The Hunter by N.C. Wyeth: Hunting for food - a necessity
From a taxidermy business web site: hunting for sport - not a necessitySeeing videos of hunters gunning down buffalo at Yellowstone during during the winter of 2007-2008 was an event that got me to wondering even more about hunters and why they shoot animals. I also have a couple of friends who are hunters, one of whom says he feels closer to nature when hunting, like when he bagged moose in Canada (Geez, can't you just observe wildlife and appreciate nature?). Anyway, this moose slayer referred to the book Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America by David Petersen. I now own a copy and have been poring through its pages. This is an enlightening read for me, and though only about a third of the way through the book, I have some new perspectives on hunters and anti-hunters (myself the latter). Maybe by the time I finish reading Heartsblood I will understand better why grown men act like little kids when gunning down wildlife on hunting programs such as those on ESPN. More on this later.
3 comments:
Good luck figuring out hunters. It's not a sport and it is unethical. Everyone that signs up for a hunting license should also be placed in a lottery to BE HUNTED so they can see what it is like to be on the other side of things. As many hunters will exclaim "It's good for the herd to be thinned out"---same for the human race, eh?
I have long tried to figure out how so called Christian men (and women) can hunt for sport. It seems that at this time of year (deer hunting season) the hunters become blood thirsty beings and feel it is their obligation to thin the herd of 'God's creatures'. I also had a friend who said that hunting was the way he was able enjoy nature (how? by killing it? why not just let the sentient beings be). Why are these people so hypocritical?
Exactly. Why can't they just go out and walk through the woods and observe wildlife? There is no need to further destroy life.
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