tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post3763558340039411767..comments2024-03-13T04:00:21.690-05:00Comments on Life 101 : Deer SeasonRick Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-68158218949105459732010-09-19T02:49:15.238-05:002010-09-19T02:49:15.238-05:00They shoot game on this estate with the excuse tha...They shoot game on this estate with the excuse that it brings in cash, I see this as an indicator to the level of their intelligence if the only way they can think to bring in money to the estate is to hold a weekly killing spree. Not that I’m saying your nephew is not intelligent as I know hunting deer is different to what they do here – apart from the killing bit.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830090701346321489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-35354721204827688902010-09-18T16:34:24.658-05:002010-09-18T16:34:24.658-05:00I use to deer hunt--but haven't since college ...I use to deer hunt--but haven't since college some 30 years ago... The main fallacy in the "culling the herd" argument is that hunters want to take the prize of the herd instead of shooting the weakest, which harms the health of the herd (as I write this, it seems Kris has already said essentially the same thing). Hunting for food I have no problem with, but I don't care for antlers in the living roomsagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-38048968062070279092010-09-18T08:49:11.112-05:002010-09-18T08:49:11.112-05:00I don't like the rational hunters give about &...I don't like the rational hunters give about 'thinning the herd, etc.' Natural predators take the old, sick, weak leaving the herd genetically stronger. Human hunters take the big, the strong, the beautiful leaving the herd weaker. Early human hunters probably hunted like animal predators. But with the development of better weapons, today's trophy hunting predominates.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-67472131881222705132010-09-18T06:29:31.902-05:002010-09-18T06:29:31.902-05:00I was never much of a hunter myself, but do a lot ...I was never much of a hunter myself, but do a lot of fishing in my spare time.Just Plain Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370008595700891854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-91595357485214362022010-09-17T22:44:45.717-05:002010-09-17T22:44:45.717-05:00My sister and her husband hunt and enter lotteries...My sister and her husband hunt and enter lotteries in the western states for elk, etc. I don't understand the process. On the farm we were raised on no one in our family of women hunted, but mom let the neighbor men hunt on the pastures. I'm glad there were no deer there.<br /><br />I think I've seen the cartoon you mention. It's hillarious!Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167633465853736197noreply@blogger.com