Hunting bears, mountain lions, even elk is a fairer fight so to speak. When grown men hunt down timid deer & massacre pigeons with rifles.... then try to pretend it's a sport.....it's downright pitiful.
Ann...
Although I think I can relate to your position on hunting I have a few problems with your reasoning.
Just so you know - I am not a hunter.
I think the concept of a "fairer fight" in relation to hunting is absurd. Hunting is not like a boxing match. Hunters are not out to see if the man or the pigeon is the last to live. An argument based on this flawed reduction is VERY weak.
I think you are having a problem with the idea of someone killing a "timid" (or any other soft adjective) deer for sport. Well.. there are problems there too...
First of all many hunters eat what they kill. Are you a vegetarian? Do you realize that you pay money for the meat that you eat, and this money is paid to people to do the raising and slaughtering of animals FOR you. And it is easily argued that the conditions under which a Tyson chicken is raised (FOR YOU) are far less humane than the natural life of wild game like duck.
Maybe you are a vegetarian... or you just object to hunting 'purely for sport'. Well let's define 'sport' in this sense to be 'enjoyment'.
Let's look at a few questions:
1. Do you wear makeup for enjoyment?
2. Do you drive a car?
3. Do you fly on planes?
4. Do you take medicine?
5. Do you own furniture?
There are many more questions to ask along these lines.
Here is an abridged list of things we all use that are made at the DIRECT expense of the lives of 'cute' animals:
Tires, Buttons, Baseballs, Footballs, Surgical sutures, Matches,China, Soaps, Photographic film, Cosmetics, Brushes, Perfume, Shaving cream, Paints, Candles, Crayon/Chalk, Toothpaste, Deodorants, Mouthwash, Paper, Fabric printing/dying, Upholstery, Paints, Floor waxes, Glass, Glue, Water Filters, Rubber, Fertilizer, Antifreeze, Ceramics, Insecticides, Insulation, Linoleum, Plastic, Textiles, Blood factors, Collagen, Glucagon, Heparin, Insulin, Pancreatin, Thrombin, Vasopressin, Vitamin B-12, Asphalt, auto and jet lubricants, outboard engine oil, high-performance greases, brake fluid ... and so on... and so on...
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Do you really believe that the industry that kills animals to produce these things does so in a humane way? I can tell you that compared to the ways these animals are killed - a pigeon shot with a shotgun might be lucky.
So... now the difference between you and the hunter is only that he has made the conscious choice to kill for his pleasure or needs wheras you have not. Also he does his own killing for himself in the open while you hire others to do it for you in a way that you can live without seeing the needless death you have caused.
Now... let me clarify another couple points before you rip me a new one.
I am not qa vegitarian, nor am I an animal rights activist. In fact I would use this same argument against them insofar as it would enlighten them as to the effect of their lives.
But I am also not trying to indict you for your lifestyle. First of all I do not know that you are not a vegan who farms their own food without pesticides, does not use a car or public transportation... only wears clothes made from plant fiber (raised also without pesticides farm machinery), wears no makeup, uses no products that are tested on animals and so on...
And even if you, like me, are a meat eating modern American citizen with a car and all the rest ... I still see nothing wrong with this if you have taken into consideration the ramifications of your choices.
Frankly I don't see too much problem even if you haven't considered the life-price of your lifestyle...
unless...
As someone who does not think about the (often senseless) death their own life causes on a daily basis for both food and convenience you label a hunter as barbaric.
Think about it for a while before you decide to go cAPSLOCK hunting. ;)
without malice,
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