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Old 01-24-2007 | 02:06 PM
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RJ Hamby
 
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Default RE: Politically correct bowhunters

I agree with GMMAT. There is nothing wrong with being tactful. I am not talking about pleasing PETA or the anti's because the only way to please them is to not kill (harvest) animals at all. I have grown up hunting, my parents, brothers and my kids hunt. I have seen the true reality of hunting. I love watching hunting videos. But,if I have a choice between looking at somewhat tidy/cleaned up deer kills and ones that look like they should have been featured on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I'll choose the more tasteful of the photos (same goes with videos). I can look at the point of entry and see that it was a good or bad shot. I love shooting deer, turkey, or whatever I hunt, but seeing them bleed and die is not what I get off on. I've killed close to 100 deer, so it's not that I am grossed out or offended by the harsh reality. I think it could also be a turnoff to someone considering hunting. They know that if they kill a deer, there will be blood. Let them get hooked on the chase, pursuit, the adrenaline rush, and then they will be hooked so deep that the blood and harsh reality that they encounter on their hunt won't push them away. Just my opinion.
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