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Re: They should experiment more with the chronic wasting disease (Reply to this comment)
by mcmaster,  in Sports & Outdoors
Hello Hinter,
Disease is having a huge and negative effect on hunting in general. A friend of mine went Elk hunting in Idaho. He took a small elk and had it cut, wrapped and shipped home. A couple of months later he came down with a fatal disease. It attacked his brain and he was dead within months. I think he got something from bad meat... I don't know for certain though. The guy never smoked, chewed, done drugs or anything too bad. Besides a beer now and then. They never did figure out what took his life. It's a scary thought.
Thanks for stopping by.
Joe
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Apr 08 '06
4:50 pm PDT
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They should experiment more with the chronic wasting disease (Reply to this comment)
by hunter15
Hi my name is Robert and I am a concerned hunter. My main concern is that they should try and put coyotes in with deer that have the disease called chronic wasting disease to see if the coyotes would be able to get the disease or not. They should also experiment with other animals to see if the other animals get the disease and if not then we will know that the disease can't spread.
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Feb 16 '06
3:56 pm PST
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While I do tend to "lean to the left" (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
in no way do I think hunting should be outlawed. I favor gun control - after all, when did you need an Uzi or armor-piercing bullets to hunt a deer - but I would never want to see guns outlawed completely. I would actively fight against that as well.
I have friends who hunt. They bring me some meat now and then. This year they had good luck and we had some nice cuts of venison. I don't agree with hunting for "sport". If an animal is a danger by all means I think people should defend themselves against it in any way. Quite a few animal attacks occur because of stupid humans who do things like feed them when they're young so the animals get used to that.
I also believe we need animals in the wild, though. Because predatory animals such as cougars and wolves have been hunted almost to extinction in the wild, that's why the deer population is exploding. We have yet to discover the proper balance.
Your "rant" is well-written and I agree with almost all of it.
Patti
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Nov 20 '04
9:57 am PST
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by tbthorn
I think the health aspects of hunting your own food are important too. You're avoiding some of the problems that are introduced with raising, slaughtering and then shipping the 'product' en masse. Personally, I'd be an awful hunter. I can barely hit the urinal cert when i take a p!ss. So, I think it's best that I leave it to others!
cheers,
tom
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Nov 18 '04
11:19 am PST
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Re: I respect you (Reply to this comment)
by mcmaster, in Sports & Outdoors
Thanks for the R/R/C Jo. I realize that hunting is a touchy subject for a lot of people. I just wanted to give them a point of view, from a different perspective. Fishing, now that's something I could do all day, 24/7. I also release fish that are not hurt. I also keep a lot of them because I enjoy eating fish. I like to smoke fish. Fishing can be very addictive so people have to catch and release. I also see your points and respect then as well. Thanks for stopping by!
Mac
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Nov 15 '04
9:09 am PST
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Great piece (Reply to this comment)
by pilarzmom
coming from the NW I complete understand your point of view. My dad mostly gave up hunting when he got married and had a family but he did teach us kids how to use a gun, not that I ever plan on taking up the sport. I think it was mostly his intention to show how powerful they were and that they should not be played with (he kept them locked up but some kids will find ways).
As you say, back when he did hunt, it was for food and not for sport (lived in Central Oregon for a number of years) And he was an avid fisherman. I was so happy that in the last year before he died he hooked a big salmon and got to do some smelting.
Take care,
Peggy
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Nov 15 '04
8:45 am PST
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I respect you (Reply to this comment)
by jo.com, in Sports & Outdoors
families' tradition and don't agrue at all with people who hunt to eat. It's "the hunter" that bothers me. But I try not to be judgmental - I just don't get it. I even don't get the catch and release mentality - our best friends fish this way and I do like the fact they have this hobby except realize the fish do get hurt. I'd rather they fish to kill them because they are going to eat them instead. Well to each his/her own! jo
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Nov 15 '04
2:44 am PST
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