Way to pick a topic Glyn.
I hunt often and for reason. The meat I take is what I live on for the year. We buy very little beef or other factory meat.
I shoot deer, elk, boar when I can and other animals that fit in to the idea of "I am going to eat that, should I shoot it?"
The hunt is exciting and requires skill to be successful. The "trophies" are for me and that is why I would mount what I do. I really do not care what other think about my hunting or my trophies. They are reminders of a great experience.
For anyone reading this, if you have been a vegetable eater all of your life, great! If you eat meat, I view you no different than the man that hunts to provide for his family.
There are no "added chemicals" in my meat. There are no dyes to make it look red. There is rarely over 15% fat in the burger we process.
We butcher over 50% of our meat ourselves and use outside butchers when we do not have the time.
I believe there are three reasons people hunt:
1. For the sport.
2. Because the person can kill something ( this is not sport ).
3. For the food.
Additionally, I do not care if the person to my right hunts or if the person to my left hunts. It is my hunt and if there are more people, it is our hunt.
Ask your questions, but try, before you decide to slam, to see my point of view.
