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I guess all Americans and other folks alike were disrespectful to animals until the machines came along then, eh? ;)

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As hunters I think we earn respect with the way we treat the animals we hunt,the way we treat those whom we hunt with and most of all the very land we hunt.
I have no desire to hunt with anyone that lacksremorse over a poor placed shot orthose who turn a blind eye to bag limits or seasons.The man I despise most is the hunter who takes the very land that makes hunting possible for granted.The trespassers,litters and general P.O.S. that get acres upon acres posted every year.[:o]

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I hunt where a lot of Amish live and have noticed that they are very expert horsemen. I never got the feeling that they didn't respect their animals. Although, I don't know what goes on with them at all times.

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pleas expound, Jim .... are you talking ONLY an alive deer, as far as the respect thing?

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I tell you what, I have seem some amish, treat thier mules pretty bad. Disciple thier horses in harsh ways. Made me really uncomfortable. Like hogtie thier horses in a middle of a field on a hot day without water to teach them a lesson or break thier spirit. Or littlerly kill a mule plowing.

I know these methods of discipline and training have been around for ages, but today, as you know, they don't fly too well.

I was told in Western MD by some Amish, that if a mule is too old to work, he sure won't pay for the feed to keep him thru the winter.

Even I was thinking, that mule has worked his heart out for you for years, and now, its time to send him to the glue factory???? I thought this was a isolated incident, but then started seeing on some TV news reports that its pretty common among them.

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I respect any deer or animal that I've shot big or small and give It It's due. The pictures show It. It's how I am.

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Well there out there big time[:-]

i'm sure they could care less about the game laws also;)

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Tony I have the horns from every deer I have ever shot. I can tell you where I was,what I was hunting with (Bow-rifle-shot gun) the state I was hunting and whom I was hunting with. Its all important to me,its who I am.
Hunting is not a new found hobby with me,I have hunted my whole life. A deer is so much more than meat in the freezer to me. Its more than a few months of enjoyment out of the year.
I am in the woods over 300 days per year,I don't go to 3d shoots and I don't golf, I spend my life in the woods.As soon as this season ends I will be cutting brush, trimming apple trees,then shed hunting will teach me what bucksmade it through the season and where they are staying safe. Spring will find me planting six acres of food plots that will keep the deer from roads and flower gardens where they are not as welcome.
Yes ..........I love deer,the live ones and the ones I've had a hand in killing.

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Yummy!!!

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From what I understand BC this Is the way It was years ago no matter your heritage. Money meant everything, why feed something that can't make crops. Think the Indians kept horses that were no good to them?