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Originally Posted by jeffgrant
And that is your choice, and I respect you for it. I'm just not a fan of people telling me that hunting is evil and I shouldn't do it. (Not saying that is what you're doing either).
I'd rather hunt a game animal for sport, and kill it cleanly, myself, than eat beef or poultry that has been "harvested" in a modern day slaughterhouse or rendering factory.
I have no problem harvesting and processing (killing and butchering) my own food. It's a much better option for me than relying on others to do it and burying my head in the sand.
Jamie Oliver had a great mini-series about travelling through Italy while cooking. He came across a village that did group hunts for wild boar, in order to feed the families of that village.
During that hunt, many of the children (6-10 years old), were introduced and educated about the hunting of the animals, and the respect demanded of the event. At first, Jamie was absolutely disgusted with that.
After thinking about it, and seeing the results of that education, he realized that it was all part of the chain of life in the world, and that he then planned on doing the same thing with his children.
It was a very powerful episode, and a lesson I think many more people need to learn.
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I agree with what a lot of what you are saying, and I take your point.
So, I have no problem with people who hunt out of NEED. I think its good that people eat what they have hunted, as I find people who hunt simply for trophies useless.
Now, one point that my friends, who are avid hunters have made to me that truly resonates is as follows.
If you simply eat a burger or a steak that you pick up from the grocery store you have no idea of the life that was involved. My friend Chris stated that he didn't appreciate how special his meal was until he killed it. (It was a turkey, and he said he actually sat and thought about the life that he had taken).
Anyway, the point is, food is not a commodity, it was part of a life. He states that until people connect that thought they won't behave right. Meaning, that if we all respected the life that we so easily consume, we may not be as greedy and fat, etc. And that in turn would lead to more animals being spared.
I am not anti hunting per se. I am against hunting for the sake of merely killing.