Where do these idiots come from?

[MTBIKEMIKE]

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/hunters-are-not-environmentalists/

[Skidmark]

What a bizarre mischaracterization.

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierrasportsmen/

[dieselpower]

dumb as dumb can be...Every Hunter I know is a conservationist who are borderline OCD on protecting the environment. I was forced to spend an hour searching for 4 pieces of brass I forget to pick up once. I was ready to give up after 15 minutes..the others wouldn't allow it.

[M1A Rifleman]

They are everywhere, even in gun shops. I ran into a husband and wife in a gun shop once that was big into hunting and hunting guides etc with mounted heads and pictures of hunts all over the walls. You would think this place would have been a safe haven for us. WRONG.

This broad and her milk-toast partner overheard me say to the store worker that I was going deer hunting. Next thing I know this witch confronts me and proceeds to loudly degrade and antagonize me about hunting and questioning the size of my..well . The second comment in this article regarding the husband and wife reminded me of my enjoyable encounter.

[ShootinMedic]

"buck only" deer seasons, which throw off the natural gender balance in deer populations,

LOL Now hunters are sexist too!

[robcoe]

Anytime an article ends in "go vegan" I immediately forget any arguments made before that and disregard the person as an idiot.

[CalBear]

Seems like most people are on the far end of animal protection these days. The irony of blaming hunters is most animal endangerment stems from urban grown and urban environmental damage, rather than hunting.

The Native Americans hunted for thousands of years and sustained animal population. Yes, we eliminated or endangered a lot of animal groups during the frontier days by over hunting, but hunting is different these days. Most hunters do like being with nature, and they aren't doing any harm. God these people are stupid.

[Decoligny]

If you have ever seen an area where hunting was not allowed, you will know the devastating effects it has on the deer population. There gets to be too many deer for the available food supply and the entire deer population basically starve to death before the winter is over.

[tacticalcity]

The last post is the primary reason I am in favor of hunting.

I am not a hunter, I do not have the stomach for it. The worst thing my parents ever did to me was send me to a farm as little boy where I befriended a young calf. Was as friendly and loyal as any dog, and it completely worked its way into my young heart. Then they told me it was going to be butchered once it reached a certain age. It was like they told me my best friend had a death sentence on his head. Ruined hamburgers for me, at least for a few years. Deer can be just as friendly if they get used to people and I've met a few that quickly worked their way into my heart.

However, and this is key, seeing animals starve in the wild is not acceptable to me in the least. So while I'm not going to run down and get a hunting license, I am grateful hunting keeps the population down so that it does not happen.

I do understand, they taste good. That's not enough of a reason for me. Seeing animals suffering because there are too many for the food source. Then hunting makes perfect sense to me.

I get that others see it differently, and enjoy hunting for the sake of hunting. That's not me. But those guys still get my vote when and if this sort of thing ever makes it on to a ballot. Because I know that without hunting, the animals suffer.

[Steyrlp10]

I get similar remarks from ignorant individuals when I'm bass fishing. Our tournaments are strictly "catch and release." During the weigh in, this woman accused me of "hurting" the fish because I used a hook to reel them in. (She's wearing heels in the middle of a gravel lot, so that should give you an idea of who was confronting me.)

I found it especially interesting that she chose to lecture me, but not the male anglers. Maybe she thought a female angler didn't know any better - lol

[Dr Rockso]

The absolute worst are the people who eat meat from the grocery store but have a visceral hatred of hunting. I don't hunt much, getting up early and sitting around in the woods waiting for a critter to wander by isn't really my thing, but I've done it before and always dressed my own animals to eat.

When someone rants about how "hunting is archaic and cruel, meat comes from Safeway nowadays" I can't help but think how disconnected they are from reality. At least the hunters understand that if you want meat an animal has to die, and they're not scared to kill it themselves. The ones that preach about banning hunting while eating a T-bone from Costco pretend that the meat just grew on a tree somewhere instead of being raised and slaughtered on a factory farm. It's just the worst kind of hypocrisy, accusing others of being immoral while they're committing the same (arguably worse!) 'crime', but it's okay because they didn't personally shoot the cow. At least the vegans are intellectually consistent, I can respect that.

[Interloper]

The single greatest source of wild life conservation funding is license and tag sales. Ban hunting and fishing and say goodbye to wild life habitat all together.

[Donny1]

The absolute worst are the people who eat meat from the grocery store but have a visceral hatred of hunting. I don't hunt much, getting up early and sitting around in the woods waiting for a critter to wander by isn't really my thing, but I've done it before and always dressed my own animals to eat.

When someone rants about how "hunting is archaic and cruel, meat comes from Safeway nowadays" I can't help but think how disconnected they are from reality. At least the hunters understand that if you want meat an animal has to die, and they're not scared to kill it themselves. The ones that preach about banning hunting while eating a T-bone from Costco pretend that the meat just grew on a tree somewhere instead of being raised and slaughtered on a factory farm. It's just the worst kind of hypocrisy, accusing others of being immoral while they're committing the same (arguably worse!) 'crime', but it's okay because they didn't personally shoot the cow. At least the vegans are intellectually consistent, I can respect that.

^^ This

Most people are so disconnected from what's on their "plate". If they think what their eating has had any type of normal existence their delusional. Most feed animals live a miserable life before they are slaughtered in a high stress environment. At least a wild animal gets to have some freedom, gets to eat a natural diet and a least has some odds of survival. IMO everyone should have to hunt and dress an animal or at least watch the process to understand and appreciate what most take for granted every day.

[Uriah02]

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-w...ronmentalists/

It is articles like this that I have to question who thought this drivel could be taken seriously by anyone. Thanks for the laugh, I needed that.

[CalBear]

The absolute worst are the people who eat meat from the grocery store but have a visceral hatred of hunting. I don't hunt much, getting up early and sitting around in the woods waiting for a critter to wander by isn't really my thing, but I've done it before and always dressed my own animals to eat.

When someone rants about how "hunting is archaic and cruel, meat comes from Safeway nowadays" I can't help but think how disconnected they are from reality. At least the hunters understand that if you want meat an animal has to die, and they're not scared to kill it themselves. The ones that preach about banning hunting while eating a T-bone from Costco pretend that the meat just grew on a tree somewhere instead of being raised and slaughtered on a factory farm. It's just the worst kind of hypocrisy, accusing others of being immoral while they're committing the same (arguably worse!) 'crime', but it's okay because they didn't personally shoot the cow. At least the vegans are intellectually consistent, I can respect that.

Amen. There are a surprising number of people who think like that. I'm no big hunter, but I appreciate it for what it is. I also understand exactly what the nondescript meat on my plate is and where it came from. People think shooting a deer is so inhumane, but I challenge them to take a tour of a mass meat farm and tell me their thoughts. Alas, the idiots still continue to buy packs of steak and chicken from the store. Out of sight, out of mind, in my stomach is total BS.