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My mother was born in London and no one in her family owned guns or hunted,while my father was born on a farm in Canada and guns were just another tool to put food on the table and hunting was totally accepted. My dear mother went into hysterics the first time my father took me shooting,she truely believed I would never come home alive.Anyway, I did come home and in time my mother actually defended my hunting to her anti hunting friends ,saying she would 'much rather her son be out with his father in the bush than hanging around getting into trouble' ...but my sisters who were very much 'anti hunting' tried to tell my wife who grew up in LA ,when we first got married to 'put her foot down and stop this hunting business'...my wife who also had never had anything to do with guns or hunting, told them she had 'no intention of doing such a thing' and even joined me on my outings...and later when the kids grew up, wholeheartedly endorced it...

But with anti guns and anti hunting on the rise ,relatives opinions ,while none of their business, still present a challenge to be overcome but still not blow the family apart...my mother was a very wise woman and thankfully so is my wife...education and facts can change people's opinions,or at least mitigate their objections
 
I have sat at family dinners and tried very hard to explain why I hunt and collect guns. Tough row to hoe as they say. They are so removed, at least they ask and listen, a place to start the conversation any way. Had some real interesting conversations while the grizzly bear hunt was being shut down. My main point is that while they may not understand why I hunt, they need to understand what a vital part of the wildlife management scheme we are. Uphill battle but a necessary one.
 
I actually think that anti-hunting is going down, more women are getting into hunting now and hunting is becoming more of a family affair than it was when I was growing up, only 30 years and women are getting out there a lot more.
 
If they come to my place, the will eat wild game, or starve.
Other than that, all I can really do is counter every argument they have until they shut the hell up.
"Enlightened" they call themselves, they are all damned Liberals to me.
 
I have no anti hunting family, every one hunts. It’s hard to find any of them during moose, deer, or bear season. But I did get things riled up and lost my invite to hunt camp when I said “I belive a golf course is a wast of a good shooting range.”
 
My wife once took bear sausage( very good!) to a ladies prayer breakfast but never said a word...after she left,her friend whose husband was also an avid hunter told the group' you know of course that sausage you raved about was bear sausage' ...so I think one way to deal with anti hunters is to first feed them some excellent game meat-THEN tell them what it was..a lot of people have simply never had well prepared game...another tactic I use us to tell people that with the increasing prevalence of stomach and colon cancers ,one way to protect yourself us to eat 'natural' meat that comes from animals that have never been fed growth hormones...something the anti hunting group has probably never thought about..

I catered my daughter's wedding and served both smoked bear and bear pepperoni...sme people who said they would 'not eat bear' said 'that was the best pepperoni they had ever had..
 
All we have to keep in mind when dealing with anti hunters is we want to win the war,not the argument,and a lot of people simply haven't been exposed to first class nutritionally good well prepared meat-which is an integral part of the hunt-providing for our families.Apart from vermin,I only shoot what I eat and I eat what I shoot.
 
Too many people are disconnected from where their food comes from. They think their burgers magically appear in cardboard containers. Meanwhile that plate of venison probably had a better life and was dispatched more humanely then the cow that is in the burger.
 
I have extended family who have never hunted or owned firearms, however I have never encountered anybody in my family who disapproves of either. Those who do not hunt have no problem taking home game meat to prepare, or in consuming it at my table. When it comes to firearms, they may not own any, but are intelligent enough to realize they have a place in our society, amazingly many think we are overly regulated by the federal government, even to the point of stating we should have more freedom when it comes to firearms. However it may be because we all come from Alberta farming backgrounds.
 
If they are at my house they get to fondle an AR as punishment for saying no one needs one. Sometimes they nearly cry when they find out there is no hope of pulling the trigger unless we go to the range. My range won’t allow guests without a PAL. I lie and say that’s they way it is everywhere and if they want to blow off some 223 they’ll have to do the course. If the weather is good they get to mag dump an sks then explain why all semi autos are made by Satan. If we have time they can try the shotty too. I can only hope they go tell their panty waist soyboy bffs what they did and be forced to defend their own vile behaviour to their peers.
 
I was driving down the highway with my young niece in the car when we were overtaken by a truck carrying cattle. My niece asked where they were going, I answered "McDonalds". She may not have understood but everyone else in the car chuckled.
 
Relatives? Ugh. Cut 'em out!

While I think that strangers deserve a bit of patience and understanding, any relative that breathes the wrong way around me, gets cut right out of the picture, for good.

Imo, that's one of the few pleasures that come from being part of a large Irish family- holding grudges :I
 
Well... I am the non-hunter who is getting on board with hunting with my inlaws. My parents are very liberal and vegetarian... that being said my mom acted as a reference for my RPAL. My very liberal wife was also the one who suggested I start hunting so we could eat wild meat as opposed to factory.

I would likely be labelled liberal as well... the times they are a changing. :)
 
I had an aunt who would almost vomit at the sound of the words "deer steak". All the same, whenever she came to visit I always made fried deer steak and potatoes. I fry my deer steak in real butter and a tablespoon of lemon juice. I apply a generous sprinkle of ginger to both sides of the steak before flopping it into the pan. When she asked what smelled so good I always told her it was veal. She used to rave about it to other family members. I never did tell her it was deer.
 
gorby said:
Well... I am the non-hunter who is getting on board with hunting with my inlaws. My parents are very liberal and vegetarian... that being said my mom acted as a reference for my RPAL. My very liberal wife was also the one who suggested I start hunting so we could eat wild meat as opposed to factory.

I would likely be labelled liberal as well... the times they are a changing. :)
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I'd rather pull my fingernails out with pliers than ever acquiesce to the Liberal side of this family. Open their traps the wrong way and it's ON. Being the only Canadian,the largest part are big "R" Republican military (some still serving,others Viet Nam War vets) that won't tolerate the "pinko" side. It sure makes for some really interesting reunions.
 
I have no one else in my family who has ever fished, let alone hunted. I have made a real effort to serve great food and then after the meal when the questions on where did I get the ingredients / recipe from I let them know it was humanly harvested by me. Organic, best conditions / life an animal could have, fresh from pristine temperate rain forest.

No one disagrees on the taste / the humane harvest or anything much else after that. I'm a big fan of Northern Italian cuisine, they simply get it. If you have upland birds or venison i think it is hard to beat. Add a decent wine and you may even have converts to the matter.

Candocad.
 
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