Have you ever been hunting 🥩?

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Have ya? 🤪

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

Not in the sense that you probably mean it, no. I have been fishing, though.

And inspired by a recent discovery (that scarlet macaws- you know, these guys:

- are actually larger than gyrfalcons), I've been looking into falconry. That's actually a huge commitment, and not the sort of thing I could take on right now (though Florida laws are laxer than most of the country's), but it IS a form of hunting (and conservation, given the miserably low chances a raptor has of surviving long in the wild), and probably the single most ecologically sound one, since there's no lead poisoning, no required power to smelt steel or forge blades, and again, you're making an apex predator healthier and happier (only about 25% of wild raptors make it to reproductive age). It's also kinder, as, like most nonhumans, they're MUCH less picky about making sure their food is dead before they start eating it. Interestingly, it's used as a form of pest control: it's MUCH cleaner and more food-safe to drive off mice or crows with a Harris hawk than with poisons or guns.

It's also MUCH broader in scope than I'd first expected; I knew it extended beyond falcons into hawks, but it's also done with owls (which kinda surprised me, given the whole "nocturnal" thing), harriers, and even eagles. Seriously:

Train it to hunt wild Big Macs while you shoot off fireworks, and it'll be the most American activity EVER!

And if I ever get a parrot, I'm definitely training it to fly off a glove and "hunt" ears of corn or pea pods or something.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I fish, but catch and release. If I kill or badly maim a fish, I have to eat it, that’s my rule, but fortunately it hasn’t come to that. Hunting…. I just don’t have the heart for it. I prefer my dead meat to appear before me, out of sight and out of mind with regards to the animal who donated it. I don’t need to see all that, I’d have to go vegan if I did, lmao. If you have fur, I consider you a friend, not a food source, unless the dirty work has already been done, and your days as a furry living creature were never known to me.

Rosexøxø · Accepted Answer

I don’t kill animals. Many times I would go to kill a fly- ESPECIALLY if it was in the winter season- where it should be dead, hibernating, but mostly just OUTSIDE.

I’d leave them tbh.

I’d just talk to them and say,

”hey, just don’t come over by my food or me. Don’t get in my face, okay. Alright be see in’ ya.” Lmao

I DON’T know where they go when their life is sucked out of them.. why would I ever want to send them.. earlier.

They could have a really good experience while being here. They’re just what they are, I can’t kill because I disagree with it.

I don’t hunt for fun either… that’s just… that’s just messed up.

I completely block out the fact I eat meat, and try not to ever OBSESSIVELY eat or whatever, and I am thankful for each day I don’t have to kill the animal myself-

But I never do that to nature just randomly or out of annoyance.

Elliegirl · Accepted Answer

Yes. I grew up with a dad and brother who were hunters and married a man who hunts, so I’ve gone hunting with them lots of times.

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

Yes... Mostly birds but I can break down the other hunts for you as well. Birds are easy... dog will chase them out of the bushes and the shotgun is so all over the place you don't really need to aim. Pheasants mostly. Other than that... jackrabbits in the desert. Mostly... I've hunted other things here and there. For me it's just for food... I guess crabbing could be considered hunting as well. The chick I was with could catch so much squid that we'd eat for days offjust one of her nights out.

thnderskiies · Answer

I don't care if other people hunt, but I don't think I could be the one shooting an animal. It's horrible and cruel. And I wouldn't like to see that. The more i think of this the more disturbing it seems to me

JennaWillow · Answer

No, the closest I have come is fishing lol It's not really a thing people do here, though I do hope to try it one day

OfMiceandMen · Answer

Used to when I was younger, now I just hunt wildlife with my camera. Still fish almost every week from my kayak or on the ice.

ChiTown33 · Answer

Yes my father was quite an outdoorsmen so I was raised on hunting, fishing, camping. Of the 3 I never cared much for hunting. But I did and still do like fishing and camping.

BCA6010 · Answer

Yep, several times. Locally for hogs and quail, and once to Africa.

electromagnetic · Answer

I’ve hunted deer before. It was fun but a lot of work and patience. I don’t do it again.

exitseven · Answer

Once I went with someone and used a shot gun another time I went bow hunting. I never actually killed an animal

purplepoppy · Answer

I've stalked roe deer on a few estates and shot pheasant and wood pigeons.

humanearth · Answer

Yes we do

DJB72 · Answer

Not recently but I'm saving up for a decent air rifle for small game and fowl

es20490446e · Answer

I used to fish. No more. These days the only thing I hunt is beautiful ladies.

CoolCatMar1 · Answer

Never... But i would like to try this out! Even though I feel bad for the animals😭😭

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Yes, for money, records, a job, a girlfriend, information for a book I'm writing.

Kori1236 · Answer

I’ve been hunting yes, but I went along for the track and didn’t pull the trigger. I would love to learn to hunt though

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

No, it's a useful survival skill, but you have to put yourself in danger to learn it.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

I’ve been hunting armed with a camera. Shoot pictures, not animals.

Sparkie460 · Answer

No I've never been hunting. I don't have the heart to kill an animal. I love animals.

MysticDevice · Answer

I have not but I plan on giving it a shot someday soon

Pterodon · Answer

Many times but I only hunt what I’m willing to eat otherwise it’s just murder. I also obey all game laws

joeldalton · Answer

I’ve been lionfish hunting. But never for land animals.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Yeah, eyeZ plays Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores alll the time folk

nawtee_me · Answer

Yes, when it comes to food, the fresher the better...

Texan90 · Answer

I have gone fishing before, but never deer hunting before I would love to do that one once I get my combo license.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

Ghost Hunting Only.

Gummy_Cluster · Answer

One time, and that was enough.

NathanDavis · Answer

not for food...

Nikki1989 · Answer

Never have and never would.

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

Fishing is the closest to hunting I've gotten.

Redstang88 · Answer

Yeah. Wild meat is delicious

TacosRAwesome · Answer

No. It's not my thing.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

No thankfully!

Dav1dTh0ma389 · Answer

No, don't really want to

eagle1951 · Answer

twice did not like it

20yearsolder · Answer

Yes, many times

dustybiker · Answer

I would die first.

Prince_09 · Answer

No I'm scared of it😅

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, I go deer hunting in the Fall.

Agape93 · Answer

Yeap

Anonymous · Answer

No, why would I?

front2back · Answer

Only for coyotes.

Boredaf99 · Answer

Nope

TJ1892 · Answer

Nope..

AimeeKyle · Answer

Many times.

La_isla_bonita23 · Answer

No, never.

Preeti161101 · Answer

Never

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