Is Hunting morally OK or an unnecessary evil?

[cardgame]

Inspired by a FB poll. I want to know what CFC thinks!

 

[bigdog5994]

hunting is fine but over hunting is not cool

 

[Perfection]

Deer hunting is morally admirable and should be encouraged because it eliminates deer.

 

[snakeseare]

Properly managed hunting is a benefit to all, INCLUDING the hunted animals. Allowing populations of say, deer, to explode until deer starve and die would be evil. Reintroducing deer's natural predators (eg wolves) would have more problems than letting human hunters do the job. Plus, venison is delicious!

 

[Luckymoose]

Hunting for food and to maintain population control (as with the Whitetail deer) are acceptable. Hunting for sport is sickening.

 

[dirtyparrot]

Hunting for food and to maintain population control (as with the Whitetail deer) are acceptable. Hunting for sport is sickening.

Agreed

 

[Shadylookin]

Hunting within the laws of the area you're in is an amoral act. Personally I think getting up before dawn in the freezing cold to shoot deer is stupid, but I imagine plenty of people think my hobbies are stupid as well.

 

[Cutlass]

Hunting for food and to maintain population control (as with the Whitetail deer) are acceptable. Hunting for sport is sickening.

That's very much what I was going to say. Hunting is not a sport. It has no elements of competition or skill that would qualify it as a sport.

 

[Speedo]

"Wasteful" hunting is ok with me as long as its some animal that's a pest and/or has an overly large population. Otherwise as long as the animal isn't endangered and you use the meat or hides, I don't care.

 

[Miles Teg]

That's very much what I was going to say. Hunting is not a sport. It has no elements of competition or skill that would qualify it as a sport.

You're competing against the animal.

Anyways, provided the animal in question is not endangered and relatively human lethal agents are used, I have no problem with hunters.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

If it's necessary for population control or you're gonna eat yout prey it's fine and morally preferable to factory farming.

 

[hossam]

You're competing against the animal.

Anyways, provided the animal in question is not endangered and relatively human lethal agents are used, I have no problem with hunters.

its not like hte deer has a gun and youre playing a game of cat and mouse.....

 

[snakeseare]

its not like hte deer has a gun and youre playing a game of cat and mouse.....

About 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions happen each year in the United States and each year those accidents cause about 150 human deaths and $1.1 billion in property damage annually.

 

[.Shane.]

Hunting for food and to maintain population control (as with the Whitetail deer) are acceptable. Hunting for sport is sickening.

Concur 100%!

 

[Mad Man]

Hunting's not for me but if someone else wants to do it then more power to them.

 

[Ecofarm]

Hunting for food and to maintain population control (as with the Whitetail deer) are acceptable. Hunting for sport is sickening.

Change 'acceptable' to 'tolerable' and I pretty much agree. Hunting for food is certainly less evil than partaking in the industrial meat machine; it's like getting your meat without the Abu-Ghraib.

 

[cardgame]

What about hunting for sport & keeping the population down?

 

[Kennigit]

Change 'acceptable' to 'tolerable' and I pretty much agree. Hunting for food is certainly less evil than partaking in the industrial meat machine; it's like getting your meat without the Abu-Ghraib.

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[kulade]

Anything is morally okay if it infuriates vegetarians.

 

[Cutlass]

You're competing against the animal.

Anyways, provided the animal in question is not endangered and relatively human lethal agents are used, I have no problem with hunters.

A typical hunting rifle can kill a deer at over a 1/4 of a mile. At hat range the deer doesn't even know you are there. Moose hunting is even worse. You can drive your truck up to 40 or 50 feet of the thing, and it will stand there staring at you while you line up your shot. Where's the competition in that?