Seems to a lot of controversy about this.
Here is my take: I am a meat hunter. Why? Well, I don't have the time or the money to trohy hunt, I like to eat deer, I like to spend time in the woods, (whether or not my son is there). Heck, there are too many to list.
My thoughts on Trophy Hunting: I have no issue with it at all. I would rather it be fair chase, real hunting in the wild. Trophy hunting is better for the area herd. Why? By taking the oldest bucks it keeps the bloodlines going. If everyone shot the first one they saw (as most meat hunters do) deer would not get a chance to breed 4,5, or even 6 years in a row. Some may never breed killing off bloodlines of good healthy deer. Trophy guys may not eat the meat, but it doesn't go to waste. Many are involved with feeding the homeless, orphanages, and what not.
Canned hunting? No issue here. I look at it in a different light though. It's kinda like killing a cow in a pasture. It was raised to be killed. That would be the end result of the animal whether it was the .22 to the head or the "hunter" stalking a killing his prey . Without these canned hunts we would never know the potential of the deer either. 300" racks? They would never be seen if it weren't for farming the deer.
*disclaimer: I don't consider canned hunt guys "Hunters".
Don't like Trophy hunter because "They get enjoyment from killing" "They only do it to kill"? Hate to break to you, most meat hunters like to kill, too. It's an adrenalin high the same as going on a roller coaster or skydiving.
Here is my take: I am a meat hunter. Why? Well, I don't have the time or the money to trohy hunt, I like to eat deer, I like to spend time in the woods, (whether or not my son is there). Heck, there are too many to list.
My thoughts on Trophy Hunting: I have no issue with it at all. I would rather it be fair chase, real hunting in the wild. Trophy hunting is better for the area herd. Why? By taking the oldest bucks it keeps the bloodlines going. If everyone shot the first one they saw (as most meat hunters do) deer would not get a chance to breed 4,5, or even 6 years in a row. Some may never breed killing off bloodlines of good healthy deer. Trophy guys may not eat the meat, but it doesn't go to waste. Many are involved with feeding the homeless, orphanages, and what not.
Canned hunting? No issue here. I look at it in a different light though. It's kinda like killing a cow in a pasture. It was raised to be killed. That would be the end result of the animal whether it was the .22 to the head or the "hunter" stalking a killing his prey . Without these canned hunts we would never know the potential of the deer either. 300" racks? They would never be seen if it weren't for farming the deer.
*disclaimer: I don't consider canned hunt guys "Hunters".
Don't like Trophy hunter because "They get enjoyment from killing" "They only do it to kill"? Hate to break to you, most meat hunters like to kill, too. It's an adrenalin high the same as going on a roller coaster or skydiving.