desertdude desertdude:
I dunno maybe I'm an ignorant wanker too ( bet many will nod their head in acknowledgement when the read that ! ) but I also don't get the sport of hunting too.
Well, hunting comes in three forms; subsistence hunting, "varmint" control and sport hunting. Subsistence hunting has played an important role in the West as it provides food and clothing, even today. Nothing like saving on your grocery bill than having a freezer full of game.
Varmint control is just that and it's mainly farmers who partake whether it's rabbits or wolves/wild dogs. In that same vein is population control. If a herd of deer(or other animal) start becoming too many for the available food in their area, special hunting licences are handed out to cull their numbers so they all don't starve. As counter-intuitive as that may sound, it's actually humane.
Sport hunting is where I have a major problem. Killing an animal just for a trophy or to see how many you can bag over a given period is irresponsible and if caught, those people should have both their hunting licence and licence to possess firearms revoked.
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"Holy shit" doesn't come close! I have to admit, I'd be one of the ones ready to send the bear to the afterlife. It would be a toss up between that and trying to give it a nose scratch. So long as those big claws stayed attached to the tree, the bear would continue breathing.
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