I totally don't agree with James A. Froude. 

 

I hate comments like that.

I think that there is two types of hunting.  There is good hunting...where there is a high level of sport, yet respect not to waste what you've harvested or over harvest the species.  The other kind is where its all sport without any regard for nature or the remains of the animal that you've taken.  I know what kind of hunter you are, cause my dad was the same way. 

In other words, you can be a hunter and have a great love and respect for nature.  Chances are the deer and turkey you've taken are killed much more humanely than alot of the animals that end up in the meat bin in the grocery store.

Breeze,

 

I don't know what the context was of the original quote but I put it here in the context of what Dede said.

 

Ain't that the truth!  I just get mad a quotes like that because the anti-hunting extremists think we hunt just to kill... ya know?  I would much rather kill and process my own meat for my dining room table.  If anything, myself and all the hunters I know have a greater respect for wildlife, the environment, and nature in general. 

 

But I like all the other quotes here, lol.

 

Love those quotes, Conrad! And this one, sadly, is sooooo true:

 

 

In fact, it could be applied to almost anything we humans do.

 

Breeze, I understood the context of that other quote to imply that people who are trophy hunters - not those looking to sustain life itself - are cruel.

 

But...evs (lol), y'all know my perspective on this subject. I'm personally against killing any mammal for my own sustenance, but I defend the right of anyone else to do what they need to do to survive. What I find far more appalling are those who "veal" animals into a horrible (however brief) existence just for the sake of putting tons of meat onto store shelves. I really do feel strongly that people should "have to" hunt for their own food. It's much more fair and humane, imho. It's like....the way things should be, I guess is what I'm trying to say.

 

I think Froude's totally incorrect.

 

Film footage has been shot of baboons killing monkees just to do it, orcas attacking and playing with seals just to do it, and some dolphins killing, too, but that may be more about territory (can't remember which two, but two species hate each other and try to kill one another whenever possible)...  

 

A guy I used to know had almost 1/4 of his herd of something killed by a pack of wolves in Alaska over a few nights...  Only a few were actually eaten, and the rest were just kills, and were left intact, other than the fatal wounds.

 

So yeah... he's wrong. lol

 

Cool quotes otherwise, Conrad...