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  Hunters ARE Environmentalists

  First off, I do NOT believe that hunting without a license or shortening safety courses is a good thing - terrible idea.  But, that being said...

  The above comment by nikki illustrates the very unfortunate gap between hunters and the traditional environmentalist crew.  Both of these groups want to see our wild places and natural resources protected, but unfortunately, due to old stigmas, the hunters don't want to hang out with the "leftist hippies", and environmentalists refuse to be in the same room as "those blood thirsty savages".

  I myself, am both - and it saddens me deeply that these two groups can never seem to come together.  I'm pretty sure i do at least as much as the average enviro (if not way more) - drive biodiesel, recycle and compost everything, use all natural products, no plastics in my house, my business is a member of 1% For The Planet, etc, etc ,etc.  And guess what?  Once a year I take out my wooden bow and stone-point arrows and I shoot a deer or two to fill my freezer for the winter.

  Humans have been hunting since forever and as long as it is done responsibly, hunting is GOOD THING for the environment.  Population control people.  If only we could control human population as well as we control deer population, we would be in a heck of a lot better shape than we are right now.  The day that Fish & Game tells me that populations are too low and tag limits have been reduced, I'll put my bow away.  But until then, I know I am not doing anything wrong.

  Pick a better battle- we are not driving these animals to extinction.  In fact, I would assume that the over-population of most ungulates in North America is a larger environmental threat that the hunting of them.

  ..oh yes, and unless you are vegan, if you are anti-hunting, you are a complete hypocrite.  Know where your food comes from. On Less hunters mean less funding for conservation, states find posted 2 years ago 11 Responses

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  Ridiculous

  Statements like this are divisive and totally counterproductive.  This is PETA saying "our cause matters above all others, if you don't agree with us, you might as well burn your trash, drive a hummer and (gasp) have voted for Bush".  

  Not to mention they are flat out lying when they say "Meat is the #1 Cause of Global Warming". Nice statistic.  Who is collecting PETA's data?  Pee-Wee Herman and Captain Crunch?  Get real guys.  

  I've been a vegetarian most of my life... But I'm not an idiot.  This isn't going to garner PETA any more support and will likely turn a lot of people off.
  On Animal-rights group makes the stupid claim that enviros must be vegetarians posted 2 years, 1 month ago 208 Responses