Why can't you stalk an animal and not kill it? Take a photo of it to prove you stalked it. That would show you could've killed it, instead of the usual pics standing and smiling next to a dead animal.
So it's fun to land a couple of arrows into an animal and watch it go up a tree? Shoot the thing, why use a longbow? Is it some kind of 'i'm a man' thing? Getting down to basics like early mankind, or something?
You obviously do think its a manly thing and it sounds like you believe vegetarians aren't real men. It's the other way around surely?
Why would you find wounding and then killing an animal enjoyable, what part is the most enjoyable? If you are starving and live 100s of miles away from those places that sell meat, er...supermarkets and butcher shops, then it's fine.
Controlling the population, thats something a lot of tossers, i mean hunters, say.
I'm just glad i never ended up being like you!
fuck it,I'd logged out for the holidays and all but then I spied this before I went. Right point by point very quickly;
-Why can't you stalk an animal and not kill it? Take a photo of it to prove you stalked it. That would show you could've killed it, instead of the usual pics standing and smiling next to a dead animal.
Absolutely, if it were to be detrimental to the ecosystem or the long term preservation of the species. Sometimes certain species' numbers actually get to the point, very quickly, where they become a deteriment to the ecosystem themselves. Hence tags, in the place where that hunt took place. In African preservations and sanctuary parks they have culls from time to time - actually the primary source of legal stampled ivory FWIW.
- So it's fun to land a couple of arrows into an animal and watch it go up a tree? Shoot the thing, why use a longbow?
I don't think you'll see it my way on this, and that's fine as far as I am concerned because I am a person who can agree to disagree, but I personally (having bowhunted for a very fucking long time) consider bowhunting a more humane way to take game. There are a bunch of reasons for why I view i this way.
Secondly to that point, using a longbow I do subscribe to the notion Saxton Pope refers to of "participating in the ancient art of the chase" which I feel is a dignified death for the animal as well. But that's me, you may not see it the same way and that's fine.
-You obviously do think its a manly thing and it sounds like you believe vegetarians aren't real men. It's the other way around surely?
If you read my posts again, you will see I clearly state I am more than happy to accomodate vegetarians at events I host. I have no issue with what you wish to eat or not eat, and respect your personal sovereignty to make these choices for yourself. I consider a man to be anybody with a penis. Yes, I realise even this is a controversial opinion nowadays but for fuck's sake I'm trying to get away for a holiday here. Have penis = man. Eat or don't eat something = I don't give a fuck, it's your choice.
-Why would you find wounding and then killing an animal enjoyable, what part is the most enjoyable? If you are starving and live 100s of miles away from those places that sell meat, er...supermarkets and butcher shops, then it's fine.
I've worked in abbatoirs and slaughterhouses for a long time when I was younger. I personally have no qualms with store bought meat, but honestly ethically I don't think you have any kind of an argument vs. the chase.
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Controlling the population, thats something a lot of tossers, i mean hunters, say.
I'm just glad i never ended up being like you!
It's something all conservation organisations and societies say. In fact, it's something most people that don't have brain damage or an extra chromosome say. You know why? Because it's plain fucking fact matey.
Have you seen what happens, for example, in game sanctuaries in Africa when elephants go on rogue stampedes due to the population not being culled off? Have you seen the long term aftermath on the ecosystem?
Now, I personally don't give a fuck if you want to listen to Rise Against and wear vegan shoes... But you really need to take a look at what the fuck the results would be if you were somehow actually able to forcibly manipulate society to conform to the opinions you are shouting right now.
