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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I made a post a month or so ago ( https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/asklemmy@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/982397/have-you-ever-encountered-large-carnivores-in-the-wild ) in which I referenced a book I was reading. It gave me insight. It blew away my prejudice towards hunters. I'm trying to eat as little meat as possible because of how we treat industrially produced animals, but this book taught me, showed me, how much reverence and respect most hunters have towards their pray.

Do you have any epic pictures to share?

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