[warchild9]

Like I haven't heard that one a million times.

For clarity, here's my vegetarian's creed:

1. I won't eat it if it has eyes; or
2. I won't eat it if it has parents; or
3. I won't eat it if it screams when it's killed.

And as for that last, I'm an ex-hunter and I have visited slaughterhouses, so I know about the screaming.

Hunters like to kill things for fun. It's not tradition or a love of the outdoors ("I love the nature, I want to go kill something"), or some American Indian mysticism--it's killing for fun.

I do my best to respect all life, human and unhuman. I'm not perfect but I try to minimize the damage I do.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

1. I won't eat it if it has eyes;

No potatoes, then?

Hunters like to kill things for fun. It's not tradition or a love of the outdoors ("I love the nature, I want to go kill something"), or some American Indian mysticism--it's killing for fun.

I hunt (upland) because of tradition and a love of the outdoors. I fish for those reasons, too. I'm sure many people hunt because they get a rod over killing or destroying something, but among the people I hunt with, or have met while hunting all over New England, and in Michigan, too, I'd wager my yearly salary that there's not a thrill-killer in the bunch. The kill is the worst part of the evolution, if you ask me.

Nice resonator, by the way.

[Oberon]

Well, now you've heard it a million and one times.

"Hunters like to kill things for fun."

At least we agree on something. Hopefully I'll nail another deer this fall.

[Manic_Episode]

Early goose starts in a few weeks. I'll let you know how I do.
I am a native american btw.