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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)47. no one...or very few..HAVE to hunt for food
We do it to supplement. My family COULD do without hunting...and do without many other things to replace the meat I put in the freezer.
Why should I pay $14 a pound for steak and $5 a pound for burger when I can provide it for myself?
An animal dies either way so we can either crank up the factory farms or allow those who can to provide meat for themselves.
On average we put about 800 lbs of meat in the freezer for the cost of my practice cartridges and my license .....about one tenth the cost of factory farmed meat....and we get the benefit of having organic lean meat that tastes great
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If that was the reality for your Dad then he simply did what he needed to do...
The Road Runner
Jun 2014
#59
Because hunting is a necessity for some, it can be seen as classist to disparage it.
Brickbat
Jun 2014
#60
What message do we send when children sustain themselves on the flesh of the murdered?
Kurska
Jun 2014
#27
It's not the hunting I find repugnant, it's the pleasure taken in killing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#23
How do they torture the animal during the process of hunting in your area? and what specifically
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#69
Your step brother sounds like a psychopath , I don't know how you equate that with hunting
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#76