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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[–] 1 point 5 days ago

I wouldn't worry too much about sportfishing man. It's essentially impossible for us to cause a problem with rods and reels, even long line for the subsistence folks is essentially negligible compare to factory bottom trawlers. Just the bycatch from one set on those things has a bigger impact than a thousand sportfishers hitting their limits all season. Really all the points people have made ITT about hunting vs factory farming apply here pretty well too

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