imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑21 Feb 2026 12:21 pm
People who bait animals are not hunting.
They are just killing.
So hunting is killing
Us 'killers' prefer to use the word 'harvest'.
Get off your preening pedestal. Hunting is not always killing-sometimes they win.
I hunted most of my life. My family had game-deer, rabbits, squrrels, birds-at least once a week.
I've shot them all and never baited once. I have a conservation ethic.
Any moron can attract wildlife with food, and whack it. There is no skill involved whatsoever, and in the opinion of someone who has shot a lot of animals, no honor in it either. They call it "hunting" not "baiting' for a reason.
Well said, there has to be an element of sport to it. Ethical hunters respect their prey too much to bait them. And if anyone says "ethical hunter" is an oxymoron I'll only listen if you're a vegetarian. I worked in a meat processing plant decades ago and can assure you harvested wild game had better lives than pen-raised animals.
I don't think riff raff was on a pedestal.
I don’t hunt and kill deer for sport if I thought of it as just a sport I wouldn’t hunt i hunt and kill them to eat them. I dont condemn those who hunt for sport but I don’t care about the sport. I hunt because I like the taste of deer everything else is irrelevant. I think it’s hilarious people say I hunt ethically because I don’t use bait but I use a rifle with a scope lol get real that’s not sport the deer have no chance. There is no such thing as hunting a deer ethically or fairly unless u creep up on them with a spear but people like to delude themselves into thinking hey I don’t bait but I set on a game trail with a .270 with a scope lol please save the condemnation. Even with baiting there is no shortage of deer
I don’t care about hunting, but I’d like to ask an honest question since you do.
Aren’t the number of deer shot a year limited for a reason?
If some people broke the rules, for instance, baiting, wouldn’t they have a better chance to get in a deer than the person that doesn’t?
I don’t think the deer has a chance if you see it and you have a scope. I thought the whole idea was being able to see it. Not tie one up in the barn all year and then go out and butcher it.
What if there were no conservation rules? Would that help or hurt hunters, harvester, eaters?
I don’t agree with hunting illegally it’s legal
To hunt with bait where I live because the conservationists deemed it it necessary to control the population. If they didn’t control the population it would explode disease would spread the numbers would be impacted. Elsewhere the conservationists have deemed it differently. Like I said I don’t hunt for sport I hunt and eat what I kill. I don’t judge people who hunt for sport though and want big buck racks that’s fine their choice. Hunt legally smarter people than me or you have determined what you can kill and how to do it to keep the population thriving and I like the dude abide. I didn’t know why it was illegal to bait in some areas posters educated me why it is illegal to do it there so now I agree they did wrong they should be punished
Ok, so you are for hunting legally. Enough said there.
When my friends talk about how great of hunters they are, I respond with, “you’re sitting in a tree with a high-powered rifle and a scope. Don’t sound much like hunting to me”.
I tell him to jump in the river with a knife they made out of stone in their mouth and come back with a crocodile. That’s hunting. Or kill a sabertooth tiger while wearing a loin cloth only using a spear you made out of brimstone. That’s hunting. Lol.
Well a lion doesn’t say a gazelle has nearly no chance against me so I won’t hunt them they say I’m hungry I want to eat them I’m going to use my strength and advantage to take them down and eat them. That’s how I feel I don’t hunt for sport I don’t care about hunting bucks or does I don’t hunt for sport I hunt to eat. That’s the way I feel. I don’t believe in leveling the playing field to give them a chance. I never hunt illegally I eat what I kill I don’t hunt for sport that’s how I feel about it. My brother in law only hunts big bucks that’s fine I don’t judge I know people who think hunting is wrong I respect that and understand it even if I don’t agree. I hunt to
Eat deer because deer meat is better than anything else.
imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑21 Feb 2026 12:21 pm
People who bait animals are not hunting.
They are just killing.
So hunting is killing
Us 'killers' prefer to use the word 'harvest'.
Get off your preening pedestal. Hunting is not always killing-sometimes they win.
I hunted most of my life. My family had game-deer, rabbits, squrrels, birds-at least once a week.
I've shot them all and never baited once. I have a conservation ethic.
Any moron can attract wildlife with food, and whack it. There is no skill involved whatsoever, and in the opinion of someone who has shot a lot of animals, no honor in it either. They call it "hunting" not "baiting' for a reason.
Well said, there has to be an element of sport to it. Ethical hunters respect their prey too much to bait them. And if anyone says "ethical hunter" is an oxymoron I'll only listen if you're a vegetarian. I worked in a meat processing plant decades ago and can assure you harvested wild game had better lives than pen-raised animals.
I don't think riff raff was on a pedestal.
I don’t hunt and kill deer for sport if I thought of it as just a sport I wouldn’t hunt i hunt and kill them to eat them. I dont condemn those who hunt for sport but I don’t care about the sport. I hunt because I like the taste of deer everything else is irrelevant. I think it’s hilarious people say I hunt ethically because I don’t use bait but I use a rifle with a scope lol get real that’s not sport the deer have no chance. There is no such thing as hunting a deer ethically or fairly unless u creep up on them with a spear but people like to delude themselves into thinking hey I don’t bait but I set on a game trail with a .270 with a scope lol please save the condemnation. Even with baiting there is no shortage of deer
I don’t care about hunting, but I’d like to ask an honest question since you do.
Aren’t the number of deer shot a year limited for a reason?
If some people broke the rules, for instance, baiting, wouldn’t they have a better chance to get in a deer than the person that doesn’t?
I don’t think the deer has a chance if you see it and you have a scope. I thought the whole idea was being able to see it. Not tie one up in the barn all year and then go out and butcher it.
What if there were no conservation rules? Would that help or hurt hunters, harvester, eaters?
I don’t agree with hunting illegally it’s legal
To hunt with bait where I live because the conservationists deemed it it necessary to control the population. If they didn’t control the population it would explode disease would spread the numbers would be impacted. Elsewhere the conservationists have deemed it differently. Like I said I don’t hunt for sport I hunt and eat what I kill. I don’t judge people who hunt for sport though and want big buck racks that’s fine their choice. Hunt legally smarter people than me or you have determined what you can kill and how to do it to keep the population thriving and I like the dude abide. I didn’t know why it was illegal to bait in some areas posters educated me why it is illegal to do it there so now I agree they did wrong they should be punished
Ok, so you are for hunting legally. Enough said there.
When my friends talk about how great of hunters they are, I respond with, “you’re sitting in a tree with a high-powered rifle and a scope. Don’t sound much like hunting to me”.
I tell him to jump in the river with a knife they made out of stone in their mouth and come back with a crocodile. That’s hunting. Or kill a sabertooth tiger while wearing a loin cloth only using a spear you made out of brimstone. That’s hunting. Lol.
Well a lion doesn’t say a gazelle has nearly no chance against me so I won’t hunt them they say I’m hungry I want to eat them I’m going to use my strength and advantage to take them down and eat them. That’s how I feel I don’t hunt for sport I don’t care about hunting bucks or does I don’t hunt for sport I hunt to eat. That’s the way I feel. I don’t believe in leveling the playing field to give them a chance. I never hunt illegally I eat what I kill I don’t hunt for sport that’s how I feel about it. My brother in law only hunts big bucks that’s fine I don’t judge I know people who think hunting is wrong I respect that and understand it even if I don’t agree. I hunt to
Eat deer because deer meat is better than anything else.
I guess the meat is what you’re used too. I don’t particularly like it. People that have cooked it. They have told me just try it. They say they cook it and it doesn’t even taste like deer. So, for me there’s no purpose to eat it.
I’m not against hunting. Just no real interest.
I do frown on killing for fun. If you’re not gonna eat it, I don’t think you should shoot it. But, that’s my opinion.
imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑21 Feb 2026 12:21 pm
People who bait animals are not hunting.
They are just killing.
So hunting is killing
Us 'killers' prefer to use the word 'harvest'.
Get off your preening pedestal. Hunting is not always killing-sometimes they win.
I hunted most of my life. My family had game-deer, rabbits, squrrels, birds-at least once a week.
I've shot them all and never baited once. I have a conservation ethic.
Any moron can attract wildlife with food, and whack it. There is no skill involved whatsoever, and in the opinion of someone who has shot a lot of animals, no honor in it either. They call it "hunting" not "baiting' for a reason.
Well said, there has to be an element of sport to it. Ethical hunters respect their prey too much to bait them. And if anyone says "ethical hunter" is an oxymoron I'll only listen if you're a vegetarian. I worked in a meat processing plant decades ago and can assure you harvested wild game had better lives than pen-raised animals.
I don't think riff raff was on a pedestal.
I don’t hunt and kill deer for sport if I thought of it as just a sport I wouldn’t hunt i hunt and kill them to eat them. I dont condemn those who hunt for sport but I don’t care about the sport. I hunt because I like the taste of deer everything else is irrelevant. I think it’s hilarious people say I hunt ethically because I don’t use bait but I use a rifle with a scope lol get real that’s not sport the deer have no chance. There is no such thing as hunting a deer ethically or fairly unless u creep up on them with a spear but people like to delude themselves into thinking hey I don’t bait but I set on a game trail with a .270 with a scope lol please save the condemnation. Even with baiting there is no shortage of deer
I don’t care about hunting, but I’d like to ask an honest question since you do.
Aren’t the number of deer shot a year limited for a reason?
If some people broke the rules, for instance, baiting, wouldn’t they have a better chance to get in a deer than the person that doesn’t?
I don’t think the deer has a chance if you see it and you have a scope. I thought the whole idea was being able to see it. Not tie one up in the barn all year and then go out and butcher it.
What if there were no conservation rules? Would that help or hurt hunters, harvester, eaters?
I don’t agree with hunting illegally it’s legal
To hunt with bait where I live because the conservationists deemed it it necessary to control the population. If they didn’t control the population it would explode disease would spread the numbers would be impacted. Elsewhere the conservationists have deemed it differently. Like I said I don’t hunt for sport I hunt and eat what I kill. I don’t judge people who hunt for sport though and want big buck racks that’s fine their choice. Hunt legally smarter people than me or you have determined what you can kill and how to do it to keep the population thriving and I like the dude abide. I didn’t know why it was illegal to bait in some areas posters educated me why it is illegal to do it there so now I agree they did wrong they should be punished
Ok, so you are for hunting legally. Enough said there.
When my friends talk about how great of hunters they are, I respond with, “you’re sitting in a tree with a high-powered rifle and a scope. Don’t sound much like hunting to me”.
I tell him to jump in the river with a knife they made out of stone in their mouth and come back with a crocodile. That’s hunting. Or kill a sabertooth tiger while wearing a loin cloth only using a spear you made out of brimstone. That’s hunting. Lol.
Well a lion doesn’t say a gazelle has nearly no chance against me so I won’t hunt them they say I’m hungry I want to eat them I’m going to use my strength and advantage to take them down and eat them. That’s how I feel I don’t hunt for sport I don’t care about hunting bucks or does I don’t hunt for sport I hunt to eat. That’s the way I feel. I don’t believe in leveling the playing field to give them a chance. I never hunt illegally I eat what I kill I don’t hunt for sport that’s how I feel about it. My brother in law only hunts big bucks that’s fine I don’t judge I know people who think hunting is wrong I respect that and understand it even if I don’t agree. I hunt to
Eat deer because deer meat is better than anything else.
I guess the meat is what you’re used too. I don’t particularly like it. People that have cooked it. They have told me just try it. They say they cook it and it doesn’t even taste like deer. So, for me there’s no purpose to eat it.
I’m not against hunting. Just no real interest.
I do frown on killing for fun. If you’re not gonna eat it, I don’t think you should shoot it. But, that’s my opinion.
And I respect that but a deer in the wild has a better chance than a cow you eat as a hamburger or chicken breast you eat or fish you eat that was commercial fished if that’s what you eat. Like I said I don’t hunt for fun or sport but I don’t judge those who do either. I hunt just because deer steak and deer jerky are the best eating to me
