I’m interested in hearing what Lemmings think about hunting. I started hunting deer years ago because I wanted to be a part of the process, like if I couldn’t handle killing and gutting an animal I shouldn’t be eating meat. IMO, it’s much more humane than what factory farmed animals endure. Less suffering overall than most natural deaths. Overpopulation causes disease and starvation and we killed off their predators, so we kind of owe it to nature to fill the ecological gap.
Also, I fucking love it. I watch the sun rise, think, record birds I’ve seen, think, watch squirrels play, think a bit more, and sometimes, I get some food.
Idk. I’m not looking for approval or trying to change your mind, just wondering what people think.
I totally agree with you. It’s far more humane. They get to live a natural life in the wild and the death is often far better than what they’d face to a natural predator. It also has a very small carbon footprint.
I don’t hunt, and probably never will. It’s not really the killing and butchery that keeps me from doing it (I think I could handle that), but more the activity isn’t appealing to me, and I also don’t live in a great area for it. I have ADHD I’m pretty sure though, and the idea of sitting there for hours sounds horrible. I like camping, but I can’t be active and do things while camping.
I’m more curious of people who are against hunting. I can’t really think of a good ethical argument against it. I can understand an emotional argument, being against hurting animals, but that isn’t logical really. That’s part of nature. They will be hunted, by humans or otherwise, or their population will get out of control and they’ll die horribly from starvation. If anyone does have an ethical argument against hunting I’d love to hear it!