I don't hunt and don't have anything against it at all and I understand its necessities. But I strive to understand why hunters find joy in hunting. The majority of answers I've received are those pertaining to "If I have to explain, you won't understand." This provided the most insight into it. I thank you for this video.
Wow, this is amazing! Great job, CWA! I still don't think the antis will understand, but it definitely will help those that just were never exposed to hunting and don't understand what it's about or why we do it. Besides, hunting is one of the best ways to get truly organic and healthy food!
Sorry, I didn't mean to post so many responses. For some reason I didn't see the response post and I thought it didn't go through. Anyway, I hope you get my point.
Thank you so much for creating such an amazing culmination of my thoughts and the thoughts of other hunters. I'm so often asked why I hunt. Thank you for giving me an eloquent answer. This video stuck and emotional chord. Wonderful
This is such bullshit ecosystems have functioned billions of years without humans! Just admit it gives you a trill to kill. There is no use in hunting except for feeding.
@DeZorgenkindjes I think you misunderstood. Of course the ecosystems have been around long before humans. But modern habitats are threatened by human development in virtually every part of the modern world. Hunters/conservationists do real on the ground work to protect wildlife populations and habitat far more than most people realize. This is what the video means by the analogy of caring for a crop or garden.
I don't understand your position. Your eyes are set on your head facing forward. Your teeth include incisors which are designed to tear at meat. You son are a predator whether you like it or not. To deny the regular eating of animals is to deny your very nature. We are not herbivores, we are predators. We eat animals. That is what we are. If you dislike this you dislike yourself. If you dislike yourself, you have a mental disorder. There is no way around this fact.
I don't understand your position. Your eyes are set on your head facing forward. Your teeth include incisors which are designed to tear at meat. You son are a predator whether you like it or not. To deny the regular eating of animals is to deny your very nature. We are not herbivores, we are predators. We eat animals. That is what we are. If you dislike this you dislike yourself. If you dislike yourself, you have a mental disorder. There is no way around this fact
You have an extreme case of a disturbing mental disorder that wishes to deny your own nature. Your eyes are facing forward on your head. Your teeth include incisors which are designed by nature to tear at flesh. You are a predator. To dislike this FACT is a mental disorder that results in your dislike of your own species. This is not an opinion, this is a fact. What color is the sky in your world? Purple?
@fossilcrinoid i wonder if you use pesisides on your garden, or if you asked premission from the animals that used to live where your house is or planted your garden. why do ppl like you look for videos about hunting to cry about.. I dont get it. I live in California near a wildlife refuge, before this season of duck hunting opend we had nearly 2 thousand birds die of disease because there were to many of them there and they were eating thier own crap.. I had to watch these birds suffer for days
@fossilcrinoid i guess we need to tell the fox to stop eating them alive too.. those vil evil fox. we are part of this world, these animals need to have population control.. what would be a non dubious way to do it? If this is the fact then you must not stop the ant or cockroach from invadering your home right? For you vegitarians out there.. pestisides do more harm to this planet then a hunter ever could.. so lets let the insects have the plants too right? Broden your mind
As a vegan I respect hunters a lot more then people buying meat in the stores, and there's a lot of good commentary in this. However, it's not like plucking a rose. Roses aren't conscious, they don't feel or have social structures.... They can't use tools... Birds can! I think addressing that is relatively important if you are going to make a sound argument.
As a vegan I respect hunters a lot more then people buying meat in the stores, and there's a lot of good commentary in this. However, it's not like plucking a rose. Roses aren't conscious, they don't feel or have social structures.... They can't use tools... Birds can! I think addressing that is relatively important if you are going to make a sound argument.
I decided to start hunting this year, I feel like if i'm gonna eat an animal I rather kill an animal thats lived a free life, and not farmed for food and treated like shit.
@woodsman513 Oh, shut up, will ya? Hunters are those that hate animals and those that kill other life-living and air-breathing four-legged creatures!!! >:l
@woodsman513 No comment on that, cuz I ain't gonna go and argue with someone that probably kills wolves... Get a life, at least I'm protecting them and NOT pointing a gun at them.
@velcho1969 No I do not hunt wolves and I donate 500 dollars a year to animal and land conservation. You should be protesting land development because that is what kills off animal species. Your home caused and neighborhood caused the destruction of habitat and forced the animals to find a new place to live and some of them were killed in the process. I understand these issues you do not. Try and educate yourself before you ramble on with your nonsense.
@velcho1969 It costs money to hunt and the money goes back in to helping the animals wether it be makeing water sources for the animals or to keeping people fom inhabiting animal habitats or takeing out overpopulated animals and yes animals do over populate case and point (goat killer) its a video a bout a park where hunting is prohibited and thay higher a sharp shooter to lesson the goat population because thay are destroying thayer habitat as well as the other animals habitat--
@velcho1969 Also (why we hunt goats) is another video of the destruction the goats cause. Pigs and other animals are a problem as well. Hunters also donate thousands of pounds of game a year to food banks to feed the hungy. It is true we are over populated but we can sustane a much bigger population than animals because we grow manadge and store ower food and water but even now we cant feed all ower own its mostly greed but i gues you can say ower population controll is war and starvation--
@woodsman513 Never understand your urge to kill? The thing that kills me is that "hunters" and I use the word in quotations because the word has lost it's meaning recently, claim to be outdoorsmen, meanwhile any animal that has ever gone extinct is due to either over hunting of the animal itself or it's main food source. Don't get me wrong, I have been shooting for years, bows, shotguns, rifles, and I love shooting. But the need to kill is another story.
@0AdamHeartMother0 Have you ever been to a farm? Do you know what happens to farms if you don't kill the agricultural pests? Do you know how much damage feral pigs do to the ecosystem? Are you aware that they raid sea turtle nests, and are currently the top cause of sea turtle nest destruction on our coasts? They eat ground dwelling birds, destroy clean water sources with wallows, etc.
Been shooting for years? So lets see some videos of your skill.
wonderful video... more people need to get it through there heads that we love nature and all gods creatures and dont hunt to murder innocent animals but to help them from overpopulation and diseses. we are part of the circle of life no matter how much AR people want to say were not
Not all anti videos are lies but thay dont under stand life and death well basicly life. Some one said anties temper thayer compashon without reson so basicly thay dont like hunting and thay want it to stop but thay dont have any logical explanation to stop hunting with out it ruining ower habitats and eventualy animal populations but thay dont see the big pictuer all thay see is animals geting hunted and thay dont like it.
Wow, beautiful film. I could only wish British Columbia' s Wildlife Federation would produce a similar film highlighting all the positive aspects of hunting and nature conservation.
I'll make this my last note too: I may see animals much like you do, and I agree it's not anthropomorphism; rather, it's acknowledging how much we are like them ... because we *are* fellow animals.
The difference is I see myself as a member of one of many omnivorous animal species, and I accept that my diet requires the death of other animals. If anything, I'm comforted by the fact that my intelligence allows me to minimize suffering. Most other omnivore/carnivore species couldn't care less.
Fear of slippery slope is a huge issue. And sometimes that fear is well-founded.
I'm a big advocate for avoiding shots that seem risky (though I'm still quite an imperfect shot myself). My bedrock ethic is to make the cleanest kill possible to minimize suffering.
As for cracking down on the idiots, don't assume we don't just because we don't make a public spectacle of it.
But there's no way we can get rid of all the morons, just as no level of lawmaking or social campaigning will eliminate idiot drivers. Or bad bosses. Or careless workers.
So the question is, should all hunters be judged by the idiots among us? Probably no more than the animal rights folks should be judged by the idiots among you.
On the "do no harm" issue, I guess I've accepted that it's impossible to do no harm, so I try to limit my harm as much as possible.
I accept that predation is part of life, and always represents a portion of the loss of animal life every year, and I am comfortable being one fo the predators.
I certainly don't hunt animals whose populations are under extreme pressure. In fact, modern regulated hunting is designed to prevent that.
Hard to say which is representative, isn't it? The people I hunt with care a great deal about wildlife, and that includes taking clean shots and avoiding incidental damage. That's my world. Does YouTube attract bozos, or is it representative?
Yep, I'll admit that. We do enormous work to support a whole species so that we may take a limited percentage of them. That doesn't negate the fact that we're doing work that supports species that EVERYONE can enjoy, whether they hunt or not.
But the love of and respect for wildlife is very real. I just started hunting 3 years ago, and I've been astonished in how it's changed the way I view animals - I have enormous respect for them. That's why it drives me nuts when whackballs say...
... that we're out there shooting "poor defenseless animals." Some of the people who purport to love those animals have ZERO respect for their incredible defenses and intelligence. Obviously, the ones we get had defenses that failed them. But we generally kill a tiny fraction of the total number of animals we see on a hunt. They're very good at eluding us.
The problem is there's an inescapable level of injury and harm in EVERY pursuit that feeds us, whether it's factory farming, organic/pastured animal husbandry or vegetable farming. Singling out hunting as "elective" suggests there are other ways to feed myself without causing harm. There aren't. Everything we do to feed ourselves causes harm.
Fossilcrinoid, the fact that you don't like hunting doesn't negate the green work that we do.
Every hunter I know works very hard to retrieve every bird we shoot. Sometimes, though, wounded animals do get away and suffer.
Hunting isn't the only practice with such casualties. Sometimes animals become sick and die in the process of being raised on farms. Sometimes animals get hit by cars. I'm sure even Prius drivers have hit squirrels and kitties and dogs.
Fossilcrinoid, I can assure you that California hunters don't feel respected by our F&G Commission, at all.
But we're still responsible for the incredibly successful restoration of many wildlife populations decimated not only by the devastating market hunting of a century ago, but the habitat destruction that raged then and continues to this day.
If only it were true that all hunters take respect to the prey that they hunt. If that were the case, Europe and Eastern North America would still be ripe with game, as opposed to having most of it killed off decades, if not centuries ago. People will pillage and poach
Then again, if people do learn to respect the food that comes on their table, and realize it's not unlimited; as well as hunting within strict limits, then maybe humans can once again respect the nature that sustains them.
This is an awesome video. I commend you for posting this. I will be using it as a tool in my box of knowledge to share with others. Again, thank you. 5 star!
Nice video but this is just as blindly anthropocentric and short sighted, as any pro animal exploitation propaganda trying to greenwash an activity that is increasingly seen as cruel. Hunting is not green (it is resource intensive and polluting), is not compassionate (roses are not ducks, ducks feel fear and pain), and is not necessary (we have the knowledge to live healthy lives without exploiting animals). The logic he uses is flawed. If he is a conservationist, it's for self serving reasons.
Trexuphigh, I respect vegans for thinking about their diets and acting according to their conscience.
Ive done the same thing, and it led me to hunting. I can think of no more ethical, responsible or environmentally friendly way to put meat in my freezer. Beats the hell out of factory farming.
Killing is killing theres no changing that. We get it. But to say that hunting is resource intensive and polluting betrays profound ignorance of the topic.
I'm not at all ignorant of the topic. My family has been putting meat in thier freezer for years via hunting. That is how I know that on average people drive about 60 miles for a hunting trip. Most often they big trucks, then quads. Often they come back with nothing. So, not taking recreation into consideration, hunting is a terrible waste of resources as far as putting calories on the table is concerned.
Furthermore all the motor equipment in the bush has the potential to contaminate drinking water via oil and fuel leakage and increases fire hazard in dry areas due to brush coming in contact with hot engine and exhaust parts. That is why several areas are now requiring permits for offroad jamborees. In my province fires have been started this way.
Pretty convenient not to take recreation into consideration. For many of us, hunting is our recreation. Some people drive and fly to go mountain climbing; some of us drive and fly to hunt, and put food on our tables in the process. I can't remember my last vacation that didn't put food on the table.
Since you're in Canada, perhaps you're not aware that American hunters pay special taxes and fees that purchase, restore and support wildlife habitat. Not mountain climbers. Not bird watchers. Us.
Awesome video! I love hunting and have dedicated my career to helping preserve and protect wildlife habitat. This video is a perfect voice for all hunters.
I came late to hunting, but this is precisely why I hunt. I feel it is unethical to turn a blind eye to the source of your food. Hunters have respect and empathy for the game they pursue. Hunting is green. Deer, ducks and upland game are all "free range". And believe me, sustainably harvested venison is delicious! Thank you for your well crafted video.
I don't hunt and don't have anything against it at all and I understand its necessities. But I strive to understand why hunters find joy in hunting. The majority of answers I've received are those pertaining to "If I have to explain, you won't understand." This provided the most insight into it. I thank you for this video.
TheJWElite 1 week ago
hunting is actually good for the environment.
it prevents over population and preservers the hunted's food source
macdonalds2468 4 months ago
8 people don't know a good thing when they see it.
BloodBrosPA 6 months ago
Great!!!
916stevely 6 months ago
@velcho1969 ur are a tree hugger get over it
liljstarnum4 7 months ago
@liljstarnum4
There is nothing wrong with being a tree hugger just as nothing wrong with being a hunter as long as you know your role.
xyang26 7 months ago
bellissimo video complimenti
TheGermanoreale 9 months ago
I'm a veg, so yeah, I hate hunters, get over it!!!
velcho1969 9 months ago
Very nice vidio awesome
satellitetune 10 months ago
Wow, this is amazing! Great job, CWA! I still don't think the antis will understand, but it definitely will help those that just were never exposed to hunting and don't understand what it's about or why we do it. Besides, hunting is one of the best ways to get truly organic and healthy food!
peachykuehn 11 months ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to post so many responses. For some reason I didn't see the response post and I thought it didn't go through. Anyway, I hope you get my point.
sklaske1 11 months ago
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HunterEdAdventures 11 months ago
You have provided a wholesome answered to the question that has troubled me for years. Thank you.
916stevely 1 year ago
Thank you so much for creating such an amazing culmination of my thoughts and the thoughts of other hunters. I'm so often asked why I hunt. Thank you for giving me an eloquent answer. This video stuck and emotional chord. Wonderful
ravelweave 1 year ago
This is such bullshit ecosystems have functioned billions of years without humans! Just admit it gives you a trill to kill. There is no use in hunting except for feeding.
DeZorgenkindjes 1 year ago
@DeZorgenkindjes I think you misunderstood. Of course the ecosystems have been around long before humans. But modern habitats are threatened by human development in virtually every part of the modern world. Hunters/conservationists do real on the ground work to protect wildlife populations and habitat far more than most people realize. This is what the video means by the analogy of caring for a crop or garden.
jk3696 1 year ago
@jk3696
You know this is so not true, i have no problem with it if u just admit you like to kill.
Only in very rare cases i understand the killing of animals is good.
DeZorgenkindjes 1 year ago
@DeZorgenkindjes
I don't understand your position. Your eyes are set on your head facing forward. Your teeth include incisors which are designed to tear at meat. You son are a predator whether you like it or not. To deny the regular eating of animals is to deny your very nature. We are not herbivores, we are predators. We eat animals. That is what we are. If you dislike this you dislike yourself. If you dislike yourself, you have a mental disorder. There is no way around this fact.
sklaske1 11 months ago
@DeZorgenkindjes
I don't understand your position. Your eyes are set on your head facing forward. Your teeth include incisors which are designed to tear at meat. You son are a predator whether you like it or not. To deny the regular eating of animals is to deny your very nature. We are not herbivores, we are predators. We eat animals. That is what we are. If you dislike this you dislike yourself. If you dislike yourself, you have a mental disorder. There is no way around this fact
sklaske1 11 months ago
@DeZorgenkindjes
You have an extreme case of a disturbing mental disorder that wishes to deny your own nature. Your eyes are facing forward on your head. Your teeth include incisors which are designed by nature to tear at flesh. You are a predator. To dislike this FACT is a mental disorder that results in your dislike of your own species. This is not an opinion, this is a fact. What color is the sky in your world? Purple?
sklaske1 11 months ago
Great video! Ciao Domenico.
Domusac 1 year ago
ohh dear 6 people still dont understand..... but seriously great video well done!
sportingshots 1 year ago
@fossilcrinoid i wonder if you use pesisides on your garden, or if you asked premission from the animals that used to live where your house is or planted your garden. why do ppl like you look for videos about hunting to cry about.. I dont get it. I live in California near a wildlife refuge, before this season of duck hunting opend we had nearly 2 thousand birds die of disease because there were to many of them there and they were eating thier own crap.. I had to watch these birds suffer for days
playerslayer23 1 year ago
@fossilcrinoid i guess we need to tell the fox to stop eating them alive too.. those vil evil fox. we are part of this world, these animals need to have population control.. what would be a non dubious way to do it? If this is the fact then you must not stop the ant or cockroach from invadering your home right? For you vegitarians out there.. pestisides do more harm to this planet then a hunter ever could.. so lets let the insects have the plants too right? Broden your mind
playerslayer23 1 year ago
dude if no one would hunt the population of some animals with over populate
ace9181 1 year ago
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As a vegan I respect hunters a lot more then people buying meat in the stores, and there's a lot of good commentary in this. However, it's not like plucking a rose. Roses aren't conscious, they don't feel or have social structures.... They can't use tools... Birds can! I think addressing that is relatively important if you are going to make a sound argument.
o0envia0o 1 year ago
As a vegan I respect hunters a lot more then people buying meat in the stores, and there's a lot of good commentary in this. However, it's not like plucking a rose. Roses aren't conscious, they don't feel or have social structures.... They can't use tools... Birds can! I think addressing that is relatively important if you are going to make a sound argument.
o0envia0o 1 year ago
@o0envia0o Men have easier times hunting because they have less emotion to put it bluntly lol.
lvsoad22 1 year ago
@o0envia0o birds use tools!?!
sportingshots 1 year ago
The biggest problem with humanity is that we have removed ourselves from nature/the world. Awesome video/commentary! :)
johannrecht67 1 year ago
I decided to start hunting this year, I feel like if i'm gonna eat an animal I rather kill an animal thats lived a free life, and not farmed for food and treated like shit.
DontDoDrugsSmokeHERB 1 year ago
anti hunters will never understand and im proud to be a hunter
woodsman513 1 year ago 6
@woodsman513 Oh, shut up, will ya? Hunters are those that hate animals and those that kill other life-living and air-breathing four-legged creatures!!! >:l
velcho1969 9 months ago
@velcho1969 I guarantee you that hunters like myself have given more to wildlife than you ever have.
woodsman513 9 months ago
@woodsman513 No comment on that, cuz I ain't gonna go and argue with someone that probably kills wolves... Get a life, at least I'm protecting them and NOT pointing a gun at them.
velcho1969 9 months ago
@velcho1969 No I do not hunt wolves and I donate 500 dollars a year to animal and land conservation. You should be protesting land development because that is what kills off animal species. Your home caused and neighborhood caused the destruction of habitat and forced the animals to find a new place to live and some of them were killed in the process. I understand these issues you do not. Try and educate yourself before you ramble on with your nonsense.
woodsman513 9 months ago
@velcho1969 It costs money to hunt and the money goes back in to helping the animals wether it be makeing water sources for the animals or to keeping people fom inhabiting animal habitats or takeing out overpopulated animals and yes animals do over populate case and point (goat killer) its a video a bout a park where hunting is prohibited and thay higher a sharp shooter to lesson the goat population because thay are destroying thayer habitat as well as the other animals habitat--
gary77777778888888 3 months ago
@velcho1969 Also (why we hunt goats) is another video of the destruction the goats cause. Pigs and other animals are a problem as well. Hunters also donate thousands of pounds of game a year to food banks to feed the hungy. It is true we are over populated but we can sustane a much bigger population than animals because we grow manadge and store ower food and water but even now we cant feed all ower own its mostly greed but i gues you can say ower population controll is war and starvation--
gary77777778888888 3 months ago
@velcho1969 witch boils down to reasorses and greed. Its sad but true you cant have life without death. The world is beautifull but yet harsh.
gary77777778888888 3 months ago
@woodsman513 Never understand your urge to kill? The thing that kills me is that "hunters" and I use the word in quotations because the word has lost it's meaning recently, claim to be outdoorsmen, meanwhile any animal that has ever gone extinct is due to either over hunting of the animal itself or it's main food source. Don't get me wrong, I have been shooting for years, bows, shotguns, rifles, and I love shooting. But the need to kill is another story.
0AdamHeartMother0 1 month ago
@0AdamHeartMother0 Have you ever been to a farm? Do you know what happens to farms if you don't kill the agricultural pests? Do you know how much damage feral pigs do to the ecosystem? Are you aware that they raid sea turtle nests, and are currently the top cause of sea turtle nest destruction on our coasts? They eat ground dwelling birds, destroy clean water sources with wallows, etc.
Been shooting for years? So lets see some videos of your skill.
lasourisaboyante 1 week ago
Incredibly well made video. I'm a proud CWA member for this very reason.
little2suave 1 year ago
wonderful video... more people need to get it through there heads that we love nature and all gods creatures and dont hunt to murder innocent animals but to help them from overpopulation and diseses. we are part of the circle of life no matter how much AR people want to say were not
coorscowgirl101 2 years ago
Wow!! That is so well done. As a small family farm owner I feel so validated by this beautifully articulate production.
It hurts so deep to see us portrayed as heartless murders when in truth, we love out live stock.
Bravo to you!
RunAMuckGirl2 2 years ago
wondering if you could email me this video. Want to post it on my business facebook account.
jtodacutch 2 years ago
Thank you for making this video. Excellent!
apastran03819 2 years ago
Not all anti videos are lies but thay dont under stand life and death well basicly life. Some one said anties temper thayer compashon without reson so basicly thay dont like hunting and thay want it to stop but thay dont have any logical explanation to stop hunting with out it ruining ower habitats and eventualy animal populations but thay dont see the big pictuer all thay see is animals geting hunted and thay dont like it.
gary77777778888888 2 years ago 2
This video is true as well unlike antie videos and peta videos. peta lies and it disgusts me how far thay take thayer lies
gary77777778888888 2 years ago
nice video.
NzDuckShooter 2 years ago
Wow, beautiful film. I could only wish British Columbia' s Wildlife Federation would produce a similar film highlighting all the positive aspects of hunting and nature conservation.
ThomasCrown79 2 years ago
Excellent!
HawgNSonsTV 2 years ago
Great stuff...I will use this on several of my sites!
HawgNSonsTV2 2 years ago
Thank you. Please keep us posted on where you use it and what response you get. We'd love to hear back.
CaliforniaWaterfowl 2 years ago
Where can a person get a copy of this video, it is great.
rgboyd3 2 years ago
I feel like I am part of nature when I am hunting, and I know why the creator has put me here.
moorehuntin 2 years ago
I'll make this my last note too: I may see animals much like you do, and I agree it's not anthropomorphism; rather, it's acknowledging how much we are like them ... because we *are* fellow animals.
The difference is I see myself as a member of one of many omnivorous animal species, and I accept that my diet requires the death of other animals. If anything, I'm comforted by the fact that my intelligence allows me to minimize suffering. Most other omnivore/carnivore species couldn't care less.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Fear of slippery slope is a huge issue. And sometimes that fear is well-founded.
I'm a big advocate for avoiding shots that seem risky (though I'm still quite an imperfect shot myself). My bedrock ethic is to make the cleanest kill possible to minimize suffering.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
As for cracking down on the idiots, don't assume we don't just because we don't make a public spectacle of it.
But there's no way we can get rid of all the morons, just as no level of lawmaking or social campaigning will eliminate idiot drivers. Or bad bosses. Or careless workers.
So the question is, should all hunters be judged by the idiots among us? Probably no more than the animal rights folks should be judged by the idiots among you.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
On the "do no harm" issue, I guess I've accepted that it's impossible to do no harm, so I try to limit my harm as much as possible.
I accept that predation is part of life, and always represents a portion of the loss of animal life every year, and I am comfortable being one fo the predators.
I certainly don't hunt animals whose populations are under extreme pressure. In fact, modern regulated hunting is designed to prevent that.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Hard to say which is representative, isn't it? The people I hunt with care a great deal about wildlife, and that includes taking clean shots and avoiding incidental damage. That's my world. Does YouTube attract bozos, or is it representative?
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
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NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Yep, I'll admit that. We do enormous work to support a whole species so that we may take a limited percentage of them. That doesn't negate the fact that we're doing work that supports species that EVERYONE can enjoy, whether they hunt or not.
But the love of and respect for wildlife is very real. I just started hunting 3 years ago, and I've been astonished in how it's changed the way I view animals - I have enormous respect for them. That's why it drives me nuts when whackballs say...
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
... that we're out there shooting "poor defenseless animals." Some of the people who purport to love those animals have ZERO respect for their incredible defenses and intelligence. Obviously, the ones we get had defenses that failed them. But we generally kill a tiny fraction of the total number of animals we see on a hunt. They're very good at eluding us.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
The problem is there's an inescapable level of injury and harm in EVERY pursuit that feeds us, whether it's factory farming, organic/pastured animal husbandry or vegetable farming. Singling out hunting as "elective" suggests there are other ways to feed myself without causing harm. There aren't. Everything we do to feed ourselves causes harm.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Fossilcrinoid, the fact that you don't like hunting doesn't negate the green work that we do.
Every hunter I know works very hard to retrieve every bird we shoot. Sometimes, though, wounded animals do get away and suffer.
Hunting isn't the only practice with such casualties. Sometimes animals become sick and die in the process of being raised on farms. Sometimes animals get hit by cars. I'm sure even Prius drivers have hit squirrels and kitties and dogs.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago 2
Fossilcrinoid, I can assure you that California hunters don't feel respected by our F&G Commission, at all.
But we're still responsible for the incredibly successful restoration of many wildlife populations decimated not only by the devastating market hunting of a century ago, but the habitat destruction that raged then and continues to this day.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Lmao this is ridiculous. He just gets off on killing and wants to make himself look good.
Shooting a wild bear you've attracted with a bait to cut off it's head and keep as a trophie is senseless. Hunting is wrong!
MissHiltonxx 2 years ago
If only it were true that all hunters take respect to the prey that they hunt. If that were the case, Europe and Eastern North America would still be ripe with game, as opposed to having most of it killed off decades, if not centuries ago. People will pillage and poach
Then again, if people do learn to respect the food that comes on their table, and realize it's not unlimited; as well as hunting within strict limits, then maybe humans can once again respect the nature that sustains them.
cradthemoontripper 2 years ago
This is an awesome video. I commend you for posting this. I will be using it as a tool in my box of knowledge to share with others. Again, thank you. 5 star!
hoghunterdiva 2 years ago
Nice video but this is just as blindly anthropocentric and short sighted, as any pro animal exploitation propaganda trying to greenwash an activity that is increasingly seen as cruel. Hunting is not green (it is resource intensive and polluting), is not compassionate (roses are not ducks, ducks feel fear and pain), and is not necessary (we have the knowledge to live healthy lives without exploiting animals). The logic he uses is flawed. If he is a conservationist, it's for self serving reasons.
trexuphigh 2 years ago
Trexuphigh, I respect vegans for thinking about their diets and acting according to their conscience.
Ive done the same thing, and it led me to hunting. I can think of no more ethical, responsible or environmentally friendly way to put meat in my freezer. Beats the hell out of factory farming.
Killing is killing theres no changing that. We get it. But to say that hunting is resource intensive and polluting betrays profound ignorance of the topic.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
I'm not at all ignorant of the topic. My family has been putting meat in thier freezer for years via hunting. That is how I know that on average people drive about 60 miles for a hunting trip. Most often they big trucks, then quads. Often they come back with nothing. So, not taking recreation into consideration, hunting is a terrible waste of resources as far as putting calories on the table is concerned.
trexuphigh 2 years ago
Furthermore all the motor equipment in the bush has the potential to contaminate drinking water via oil and fuel leakage and increases fire hazard in dry areas due to brush coming in contact with hot engine and exhaust parts. That is why several areas are now requiring permits for offroad jamborees. In my province fires have been started this way.
trexuphigh 2 years ago
Pretty convenient not to take recreation into consideration. For many of us, hunting is our recreation. Some people drive and fly to go mountain climbing; some of us drive and fly to hunt, and put food on our tables in the process. I can't remember my last vacation that didn't put food on the table.
Since you're in Canada, perhaps you're not aware that American hunters pay special taxes and fees that purchase, restore and support wildlife habitat. Not mountain climbers. Not bird watchers. Us.
NorCalCazadora 2 years ago
Awesome video! I love hunting and have dedicated my career to helping preserve and protect wildlife habitat. This video is a perfect voice for all hunters.
Sprig482 2 years ago
thats a good one, i think its also the only sport that brings friends and family closer together.
cole123123123 2 years ago
This is very good..I've been hunting for most of my life (40yrs.) and Its says it all.
Thanks Alot!!!
danmcqueenify 2 years ago
I came late to hunting, but this is precisely why I hunt. I feel it is unethical to turn a blind eye to the source of your food. Hunters have respect and empathy for the game they pursue. Hunting is green. Deer, ducks and upland game are all "free range". And believe me, sustainably harvested venison is delicious! Thank you for your well crafted video.
carolinn4733 2 years ago
Nicely done. The main message certainly resonated with me and my sons; I hope that it does so with a wide audience as well.
Thanks for doing this.
M. Anderson
Winnipeg
valisineria 2 years ago
Thank you!
CaliforniaWaterfowl 2 years ago