Biggunners
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Took me 9 days of thinking and multiple answers but can I have one short and sweet answer for my 7 year grand daughter !
Why we hunt, Dad ? Grand daughter asked !
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Interesting ethics question. But sometimes, with honesty and involvement, people change their opinions, or at least understand your point of view. My Mom is a hippie, and a die-hard anti gun etc advocate. I live in a house with her in an in law suite, so my guns are in the house. When I go up north into the bush, she comes and stays in the cabin now because she now loves the outdoors once I started dragging her along lol. When my gf and I brought back a ton of partridge to clean, she wanted to watch. Her answer was " I'm a nurse - I've had people's guts in my hands, so a bird isn't going to bother me." She now loves eating wild game and being in the bush when the gf and I go out.
Maybe bring your granddaughter out with you to answer her questions. It may be something new you will be able to share with her.
Cannon
Maybe bring your granddaughter out with you to answer her questions. It may be something new you will be able to share with her.
Cannon
Hunting go's way back to at least my Great Grandfather Jackson, born in 1880. Hunting has been a heritage, custom and tradition for a long time. The main purposes why I hunt, is to hunt, to pursue, to enjoy the great outdoors, to gel with mother nature, sights, sounds, smell and feel. It gives a peace of mind and warms the cockles on the coldest days in November.
Moose Masher
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Harvesting our own nourishment, even in part, builds character and helps keep us connected to our traditions and past.
It helps us to understand who we are.
It helps us to understand who we are.
Its a way of life. People have hunted since the beginning of time. Without hunting (in the past) there would be a shortage of people.
In todays age it is a tradition that is proudly passed on and hopefully will continue for many more generations.
Maybe the day will come again, when hunting is a very important way of life.
In todays age it is a tradition that is proudly passed on and hopefully will continue for many more generations.
Maybe the day will come again, when hunting is a very important way of life.
For me, it's a cultural thing, and goes back to 500 years of ancestry in Ontario. (I'm not aboriginal) My ancestors hunted to survive, and a few hit the century mark, so why not respect their method of life and continue to do the same as a heritage thing?
We are all in the food chain whether we like it or not... I choose to be honest about it and take a direct participant role. Some prefer to believe that chicken and beef are "produce" and grow in farmer's fields and are harvested wrapped in cellophane on styro trays... I started taking my kids hunting and fishing when they were very young... they understand where we are in the food chain...
Precisely. Last time I checked, the cows and chickens and pigs don't commit suicide before I buy them at Zehrs.
Cannon
I would even say it is "an essential human experience". It is ingrained in our genetics to be predators. That's why our eyes are on the front of our heads.
You can take humans out of nature (we've been doing it for thousands of years) but you can't take nature out of humans.
Indeed. I am quite comfortable with the fact that I take responsibility for the death of the animals that I eat. This creates a bond between myself and my food that otherwise would not exist. The logical conclusion to this, for me personally, is to limit my meat consumption to game that I have killed (within reason, not without exception). When I see meat in the supermarket, I feel revolted. It's just so impersonal. What most meat-eaters find comforting about supermarket meat, I find unsettling.
My daughters have been raised to understand all of this, but they are both still developing their personal opinions about all of it. The one who eagerly pursued her hunting licence is having second thoughts now that she has killed a few hares. The one who has avoided being involved much said the other day that she would gladly shoot a deer if it meant we didn't have to eat so much hare meat all the time. When I make deer or moose steak, she eats it blue and she's extremely quiet until it is gone. This goes for all three of my girls, actually.
I just love to watch my family devour game meat
A fair question from a seven year old and no easy to understand answer. After trying to come up with the short answer to your question it occurred too me that there isn't one. It is something she will figure out by observing your behaviour. I ended up with two meat eaters and a piscavorian(spelling?) which means she eats fish. The piscavorian will not eat meat from a super market because she dislikes feed lots and all they entail. Can't say I blame her. Kids learn a lot by observing (and they never stop doing that).
