Let me get this out of the way first. I have been hunting several times. What that means is that I have sat in a fucking tree stand for 2 hours beginning at 6 am. Then at some point a deer walked out and someone pulled their index finger back about an inch and felt good about themselves for a week. What a fucking waste of time.
I don't get it. Can someone please for the love of god give me a reasonable explanation? I know being "outdoorsy" is fun and makes you an interesting/regular guy to your friends but whats the point in killing something with a gun?
You don't need the meat.If you're going to live on a diet based solely on what you hunt I am completely fine with that. In that situation using the most efficient tools for the kill makes complete sense. But dont spend the morning hunting and then eat a fucking McRib a week later. Someone smarter than you figured out a way to kill thousands of animals in a fraction of the time it takes you to put on your stupid forest jacket and crossing guard vest. They even one upped you by shipping it all over the world. Pick one or the other, you can't use the "meat" excuse if ground beef is also part of your diet.
Population control is horseshit.When did too many wild pigs become a problem? Armadillo? Polar bear? Grizzly bear? If you want to control a population hunt something that is a public nuisance like rats, opossum and fucking raccoons. What the fuck did all those animals do for the 2 million years we werent in north america? Apparently almost destroyed themselves according to your view. Thank god we came along and cut them down, otherwise nature would have had to do it through lack of food and territory. Aw shucks
You're not doing it for sportIf being smart enough to pull a trigger and hide from something that will chase down the sound of keys makes you an athlete then I applaud your brilliance. Athletic hunting would involve a spear, knife or a long bow. Get out there and chase a deer down with a bowie knife. If hunters start doing that not only would it make sense but I would pay large sums of money to watch it. I know that people hunt with bows. But a compound bow is specifically built because modern American's pussy arms find it too hard to bend 6 feet of hickory and still shoot a moving target. That's fine, it sounds incredibly difficult and I guarantee I cant do it. But I have shot a compound several times and it wasnt a problem. I have to be honest though, I havent used one since I was 12, which is about the time you should stop thinking killing something because you can is cool.
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