How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
02-07-2008, 01:48 PM
#22
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Polk County FL.
Posts: 769
RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Understand where and why this lady feels this way, without sympathizing.
Then, if she is NOT an vegan, its easy !!
Say, ma'am..you eat steak, chicken, veal, pork and fish, correct ?
Now, you tell me that shooting a deer is horrible, and it is mean and murder. But, when you eat a steak...that animal was raised on a farm. It was told what to do, when to do it. If it didnt want to do it, it was forced to do it. I was fed high yield foods, steroids, hormones and fattened to a wieght that was unhealthy for its bone structure. Then, when a PERSON deemed that this animal was prime for YOUR CONSUMSION, it was quickly killed and cut up.
It never lived for itself or did its thing, the way it wanted to do. It was a slave, to be killed.
Now, when I eat a venison steak, that meat came from a free-ranging animal. That animal did what it wanted, when it wanted, how it wanted. There was no human impact, or input, telling this animal what to do. This DEER, fed on natural food, made avaliable by nature. Itmingled with other deer, slept, fed and bred.
Now, when a hunter takes to the woods in an ATTEMPT to harvest an animal for its meat, he is at a GREAT disadvantage. The animal RARELY losses !
In order for myself, or another hunter to harvest a WILD, FREE RANGING animal, we must defeat EVERY LAST ONE OF ITS HIGHLY TUNED AND REFINED SENSES, which is amazingly more difficult that you would ever imagine.
So, this doe that I harvested was not murder. I will be feeding my family with an animal that got to live its life, the way it wanted too, until is was humanly harvested.
Then, throw this in. In nature, only the strong survive. So, by harvesting this animal, I have lessened my chances at a future harvest, why ? Because, her genetic make up was inferior to that of the other deer whos senses I could not defeat. The other deer were stronger, so to speak, for refined and smarter. By harvesting the deer that I did, she will not pass on her inferior genetics, therefore, the more superior genetic deer will live to pass on their smarter, more kean genetics. ( I have actually used this BS statement, haha).
You also must explain that if it were not for hunters, deer and other animals, would reproduce themselves to death. Their numbers would become too high, deseases would become more prevalent, and food sources would dry up. In turn, the animals would start to die off, and eventually, be endagered and then gone. By keeping their numbers within the carrying capacity of the land, we, as hunters, are helping to ensure that these beautiful aniamals survive for a long time, and YOUR grandchildrens children get a chance to experience them !
Understand where and why this lady feels this way, without sympathizing.
Then, if she is NOT an vegan, its easy !!
Say, ma'am..you eat steak, chicken, veal, pork and fish, correct ?
Now, you tell me that shooting a deer is horrible, and it is mean and murder. But, when you eat a steak...that animal was raised on a farm. It was told what to do, when to do it. If it didnt want to do it, it was forced to do it. I was fed high yield foods, steroids, hormones and fattened to a wieght that was unhealthy for its bone structure. Then, when a PERSON deemed that this animal was prime for YOUR CONSUMSION, it was quickly killed and cut up.
It never lived for itself or did its thing, the way it wanted to do. It was a slave, to be killed.
Now, when I eat a venison steak, that meat came from a free-ranging animal. That animal did what it wanted, when it wanted, how it wanted. There was no human impact, or input, telling this animal what to do. This DEER, fed on natural food, made avaliable by nature. Itmingled with other deer, slept, fed and bred.
Now, when a hunter takes to the woods in an ATTEMPT to harvest an animal for its meat, he is at a GREAT disadvantage. The animal RARELY losses !
In order for myself, or another hunter to harvest a WILD, FREE RANGING animal, we must defeat EVERY LAST ONE OF ITS HIGHLY TUNED AND REFINED SENSES, which is amazingly more difficult that you would ever imagine.
So, this doe that I harvested was not murder. I will be feeding my family with an animal that got to live its life, the way it wanted too, until is was humanly harvested.
Then, throw this in. In nature, only the strong survive. So, by harvesting this animal, I have lessened my chances at a future harvest, why ? Because, her genetic make up was inferior to that of the other deer whos senses I could not defeat. The other deer were stronger, so to speak, for refined and smarter. By harvesting the deer that I did, she will not pass on her inferior genetics, therefore, the more superior genetic deer will live to pass on their smarter, more kean genetics. ( I have actually used this BS statement, haha).
You also must explain that if it were not for hunters, deer and other animals, would reproduce themselves to death. Their numbers would become too high, deseases would become more prevalent, and food sources would dry up. In turn, the animals would start to die off, and eventually, be endagered and then gone. By keeping their numbers within the carrying capacity of the land, we, as hunters, are helping to ensure that these beautiful aniamals survive for a long time, and YOUR grandchildrens children get a chance to experience them !
02-07-2008, 01:52 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,282
RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
These are all good answers. A mixture of all will likely make you look good. Instead of telling them to "Pound Sand"I would tell them to "Pound Salt" 
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Some other good facts are deer are capable of consuming approximately 15 pounds of farmers crops per day.You know what that does to produce prices. Without hunting the deer population would go unchecked, deer would starve to death, disease would spreadthrough the deer heard, the meat was put to good use, we fed the poor, and your car insurance would double due to more deer related accidents on the road.
Don't let them make you feel bad, send them to me for a "Session at the Shop".
I have to attest the genetics were good on that deer so I would not use that argument. It was her first deer and she harvested it with a gun. It offends me that people have made her feel bad about something she loves to do and has worked so hard to accomplish.
Here it is:
.Some other good facts are deer are capable of consuming approximately 15 pounds of farmers crops per day.You know what that does to produce prices. Without hunting the deer population would go unchecked, deer would starve to death, disease would spreadthrough the deer heard, the meat was put to good use, we fed the poor, and your car insurance would double due to more deer related accidents on the road.
Don't let them make you feel bad, send them to me for a "Session at the Shop".
I have to attest the genetics were good on that deer so I would not use that argument. It was her first deer and she harvested it with a gun. It offends me that people have made her feel bad about something she loves to do and has worked so hard to accomplish.
Here it is:
02-07-2008, 01:55 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,139
RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
First of all present yourself properly don't argue or fight. I explain 2 things to anti hunters. first -hunting revenue is spent on wildlife conservation. If it weren't for hunters, many species would be endangered or gone.second- If we continue to attack other peoples rights to do things soon we will become the communist states of america. Also if things would happen to turn bad who do you think the anti gun people would run to for protection?
02-07-2008, 01:56 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Allegany County Maryland
Posts: 1,977
RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
ORIGINAL: Charlie P
Just give them a really weird look at say " it helps me fight back the urge to kill people that ask me stupid questions......................ok?"
Just give them a really weird look at say " it helps me fight back the urge to kill people that ask me stupid questions......................ok?"
Hahaha
02-07-2008, 01:58 PM
#27
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
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RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
ask the person, "Would you ask a wolf or a shark if they felt bad about hunting?"
then let that person know that all animals take lives to extend their own, and that she shouldn't take being a person so seriously. we hunt, kill and cultivate other plants and animals just the same as other animals do.
then let that person know that all animals take lives to extend their own, and that she shouldn't take being a person so seriously. we hunt, kill and cultivate other plants and animals just the same as other animals do.
02-07-2008, 02:02 PM
#29
Nontypical Buck
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RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
or you could try this: Invite them to a costume party during rifle season, give them a buck costume and suppy them with a map to the center of a highly hunted public woods. lol
02-07-2008, 02:03 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,282
RE: How Do I Respond to Anti-Hunting Comments
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
going to have to add that to my planned response...good stuff, kmunny
ask the person, "Would you ask a wolf or a shark if they felt bad about hunting?"
then let that person know that all animals take lives to extend their own, and that she shouldn't take being a person so seriously. we hunt, kill and cultivate other plants and animals just the same as other animals do.
then let that person know that all animals take lives to extend their own, and that she shouldn't take being a person so seriously. we hunt, kill and cultivate other plants and animals just the same as other animals do.