I am not a hunter. I do believe they are beautiful creatures, in looks, movement, they are the essence of the forest. And in certain areas where their natural predators are no longer extant, particularly suburban neighborhoods, they are a nuisance. They get hit by cars.


Hunting them for food is as old as man's existence on this continent. I have tried venison and not enamored of it. But I may try it again.



The time may come when we are looked upon as barbarians for having eaten animals
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Right now, I'll bet most of us contributing to this thread eat meat.


There may have been vegetarian threads. There will be more. I have more than one vegetarian cookbook. But we are learning more about plants' ability to recognized and resist predation. Plants try not to be eaten and they warn each other .

So once again, let's let olddude rattle on. No blood will be spilled, at least here at least now.