I'm Not Against "Hunting" Per Se, But I Am Against Trophy Hunting
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
February 6, 2018 10:30pm CST
As I see it if one is a "hunter", that is, one who genuinely hunts and kills animals for food, then I don't have a problem with that, since many cultures still rely on hunting, especially indigenous cultures. I happen to be part Native American and yes, my ancestors were deer hunters, yet ironically I could never envision myself "hunting" especially a beautiful animal like deer.
It's the trophy hunters that bother me. This are a different "breed" of people who kill animals for the sake of killing and then often have those animals stuffed and hung as yes, "trophies" to show off. These people go out of their way to hunt animals, not just Deer, but Giraffes, Lions, Tigers, Elephants, etc. and they spend a near neigh fortune for the so-called "privilege" to do so, and not only in places like Africa, but what is known as "canned hunts" ranches. Did you know for instance these ranches exist even in America?
Yes I shoot animals, but with a camera, to my mind the only way in many ways to "shoot" an animal.
The photo I have here is of a Pudu deer that I took many, many years ago in Discovery Island (now shut down to the public) that was a part of DisneyWorld
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
7 Feb 18
I personally think that trophy hunting is the worst kind of hunting, next to poaching. But really it's so hard to draw the line between what is animal cruelty or not. People hate trophy hunting but still eat meat. I don't blame vegans for being vegans, although to me that sounds too extreme in the name of love for animals. I dunno, too many grey areas.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Feb 18
Trophy hunting is different though, it's for the sake of just killing the animal as a trophy rather than killing the animal and eating it also
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
8 Feb 18
@pyewacket Yes, as a sport and I don't get that. I don't understand how people get off by killing very rare animals all for the sake of sport. It's a very lavish hobby as well, if I may add.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
7 Feb 18
i hate it.there's no reason on earth to kill an animal for a collection.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Feb 18
@scarlet_woman I never was a fan of his but Ted Nugeant is a trophy hunter...and so are #45's sons
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
10 Feb 18
@pyewacket i liked some of his music..but i lost any respect i might have had after finding out that.
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 18
I would only shoot an animal if I wanted a picture of it OR if I had to feed my family.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Feb 18
Exactly...more often enough for me it would be to take the animal's photo
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
8 Feb 18
I am 100% with you on this. Sadly there are some of those ranches down here in Texas @pyewacket . When I first moved onto my property, I was the only one in the area and I use to have hunters enter my property. My Akita and I use to walk the property line every day. One day there were 2 hunters that had entered my property. I told them they had 60 seconds to leave or they would never be found alive.
