I also stated that you could go to a local butcher and get your meat. There you can get meat from local farmers that raise there own beef. My family used to raise cattle for this purpose. It's not all nasty chemical injected crap. Our beef ate the same thing deer did pretty much, and were well taken care of. I don't see how it would be any less healthy except for the fact that venison is leaner. And how really knows what deer are eating in the wild? They could be eating pesticides and all kinds of other chemicals you don't know about.

As far as me being a sicko, No I don't think so. I said the truth of it, and when you boil it all down that is the case. The honest truth is in the modern world you really don't need to hunt in order to survive, period. You are either doing it for sport, or population control. If you feel other wise then maybe you are in denial and using it as excuse to justify it to yourself and others. I don't feel the need for since it's legal, that's enough for me. It's not like I'm out sacrificing the neighbor hood cats or something.

I think you can feel the way you want to about it, and I can feel the way I want to about it. I don't believe either of us is mentally unstable and I don't really apreciate being called a sicko. I bet you have killed way more animals than I have in my life, you just seem to have a better excuse for it.

And if you were really there just for the experience, why not take a camera instead of a gun?

Paul