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Mexdeaf

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Google some hunting videos and you might not find it so "weird". To whisper "yyeeesss" while watching a deer with an arrow through it's neck stumble around until it dies is sick. To kill squirrels "to pass the time" waiting for a deer is sick. To wait until 2 raccoon are lined up so you can kill both with one arrow is sick. Justify it how you wish, but the motives of all hunters are not as pure as you claim.

WOW! God has given you the ability to judge everyone's motives! I'm truly impressed.
 

webdog

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WOW! God has given you the ability to judge everyone's motives! I'm truly impressed.
Oh master of hyperbole, I guess He has given you the same ability to state everyone's motives are pure! I'm impressed as well! :rolleyes:
 

webdog

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Your an odd lot webdog. You know that I never said that the motives of all hunters are pure. Never claimed that. In fact, no one can. And you know that too.
Actually, this is what you said in response to Aaron... "I find it very weird to think that hunters have some twisted sadistic motivation to kill animals. That idea reminds of how serial killers get their start....".
My comment was in reference to this viewpoint.
Let me make this PLAIN. I LOVE hunting. If I could kill two with one arrow, that would be awesome. Double the meat. I would prefer to shoot my deer with a rifle or shotgun, but the state prohibits that in my county. So, I have to bow hunt them, and animals bow shot take longer to die. Do I feel elation when I have shot one? Yesssssssssssssssss...

Do I enjoy the suffering of the animal. Don't be a retard.
Besides taking offense at you using mental illness so haphazardly, the fact you use a bow and arrow refutes the notion you do not take pleasure in their suffering, as they ARE GOING TO suffer. You can't play the ignorant game here.
I can't even dispatch the animal with a firearm in my county. I either have to let it bleed out or cut its throat...which is dangerous for a hunter to approach wounded game.
...so you do something knowing it's going to suffer. I rest my case.
Do you eat any meat at all?
red herring. Please follow along in the PURPOSE of this thread...that would help immensely.
 

ReformedBaptist

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Actually, this is what you said in response to Aaron... "I find it very weird to think that hunters have some twisted sadistic motivation to kill animals. That idea reminds of how serial killers get their start....".
My comment was in reference to this viewpoint.
Besides taking offense at you using mental illness so haphazardly, the fact you use a bow and arrow refutes the notion you do not take pleasure in their suffering, as they ARE GOING TO suffer. You can't play the ignorant game here.
...so you do something knowing it's going to suffer. I rest my case.
red herring. Please follow along in the PURPOSE of this thread...that would help immensely.

Your response can only be characterized in my opinion as ignorance or blind motivation to try to prove unprovable points.

So...when mankind hunted without firearms because they didn't exist...hunting was wrong? An animal killed with a firearm suffers also btw. It is just that they normally die faster because a bullet tends to inflict a more fatal wound than an arrow.

Also, your argument and point fails in that whether a person harvests an animal with a bow or gun, does not mean they take pleasure in the suffering of the animal.

nor is my question about you eating meat a red herring. It is right on topic. An animal you eat must be killed. Whether it is done in mass on a farm, or one-on-one in the woods, if your a meat eater than you are participating in the entire process. If you eat meat, but condemn hunting them, then in my opinion that makes you a hypocrit. The animal slaughtered on a farm suffers from death like an animal hunted in the woods.

In fact, slaughterhouses are often more cruel in their methods than hunting.

The fact remains that your trying to prove that hunters take pleasure in the suffering of the game they seek to take which is absurd.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Prov 12:27
 
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webdog

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Your response can only be characterized in my opinion as ignorance or blind motivation to try to prove unprovable points.
I'll go with C. None of the above.
So...when mankind hunted without firearms because they didn't exist...hunting was wrong? An animal killed with a firearm suffers also btw. It is just that they normally die faster because a bullet tends to inflict a more fatal wound than an arrow.
Plenty of bow hunting videos on the web. I have yet to see one where the animal was taken down inside of 40 yards. I have seen many kill shots with a rifle, however.
Also, your argument and point fails in that whether a person harvests an animal with a bow or gun, does not mean they take pleasure in the suffering of the animal.
Try arguing what I actually say.
nor is my question about you eating meat a red herring. It is right on topic. An animal you eat must be killed. Whether it is done in mass on a farm, or one-on-one in the woods, if your a meat eater than you are participating in the entire process. If you eat meat, but condemn hunting them, then in my opinion that makes you a hypocrit. The animal slaughtered on a farm suffers from death like an animal hunted in the woods.
Did you even bother reading the OP? The purpose of this thread is not about hunting for food...when will you guys get that?!?
The fact remains that your trying to prove that hunters take pleasure in the suffering of the game they seek to take which is absurd.
I don't have to prove it...it's available for the whole planet to see. It's called the internet. Are you going to tell me the person who is getting excited about a deer choking on their own blood is not taking pleasure in death which is a byproduct of sin?
 

ReformedBaptist

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In another thread:

In law there is a difference between hunting and foraging. Foraging is gathering food whether it's berries or deer meat, but hunting is a reglated sport. It's the thrill of the kill that drives men to the woods at this time of year.

Is hunting for sport a moral activity? Would Christ approve? I say no.

Jesus says yes. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. Acts 10:13
 

webdog

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No. I just thought it was hilarious. Cause the internet is serious bidness you know.

Your arguments fail. Your points fail. You haven't proven anything.

So, do you eat meat or not?
I see we are back to 3rd grade debate, "you're wrong", "my dad can beat up your dad", etc.

I do eat meat...so I take it you haven't read the OP?
 

ReformedBaptist

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............

Hey..at least something got ya quiet.

Found this quote: "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat all day and drink beer with his friends."

LOL

And yes, my Dad could woop your daddy in a nano-second..
 

padredurand

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Just got back from deer camp and I have a confession to make. Monday morning I was 15 foot up a tree sitting on a big old cushion waiting for the deer to step out into the field. I could yammer on for 20 minutes about scouting and all that stuff but I would get off the point of this post....

I spotted an eight-pointer through my binoculars working his way around the open field checking his scrapes. He was magnificent! Rack had a nice spread with decent time length. He got broadside to me at 130 yards (verified with a rangefinder). I shoot a Stevens 200 bolt action in 7mm-08 topped with a Simmons 4-9x 50mm scope; 140 grain Federal Fusion ammo. I shot, through the neck, and he dropped in his tracks. Two hours later he was at the meat cutters getting prepared for pickup on Friday.

Here's the confession: I did enjoy the kill. Enjoyed it to beat the band. I've been scouting this deer since April. I knew his patterns better than he did. I got myself in the right place at the right time. I have spent years acquiring the right equipment (just ask madre). I work hard at my marksmanship and have ever since my Papa took me out to shoot cans with his JC Higgins bolt-action .22 forty something years ago.

There, I done gone and said it. I enjoyed the kill - every last bit of it from the early scouting 'til next summer when the backstraps hit the grill on the 4th of July. Not for nothing, 130 yards is a pretty decent shot if I say so myself. I took a doe Sunday afternoon at 150 but didn't want to say anything about that just in case someone got their knickers in a twist about hunting on Sunday.

Aaron, you were right. It is about the thrill of killing.


Man, I'm getting giddy just thinking about that shot. Personally I think the 150 yarder is more remarkable but it just lacked the pure adrenalin rush of seeing that buck standing broadside on a frosty morning.

PS: I did do a fist pump, say YES while doing it and then called my buddy on the radio to yell YEEHAW!
 
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Mexdeaf

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Oh master of hyperbole, I guess He has given you the same ability to state everyone's motives are pure! I'm impressed as well! :rolleyes:

If you can point out where I said that, I will gladly accept the accolades.:laugh:

But, I forgot... I have a reading comprehension problem...:tongue3:
 

Aaron

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Aaron, you were right. It is about the thrill of killing.
Finally. Someone with the guts to say it. And you have a nice trophy to boot.

The guy I know who truly hunts for food wouldn't take an eight-pointer if you paid him.
 

padredurand

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Finally. Someone with the guts to say it. And you have a nice trophy to boot.

Not to mention a combined weight of 320 pounds of venison on the hoof. Speaking of guts.... field dressed the doe in 7 minutes. A personal record!

The guy I know who truly hunts for food wouldn't take an eight-pointer if you paid him.
Okay. I wouldn't take an eight-pointer for money either. I did it for free.*

{*Excluding the cost of land, cabin, four-wheeler, gas, propane, fuel, taxes, guns, bullets, meat processing, clothing.....}
 

THEOLDMAN

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Not to mention a combined weight of 320 pounds of venison on the hoof. Speaking of guts.... field dressed the doe in 7 minutes. A personal record!

Okay. I wouldn't take an eight-pointer for money either. I did it for free.*

{*Excluding the cost of land, cabin, four-wheeler, gas, propane, fuel, taxes, guns, bullets, meat processing, clothing.....}
Set him straight Padre ! I'll also admit that I get a "thrill" out of an instant "lights out" killing shot. I pray that I should leave this world as quickly when it's "my time" to die.
 
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