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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:19 PM
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I just read an article..was it in Japan or China ?? hmmm

They have a deer population explosion. They have hardly any hunters like 1-2% and no way to control the herd. Maybe a google search will yield something. But it's a real world example of what can happen.
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:23 PM
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Response: "Beat It!"
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:23 PM
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ORIGINAL: Bols

ORIGINAL: Germ

Go pound sand
You kill me Germ! [8D]

Sand from the Pacific or Atlantic?
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:25 PM
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:29 PM
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Understand where and why this lady feels this way, without sympathizing.

Then, if she is NOT an vegan, its easy !!

Say, ma'am..you eat steak, chicken, veal, pork and fish, correct ?

Now, you tell me that shooting a deer is horrible, and it is mean and murder. But, when you eat a steak...that animal was raised on a farm. It was told what to do, when to do it. If it didnt want to do it, it was forced to do it. I was fed high yield foods, steroids, hormones and fattened to a wieght that was unhealthy for its bone structure. Then, when a PERSON deemed that this animal was prime for YOUR CONSUMSION, it was quickly killed and cut up.

It never lived for itself or did its thing, the way it wanted to do. It was a slave, to be killed.


Now, when I eat a venison steak, that meat came from a free-ranging animal. That animal did what it wanted, when it wanted, how it wanted. There was no human impact, or input, telling this animal what to do. This DEER, fed on natural food, made avaliable by nature. Itmingled with other deer, slept, fed and bred.

Now, when a hunter takes to the woods in an ATTEMPT to harvest an animal for its meat, he is at a GREAT disadvantage. The animal RARELY losses !

In order for myself, or another hunter to harvest a WILD, FREE RANGING animal, we must defeat EVERY LAST ONE OF ITS HIGHLY TUNED AND REFINED SENSES, which is amazingly more difficult that you would ever imagine.

So, this doe that I harvested was not murder. I will be feeding my family with an animal that got to live its life, the way it wanted too, until is was humanly harvested.

Then, throw this in. In nature, only the strong survive. So, by harvesting this animal, I have lessened my chances at a future harvest, why ? Because, her genetic make up was inferior to that of the other deer whos senses I could not defeat. The other deer were stronger, so to speak, for refined and smarter. By harvesting the deer that I did, she will not pass on her inferior genetics, therefore, the more superior genetic deer will live to pass on their smarter, more kean genetics. ( I have actually used this BS statement, haha).

You also must explain that if it were not for hunters, deer and other animals, would reproduce themselves to death. Their numbers would become too high, deseases would become more prevalent, and food sources would dry up. In turn, the animals would start to die off, and eventually, be endagered and then gone. By keeping their numbers within the carrying capacity of the land, we, as hunters, are helping to ensure that these beautiful aniamals survive for a long time, and YOUR grandchildrens children get a chance to experience them !
Great answer Droptine, well maybe except for the BS genetics part.
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:35 PM
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well she's a woman so you can't say "if you don't like eating deer meat how bout I feed you a knuckle sandwhich" haha. But in all seriousness the way I usually rationalize it for people is explain carrying capacity and explain all the colorful and brutal ways an animal can die, be it from starvation, sickness, predators, cars, etc. Then explain that a nice humane shot from a bow or rifle is by far the best way for that animal to go, and explain how you don't kill them for kicks, but because you use them for meat.

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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:42 PM
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well, since i am female too, might be chick fight!!!
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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:43 PM
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well, since i am female too, might be chick fight!!!
Be sure to tape it and post it

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Old 02-07-2008 | 12:46 PM
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I just tell 'em....

"With all due respect.....if you knew how much I loved animals....you'd understand"

Some people "get it" after I explain it to them. Some never will.
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