Geez...even on this thread....
Hey barfarn, do you eat meat? ANY meat? Beef, pork, chicken, turkey, any meat?
If so, you are a hypocrite . In order for you (or anyone) to eat meat, an animal has to die. And I find it more cowardly for someone to think they are high and mighty because they don't do the killing themselves.
Just because you get your protein prepackaged doesn't make your hands clean of the "murder" of that beef roast you eat.
There are many years I hunt and don't get anything. It's the whole package, not just the killing. It's not just walking into the woods and shooting something.
But you never did it, so you will never "get it".

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Ok, one thing, is knowing that the meat you have taken is free of growth hormones or other things they put into our food. And it is a huge challenge to pit yourself against an animal that has such strong senses to detect us. Believe me, it's not easy.
I get it, it's not for everyone. I was raised in a gun owning hunting family. And I respect the majestic animals I hunt. I don't take it lightly , or disrespectfully.
I won't take a shot that I don't feel will be a fast clean kill.
I started hunting in 1973, and didn't take my first deer until 1985.
I take the killing part seriously.
Another thing to keep in mind is that according to PBS hunting tv special I watched last week, hunters spend an average of $2200 a year on hunting in the state. We pay for most of the natural resources in Wisconsin.
Think about it, just a deer license costs $24 for residents. There are over 600,000 gun hunters in the state. Just that alone is millions of dollars for the state to buy up lands for animals to live on. Plus the hotels and restaurants and other businesses that depend on the income from hunters.
I don't take "joy" over the killing. That is only a small part of what makes up the hunt.
No matter what I say, you won't understand.

Me, I don't understand people who kill the unborn children that they decide they don't want. I'd say those were even more "majestic" creatures, killed for no more reason then they are not wanted.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Thanks barfarn for the positive comments.
As far as accidental pregnancies, 99% of them could be avoided if the people wouldn't be too "lazy" to use birth control.
If you screw around Ike pigs, that's not an accident.
I believe conception is the point of "it" being a child. The Bible talks several times that God knew us while still in the womb. So our creator is the authority to be listened too, not man that wants to "flush" away what he doesn't want to pay for. (That's my belief)

Now, my hunting was uneventful. I never saw anything.
And it was very physically demanding on me. I have a feeling this was my last hunt.
Usually I can sit out in the woods all day with no trouble. Now the pain was too much. I'm bummed out.
Such is life I guess.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey