer stand tree..I killed 2 there last year..
BUT over all..I totally agree with you.I get a sick feeling and I'm sure the antis do to when a hunter boasts of blowing the brains out of an animal they have no intention of eatting.These fellows give hunting a bad name..My wife found an interesting verse the other day..I'll have her find it .tlakin gabout creating the animals by his spirit..ok I found it...I'm in a hurry but it's in
Psalm 104 ..read from verse 25-30
We are to be good stewards. That includes taking care of things when they get out of balance, like a rampant coyote population.
David killed lions and bears to protect his sheep. I have no reservations about putting out mouse traps and/or poison to protect my food and home and horse feed. I have no problem shooting crows and coyotes to protect my garden. I have no problem poisoning fireant mounds in my yard and pasture.
I don't think one should kill just for the sake of killing, but there are reasons other than to eat.
Sorry I don't have time to look up scriptural referances here. I think it's a matter of common sense as much as anything else.
Chad
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25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
LBR, Yes David did slain the lions and bears. But he did not go out looking for them just to kill for sport.The same as with protecting your property or loved ones from animals. It is allright to do so. But to go out just to hunt them for sport and not use,That is wrong from what the bible says.
I am trying to follow the way of the good book. I to have killed every animal I seen in the past. Now I am having trouble justifying the sport of kill non-eatable animals.
I eat what I shoot. I used to hunt foxes and have a beautiful full body mount of one and tanned the skin of a couple other ones. However, I stopped hunting them years ago for similar reasons. I had no further need for more skins and I wasn't eating them. I might have to start taking out some though because they've become numerous around here and will usually get to a deer before you do if you wait until morning to track it. Removing troublesome animals with-in the law is alright IMO.
I believe God gave us the animals for our use and we are to be good stewards with that responsibility. Remember, God himself killed the first animals to clothe Adam & Eve.
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Amen Tony...
I agree with your train of thought..I know other hunters down here in Florida..if things get boring they will shoot vulchers , protected birds and I even saw one man shoot an otter..just for the heck of it..
I also see Chad's point of view.I grew up on a farm and some of the pest are bigger than rats..We had stray cats that would kill full grown cottontails and terririze our caged game birds we raised..Also, groundhogs were a menace to farmers and probably the game that helped me get an expert rifle medal in the service..They would not only eat a large patch of alfalfa or clover but their tunnels would upset a tractor in a heart beat..
Summary..in my present hunting world.which is a public WMA..I only shoot what I'm hunting for and the only thing other than insects I kill are poisoness snakes in my immediate hunting location..All coyotes, coons, possoms, otters, armidilloes walk..{ -: That is their home..I'm simply a visitor in hopes of harvesting some tableware.
WOW Dave..I learned something new today thanks..I didn't realize God made their clothes..I checked it out and you were right.{ -; Gen.3;21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
LBR, Yes David did slain the lions and bears. But he did not go out looking for them just to kill for sport.
I agree. Like I said, I don't think one should just kill for the sake of killing. I'll repeat myself again--there are reasons to kill other than to eat.
Groundhogs are a great example. They are a menace if you own farmland or a pasture, especially if you have livestock. Horses and cows get legs broken from groundhog tunnels. Groundhogs are edible--but how many people eat them?
Here's something else to add to the mix. What animals are edible? Pretty much any of them. In some parts of the world you'll find rats, dogs, worms, roaches, grubs, armidillos, etc. to be common table fare. I've seen recipies for groundhog and porcupine. Even with the animals we consider palatable, do we use every little part of it? Hide, horns, hooves, tongue, organs, etc.?
When I raised chickens, if I caught a possum or a raccoon in the coop, it was toast. My grandparents would have eaten them, but not me--at least I haven't been that hungry yet.
So, the next time you stomp a ****roach or pull a worm off your tomato plant, will you roast and eat it as to utilize everything God gave us? Or will you use a little common sense and know that although we shouldn't be wasteful or kill just for the sake of killing, God has given most of us better choices as to what we stick in our mouths, even though we have to eliminate some critters here and there?
Chad
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I eat what I shoot. I used to hunt foxes and have a beautiful full body mount of one and tanned the skin of a couple other ones. However, I stopped hunting them years ago for similar reasons. I had no further need for more skins and I wasn't eating them. I might have to start taking out some though because they've become numerous around here and will usually get to a deer before you do if you wait until morning to track it. Removing troublesome animals with-in the law is alright IMO.
I believe God gave us the animals for our use and we are to be good stewards with that responsibility. Remember, God himself killed the first animals to clothe Adam & Eve.
My way of thinking also!
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The carcasses of some inedible animals like coyotes could still have economic value that could be converted into food. While I do not hunt them, I have heard that some furriers will pay cash for coyote pelts. If you sell the pelt of a coyote you killed and buy groceries with the proceeds you might be able to say that you were able to eat something as a result of the death of the animal even if it was not the animal itself that you ate.
Hunting non-eatable animals
