Quick question.

[GGJohn]

How many DU'er's either hunt, or don't have a problem with hunting as long as the animal is used for food?

[fadedrose]

1. I don't have a problem with it

So long as hunting is done in an area where it's permitted, not on some farmer's land who doesn't hold with it.

Not as long as it's far enough from homes that bullets don't penetrate the walls or break windows.

Not as long as the animals being hunted are not on the endangered species list.

As long as it's in season and people have licenses, no problem here.

Exceptions for Native Americans/Eskimos, etc., because it was their land and they didn't ruin it. We did. They are better caretakers of the land than our Congress could ever be.

[GGJohn]

4. All very good points that I agree with.

If we are lucky enough to harvest more than we need, we'll give the xtra to our local shelters to help feed the less fortunate.

[bigwillq]

3. I don't hunt. I have no issue with hunting

as long as the meat is either consumed or donated, and as long as the hunting is done legally.

[GGJohn]

7. Agree. eom.

[Cooley Hurd]

30. Agreed...

[Motown_Johnny]

62. +1

[cali]

5. no problem at all with hunting for food

I don't hunt myself. Hell, I even have a hard time killing bugs.

[GGJohn]

10. Thanks cali. eom.

[fadedrose]

13. Me too, sometimes lift them on paper and put them outside...:)

[GGJohn]

14. I generally leave the spiders alone except Black Widows,

I won't tolerate those our home, they get a quick catch in a jar and then transported to one of our barns to continue with their pest control.

[oneshooter]

47. Our problem here is with Brown Recluse.

If we see on in the house, it dies.

[GGJohn]

49. Don't see those in our neck of the woods,

but I have to agree, if I saw one, it would die, their bite is much worse than a Widow.

[NightWatcher]

6. I shoot my own turkey every thanksgiving

Sure it scares everyone else in the grocery store, but that's their problem.


J/k I have no problem with responsible hunting.

[GGJohn]

9. LOL

Ok, that was hilarious.

[Inkfreak]

43. .....

[DashOneBravo]

71. Thanks

That was very funny

[MineralMan]

8. I used to hunt, but I don't anymore.

I fish, instead, and release everything I catch. Licensed hunters who follow the "fair chase" rules and who utilize what they kill are OK with me.

[GGJohn]

11. Thanks MineralMan. eom.

[MineralMan]

12. My pleasure. Everytime I eat meat, someone

has killed an animal. So, I can't logically be opposed to responsible hunting.

[libdem4life]

20. I was a vegan/vegetarian after reading John Robbins' book "Diet for a New America" and it got me off

meat for a long time. But I did the Mommy Van thing to McDonald's after games. I'm now a Flexitarian...a little every now and then and don't make people fix me different meals...and salads at restaurants got old. But I agree. Hunting is more humane than the slaughter houses.

[GGJohn]

22. Thanks libdem4life. eom.

[gollygee]

15. I don't have a problem with people hunting for food

It seems much kinder than eating factory farmed animals to me.

[GGJohn]

24. Thanks gollygee.

After seeing a couple of those factory farms and the horrendous conditions those animals live in, I swore off ever buying meat again at a supermarket, we now raise our own cattle, have free range chickens, hunt for venison, turkey, and an assortment of game birds, and we grow our own veggies and such.

[TexasProgresive]

16. I haven't hunted in 35 years

I don't have a problem with people who hunt responsible. The problem is that many hunters don't understand the range of their bullets. While they may not be able to target above 200 yards the bullets travel much further with killing power.Some irresponsible hunters "sound" shoot. They hear a sound in the brush and shoot at it without knowing what made the noise, so they kill our dogs, cats, cows and goats.

And then there is the incredible noise of the gun reports during dear and dove season. We raise dairy goats and have livestock protection dogs (Great Pyrenees). The dogs hate gun fire and will not let the goats graze. All in all I wish that unless people have a real need to harvest animals by hunting for food they would do it elsewhere.It is annoying at best and dangerous at its worse.

[GGJohn]

18. Thanks TexasProgresive.

I'm in favor of sound suppressors for hunting rifles in the vicinity of dwellings and hunting courses.

[TexasProgresive]

23. I wonder how that works on the high powered rifles used for deer hunting

It seems to me that the ultra-sonic speed of the projectiles makes more noise than the powder charge. I could be wrong but it sounds like a mini sonic boom. This is true for my single shot air rifle which travels at 1200+fps. It makes an incredible crack.

[GGJohn]

25. Not quite sure how it works, but it doesn't silence the weapon

like what Hollywood likes to portray in the movies.
I know some European countries require suppressors for hunting and in the US, there are states that now allow those for hunting.

[TexasProgresive]

32. I found this

http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/1349/the-truth-about-suppressors/
Simply having a suppressor on the end of your gun doesn’t mean it’s quiet enough to conceal a shot. When shooting supersonic ammunition, suppressors only reduce muzzle report while doing nothing for the bullet’s sonic “crack” as it moves downrange. Anyone along that flight path will hear the projectile pass loudly, and anyone to your rear will hear a slightly muted shot. Even subsonic projectiles aren’t silent. While there’s no crack, they zip downrange with an unnerving sound when heard from the receiving end. The larger the projectile, the more noise it makes disturbing the air in flight. This applies to both supersonic and subsonic projectiles, though it’s a different sound for each. Likewise, larger-diameter suppressor bores generally equal more noise at the muzzle. The smaller the bullet and tighter the bore, the less noise escaping, all else being equal.

[GGJohn]

36. Thanks for the info and link. eom.

[oneshooter]

51. Suppresors are now legal to use when hunting in Texas.

http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/1346408656wn2vgvbgk2h

[TexasProgresive]

56. That's fine for limiting some sound which is mostly an annoyance

but is does nothing to limit the super sonic crack as these deadly projectiles pass through my 40 acres. If they were like myself and my elders who mostly managed one bullet for one deer then it would be more acceptable.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

17. I don't hunt, but

I don't have a problem with poor people who need to hunt for food doing so. I'm less sanguine about people hunting because they simply enjoy hunting, even if they then eat the meat. But since I'm not currently a vegetarian, and not planning to become one soon, I would be hypocritical to completely condemn those people. Animals are still dying to feed me.

[GGJohn]

19. Thanks Erich Bloodaxe BSN. eom.

[democrank]

21. I don`t hunt

but have no problem with people hunting for food as long as they end the animal`s life as humanely as possible.

[GGJohn]

26. Thanks democrank.

Agreed.

[pipi_k]

27. On the fence

I don't hunt, don't particularly care for it, but I understand people doing it for food.


One of my stepdaughters' husbands has been hunting deer for years but has never gotten one. He always sounds disappointed when he hasn't gotten one at the end of the season, but I think deep down inside he's not all that sad about it. In fact, I suspect that if he ever did manage to shoot one, that would be the end of his career as a hunter.

[GGJohn]

35. Thanks pipi_k. eom.

[NYC_SKP]

28. Pro-hunting. It's far more humane than slaughterhouses, poultry processing, etc.

There are even better ways to get protein, we don't have to eat animals, but if we do then hunting is the better way to do it.

For us and for the animals.

I highly recommend the BBC show "Blood, Sweat, and Takeaways" if you can find copies, streaming, Netflix, whatever.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l2gww

[GGJohn]

37. Thanks NYC_SKP.

Good to see you back.

[treestar]

29. Don't have a problem

With it. But probably because of loved ones who do it. If it weren't for them I might be against it.

[Brickbat]

31. I love hunting.

[left-of-center2012]

33. I grew up hunting/fishing in PA

As long as the 'hunter' has gun safety training, hunts within the law (season, area, etc) I have no problem with it.
Eat the game or give it to someone who will.
I enjoyed being outdoors more than the hunting or fishing.
Then I moved on to backpacking and camping.

But there are a lot of idiots out in the woods carrying guns.

[JaneyVee]

34. If you kill it, you eat it.

[Hoyt]

38. Hunting for food OK. Hunting for people, not.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

39. Well, you know...

as long as he plans to eat those Federal agents...

[Hoyt]

40. . . . . . .or hang their heads on the wall as a trophy.

[DashOneBravo]

74. Milita pointing weapons

I'm hoping they rounded up every one of those guys.

[GGJohn]

46. Agreed.

Thanks Hoyt.

[bravenak]

41. Hunting for food should be the only reason to hunt, imo.

I hate sport hunting. Makes me sad.

[Inkfreak]

42. I tried it a few times.

I didn't really dig it. I'm a bit of a softy. I harbor no illusions about the the meat I get at the store and feel if needed I could hunt to sustain myself. I really don't like venison and wild turkey was kinda gross. Maybe it's the way it was prepared. I've slaughtered a few chickens to eat before. That was doable for me. I had moose, too. Not impressed. I was raised on farm raised meat so it's just my preference, I suppose.

I'm not a fan of trophy hunting but understand how some can be done and helps cull herds or raise money for preservation. I'm fairly pragmatic when it comes to this stuff. I think it's stupid when people get outraged at a licensed kill of an old beast on a preservation and little to no attention is paid to the poachers out there that shun the rules and kill at whim.

[cherokeeprogressive]

44. Raises hand. Twice.

[jwirr]

45. That is what my family has always believed.

[sendit]

48. No , I don't think I could kill an animal

All life is precious

[GGJohn]

53. Thanks sendit. eom.

[PowerToThePeople]

50. Don't hunt, undecided but lean heavily towards do not approve. n/t

[GGJohn]

54. Thanks PowerToThePeople.

Question: Do you eat meat at all?
Do you think factory farms are more humane that hunting for food?

[PowerToThePeople]

57. Answer

I do eat meat from factory farms and very well may have to change my diet because I do feel they are inhumane to the animals.

Hunting for sport I disapprove of completely, for food I am more amiable. My big reason for disapproval is that I feel all firearms should be illegal, no private citizen not partaking in civil defence duties should be allowed to keep weapons of terror and death.

[GGJohn]

61. Thanks for the honest answer. eom.

[oneshooter]

52. I raise my beef and chickins.

But I do hunt for deer, hogs, turkeys, and dove. I use a Flint Longrifle, recurve bow, Sharps rifle and Winchester lever rifle. With all I endeavor get as close as possible for a one shot kill.

[GGJohn]

55. Thanks oneshooter.

I use a Winchester lever action 30-30 for deer, elk, and the wild hogs up here and either a .22 rifle or a .410 for the smaller game.

[oneshooter]

68. I have a 1911 Winchester M92 that was my Grandfathers.

It is in 38/40 win. and I also have the matching 1904 Colt New Service, also in 38/40 Win.

[RecoveringJournalist]

58. Bigger Question

So you mean that some liberals are not only ok with guns, they actually USE them. OMG!

Shhhh. Don't tell any extremist cons. They so badly need their rhetoric to function in their daily lives.

Oh and for the record, I'm ok with it.

[GGJohn]

63. Thanks RecoveringJournalist. eom.

[LWolf]

59. I don't hunt.

I don't have a problem with licensed hunting for food. I have a major problem with poaching and with sport/trophy hunting.

[GGJohn]

64. Totally agree and thanks LWolf. eom.

[handmade34]

60. I grew up in a rural area

in a family of hunters... I never did. Once I left home, I started to homestead and raised all my own meat, killed it, cleaned it and processed it myself... these days, I am vegetarian... leaning heavily towards veganism

we live in strange times... it is a different world than what I grew up in... I have seen your responses in this post and it appears you are a hunter and you do it the moral and correct way... I can't condemn that

[GGJohn]

65. Thank you handmade34. eom.

[NaturalHigh]

66. I don't have a problem with hunting as long as the animal is used for food.

That said, I don't hunt. Just not my thing.

[GGJohn]

67. Thanks NaturalHigh. eom.

[drray23]

69. no problem with it.

i do not hunt but as long as it is humanely done for the purpose of eating food i have no issues with it.

[drray23]

70. i have a farmhouse

my property backs a hunting club and quite often the dogs end up at my door. i know all the local hunters and allow them to enter my land to retrieve their dogs but not shoot in there. quite often, i get free venizon from sone of them for rounding up their dogs and letting them cross my land. So I get to eat game without having to hunt it. 😆

[DashOneBravo]

72. I hunt

I kill 3-4 doe a year and mostly process them myself. I send one to be ground into burger. Those deer are what we eat most of the year.

The limit for deer in our area are 3 bucks total during bow, black powder and rifle season. And during rifle season it's 3 doe a day. That's how many we have.

I'm also a "only kill what you eat type" hunter.

[okaawhatever]

73. Don't hunt. Have no problem with hunters (except the pansy big game hunters who have the

animals basically cornered for them)