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Individually, I would prefer to cause the least amount of pain to an animal as possible for the needed outcome A large bullet through the heart and lungs is pr
by kd0amg 12y ago
Individually, I would prefer to cause the least amount of pain to an animal as possible for the needed outcome
A large bullet through the heart and lungs is probably not going to be much worse than slaughtering livestock. (This is also why states set minimum caliber for hunting deer -- too small increases the risk of the deer dying too slowly.)
The salient point for me is that the hunting fulfills a need for society and the ecosystem, and if that need subsides, so should the hunting.
This is already the way of things. The number of licenses issued for a given year is the DNR's response to the current state of the deer population.
- kbenson 12y agoAnd this all started because I expressed a lack of sympathy for hunters who found it hard to hunt where they previously did. I'll fully accept that I was too broad in saying I hadn't heard a good justification for hunting. It's caused a of of people to assume a stance on my part and reply disputing that stance, which doesn't really exist. I don't believe hunting for enjoyment or tradition is really justifiable, but beyond that, I'm mostly open to the needs justifying our actions.