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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 2070630" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>Would you post a picture of a potato?</p><p>If you didn't see any difference between a dead animal and a potato then why post a picture of your trophy animal? Posting a picture of something that you've killed is simply a brag, an opportunity to show everybody what you've done. That's OK with me but let's be honest and acknowledge that most people post pictures of their harvest to make themselves feel good about what they've done and get public acceptance. They feel like they need to brag a little because it was a lot harder to take that animal than pulling a potato out of the ground. I'm sure that most anybody that posts a picture of an animal that they've killed thinks a lot differently about the animal than they do about a potato.</p><p></p><p>I don't think that it's a matter of snowflakes or modern attitudes, there have always been those that respect all life and those that don't. I think that a life is a life, regardless of it's species. The reality is that most of us eat animals so there are people that kill animals, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't respect the fact that we've killed something that actually had an awareness of it's own existence.</p><p></p><p>Even most ranchers and farmers will tell you that they feel some empathy and sympathy for the animals that they have to put down or slaughter, but they recognize that that is a part of their livelihood, they accept it as a necessary part of their life.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, most hunters hunt only for the sport or trophy, very few actually hunt because they need the food. If you kill for fun then I think that you should feel some kind of awareness and responsibility for having taken a life. Personally I think that anybody that feels no sympathy for taking the life of an animal is morally or psychologically off a little.</p><p></p><p>I'm 64 years old and I hunt because I like the actual process of figuring out what and why the animals do what they do and I justify the kill by making sure that I harvest every bit of the animal that I can. My making use of that animal's meat is the least I can do to justify having taken it's life. It's also why I'll pass on any shot that I don't think is reasonable, I don't need to kill an animal to eat, I can always go to the store and buy some meat. I don't need to kill some animal to feel important. Older age and having experienced war has made me appreciate how important any loss of any life is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rammac, post: 2070630, member: 27761"] Would you post a picture of a potato? If you didn't see any difference between a dead animal and a potato then why post a picture of your trophy animal? Posting a picture of something that you've killed is simply a brag, an opportunity to show everybody what you've done. That's OK with me but let's be honest and acknowledge that most people post pictures of their harvest to make themselves feel good about what they've done and get public acceptance. They feel like they need to brag a little because it was a lot harder to take that animal than pulling a potato out of the ground. I'm sure that most anybody that posts a picture of an animal that they've killed thinks a lot differently about the animal than they do about a potato. I don't think that it's a matter of snowflakes or modern attitudes, there have always been those that respect all life and those that don't. I think that a life is a life, regardless of it's species. The reality is that most of us eat animals so there are people that kill animals, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't respect the fact that we've killed something that actually had an awareness of it's own existence. Even most ranchers and farmers will tell you that they feel some empathy and sympathy for the animals that they have to put down or slaughter, but they recognize that that is a part of their livelihood, they accept it as a necessary part of their life. On the other hand, most hunters hunt only for the sport or trophy, very few actually hunt because they need the food. If you kill for fun then I think that you should feel some kind of awareness and responsibility for having taken a life. Personally I think that anybody that feels no sympathy for taking the life of an animal is morally or psychologically off a little. I'm 64 years old and I hunt because I like the actual process of figuring out what and why the animals do what they do and I justify the kill by making sure that I harvest every bit of the animal that I can. My making use of that animal's meat is the least I can do to justify having taken it's life. It's also why I'll pass on any shot that I don't think is reasonable, I don't need to kill an animal to eat, I can always go to the store and buy some meat. I don't need to kill some animal to feel important. Older age and having experienced war has made me appreciate how important any loss of any life is. [/QUOTE]
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