I'm interested in hearing what Lemmings think about hunting. I started hunting deer years ago because I wanted to be a part of the process, like if I couldn't handle killing and gutting an animal I shouldn't be eating meat. IMO, it's much more humane than what factory farmed animals endure. Less suffering overall than most natural deaths. Overpopulation causes disease and starvation and we killed off their predators, so we kind of owe it to nature to fill the ecological gap.

Also, I fucking love it. I watch the sun rise, think, record birds I've seen, think, watch squirrels play, think a bit more, and sometimes, I get some food.

Idk. I'm not looking for approval or trying to change your mind, just wondering what people think.

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[–] 6 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I grew up in a tiny village where "everyone" had at least one hunting rifle, so I may be biased but I think it's fine as long as it's done in a sustainable way.

The main game was moose, and there was a strict quota every year about how many of them could be killed. And I can confirm that it was sustainable as it was still moose everywhere (to the point where I remember sitting by my PC one day, playing Quake, noticing there was a moose outside of my windows, eating apples on the lawn.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I've always wondered, when you kill a moose, how do you move it? Aren't they like 600kg? That seems like a heavy load to drag even for a 4 wheeler.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Heavier, actually. The area where I grew has a lot of farms everywhere, so it's usually done with a tractor, and the forests usually have a tractor road nearby.

    These days ATVs and UTVs are more common.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    What do you think they did in the before times? I imagine you could part out the corpse and give it to your buddies to carry home.

    Edit: Or they tie it to a long branch and all carry it out whole?

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