I feel that hunting is okay . . . how do you feel? I think that if there was not hunting or trapping there would be a surplus of animals that would cause injury and death to people, such as in the kind of car accident shown in this photo. Hunting is not the reason that animals become extinct, which many people say is the problem. Many of the conservation clubs around the USA are made and supported 90% by hunters. So, in fact if there was no hunting, there might not be any habitat left for the animals. I think that anti-hunters need to stop looking at hunting as barbaric and accept that it is just a way of life for many people. So, give me your thoughts . . . are you for or against hunting? Why do you feel this way?
--Charlie Ramshaw (12:00)
22 comments:
I agree with you about this. Hunters are one of the main reasons there is still animals around. Hunters for groups that help the wildlife by planting and doing reasearch to see what can be done to better the wildlife. It is stupid for antihunters to say that we are killing the wildlife. What are they doing? Nothing at all. Hunters are the ones doing the work to help preserve wildlife.
cody sullivan
I never hunted in my life but I would like to because not only is it helping the wildlife and giving us food, it lets you be out in the fresh air with nature and people can relax and forget about thier worries. I live out in the middle of nowhere where in the mornings I can wake up and see deer outside and sometimes if your not careful, they can come into your house. I think these antihunters are like the people who think eating meat is bad but they do it anyway. Those antihunters want something to complan about.
Agustin(A.J.) E Monroy Jr.
I say kill em....they have destroyed 2 of my cars j/k...anyways i do strongly belive in hunting. If you dont hunt you will have a wildlife over population. You will have deer running wild and tons of accidents not to mention all of the good meat and food we all get from hunters. its not even just about that kind of stuff, its been the way of life forever.
As a fellow hunter i agree with you. Hunting is not the reason why animals become endangered. I think that if hunting was stopped there would be more accidents involving people and animals. People have done research on how animals live and they have figured out that most habitats can not support all of the animals. There will always be people that voice thier concerns about things that they have no clue about. so those people just need to shut up and talk about things that they know for sure.
Phillip Poppe
They say alcohol and drugs are the leading causes of death in car accidents, but if there wasn't hunting, overpopulation would be the leading cause of death for sure. Hunting helps balance out the amount of animals making it a more stable ecosystem. Even with hunting being legal, there are millions of car accidents a year caused by deer. Just think if it wasn't legal!
randy ransom
Hunters play an important role in the frickin circle of life. If their weren't hunters, than habitat and food would grow scarce and their wouldnt be enough for all the animals. People think it's cruel because nowadays it's held for a sport. I figure if it's helping out the environment and maintaining animal populations, why the hell not make it into a sport. I do feel that illegal poching is a problem. Killing panda bears and polar bears, and other animals that are almost extinct, thats definately stil a problem. That's the only hunting I could see being against.
Zach Lutz
I agree for the most part about hunters but there are people who overhunt. I don't have anything against hunting though I don't hunt. Hunting is a good thing a times especially when a place is experincing overpopulation of a certian species, for example the deer at Allerton Park by Monticello have been growing rapidly, this has caused the destruction of plant life that other species live on, so the park opened the itself up to a limited hunting season. But like I said earlier there are hunters/poachers who have hunted species of animals to the limit. To say that none of the hunters are responsible would be a lie, but to say that are is also a lie. For there is always someone who follows the rules to the T.
Jarrod Winder
I don't really know much about hunting but i think hunting is alright i guess. As long as people don't go out just to kill for the fun of it, that would be wrong. All hunters should be licensed and if it is helping the wildlife in a positive way then there's nothing wrong with that.
Oshawa Wardlow
I never hunted before but hunters basically provide the meat for people to eat. Without them you wouldnt be able to have steak, like most people like, or cheeseburgers, or anything like that. Hunting is fine with me.
Stephen Simmons
Being the backwoods boy that I am, I would say that I am all for hunting. Actually, I hunt myself. I think hunters play a key role in the preservation of wildlife. What you said about hunters being the number one supporter is correct. Hunting does help with overpopulation. We hunters dont just go out and kill when we feel like it either. Some people like to think so. We have seasons in which we only have a certain amount of time to hunt for a particular species. I enjoy hunting and I support it.
Josh Kaufman
I dont feel like there is anything wrong with hunting, as long as you eat what you kill and aren't just doing it for the hell of it. I do agree that if people weren't hunting animals, such as deer, there would be way too many running around, which, can cause accidents as shown in the photo. I've seen many deer ripped apart on the roadways and its not a pretty sight. We need hunters to help control the animal population. Men have been hunting since before time. So why get all pissed about whats been going on for centuries? It's a means of survival, and in today's world, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Ashleigh Cloyd
I have mixed feelings about hunting. I know that it is neccesary to control over population, but I also feel like they are animals and they should not be killed for sport. I know that i could never kill a deer, squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, quail, or any other cute little animal. I do understand that it is needed, but I just know that it is not for me. Different people have different forms of recreation.
Michaela Kern (12:00)
Hunting is good for popu lation control. It hepls keep the food chain in balance. it keep animals from over populating and moving into cities and harming people.
Jeremy Miller
Charlie- I am very happy you brought up this strong point, I certainly agree with you that hunting is not the reason why animals become endangered. I don't understand why anti-hunters feel like hunting is such a terrible thing when really its helping the environment and maintaining animal populations. I agree with the research you had with what you said about hunters being the number one supporter. Overpopulation of certain species has been a problem in places because there might not be enough vegitation or plant life to go around.
LB
i agree with you if we didn't have hunting there would be a huge surplus of deer and other animals.And i have seen many car accidents caused by deer and ever time the deer are fine and the car they hit is in bad shape.Plus how can people say that by hunting we are killing off all of the animals i see deer all the time and not jsut one or two but in big pacts.I don't thing that s a sign that they are being killed off.i also agree that anit hunters need to stop looking at hunting in a bad way and see it for for what it is and sport that many people enjoy and they don't use hunting as a way to kill off animals they use it as a way to have fun and take it easy.
Laynie Shields
i did not grow up in a hunting family. I do not recall hearing anything negative about hunting when I was growing up. Iit was simply that none of my family members had interestin it. Most of the arguments against hunting I have heard are based on how cruel it is. Well, once I started learning about how we grow, slaughter, and process our domestic animals I started thinking seriously about what is and is not cruel. I am a believer in allowing people to live their lives in the way they choose, provided they don't hurt anyone else in the process. Basically, my view is that if a person doesn't like hunting, he or she shouldn't feel like they have to do.
Amanda Borders
One time when I went to Homer Lake, I saw a deer having gotten shot and just laying on the ground. I think that hunting should be around, but not let people shoot in places where wildlife grows much. God said that we can eat animals and so he provided us meat. When hunting could be a game for some, they should not allow to hunt because shooting an animal for no reason is killing a life.
Katrina Burkhardt
I am not personally into hunting but some of my family members do hunt. I believe that every living thing has the right to live unless it is dangerous to surrounding people. I know that hunting is considered a sport. I was raised in a small farm town and over half of the boys in my school went hunting. I really do not have anything against hunting but I just do not understand how someone has the will to kill an innocent animal. In the other hand I understand how people are worried that some wildlife are overpopulating and are causing car accidents that have caused some deaths. As I said before, I'm from a small town and there is nothing scarier than driving in the country and there is a herd of deers on the side of the road and you not knowing they might cross your way. So, in conclusion I say if someone really likes to hunt then thats fine with me. But I just think I don't have the heart to do it.
Elizabeth Martinez
I believe hunting is a good thing. It is how our ancestors have survived for years. Hunting has so many resources: food, clothing, tools, and etc. I believe people against hunting just don't like that fact of killing animals, but faced with having food, clothes and things or not surviving i would choose to survive. I don't think killing domesticated animals is okay like cats and dogs, but cows and pigs are resourcful.
Kahla Ryder
I am not against hunting. My father was an avid outdoorsman, hunting every season. When I was little we would eat whatever he caught during that season. I do not feel this is cruelty to animals. This was the way of life centuries or decades ago, this is how people survived off the land. We can't even do that, because people want to judge or try to stop hunting.
Cheri A
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