*not picking on you here coop...yours was just the one I hit "quote" on...*
How about hunting simply because they enjoy it? Sure, they eat what they kill, but that's not the primary reason for being out there.
No one needs to hunt for food. We have grocery stores.
How about hunting simply because they enjoy it? Sure, they eat what they kill, but that's not the primary reason for being out there.
No one needs to hunt for food. We have grocery stores.
They didn't hunt for a trophy kill, nothing wasted or stuffed, it was eaten not wasted. As far as not needing to hunt because there's grocery stores, have you SEEN the prices? I'm ready to take up deer hunting myself to stock my freezer! That's like saying nobody needs to plant a garden because we have stores, LOL........but we all know it tastes better fresh, same goes for meat
EDIT: Sort of related.....
Once a deer (very young) ran out and crashed into the side of my car. Killed it instantly, broke it's neck. I was upset about the death and also upset thinking it was just going to sit on the side of the road and rot. My sister was with me and we got out, hoisted the deer by the feet into the trunk and took it to some friends who hunt. They dressed it out and ate it. That made me feel much better is some way that the deer didn't die for nothing..........at least it served some use if it had to die anyway.
most people that hunt w/dogs are out for the joy of it for themselves & the dogs.