Hunting; Karmically wrong or nature at work?

[NEPsychonautics]

I have been curious about how others who have experienced altered view points feel about hunting and the morality of it all. Give me your view on it.

 

[im1badpup]

a lot less people would eat meat if they had to kill what they was going to eat.

i grew up on a farm n the animals was like pets to me when i was a kid, was horrible when they went. i got grounded for about a month one time after refusing to eat meat, imagine eating your pet dog... thats what it felt like.

shooting something for other than eating made me feel sick inside. unless it was hurt already, usually you wouldnt need to shoot a wounded animal anyway, just break its neck. perhaps its wrong to play god, i just couldnt leave say a pheasant/rabbit whatever laid there its guts hanging out after been hit by a truck still flopping about.

i like fishing but kinda throw back what i catch if/when i go... to small.. but when i catch a big one im reluctant to kill that also.

last time i was shooting, i spent all day getting stoned, looking around with a telescopic sight, and never fired a thing, i was too into the wildlife, and everything for miles fucks off once youve pulled a round off lol. now id rather just go for a walk..

perhaps it would be better if people HAD to hunt for meat. many wouldnt be able to kill an animal. it would be far less cruel than buying intensively reared animal meat.

imagine 8 people in a prison cell never going out, thats a battery hens life. no window.
pigs are about the same, and there lifespans less than a year. they spend a little time with light but get transferred to "fattenening houses" less light, more sleep less movement so they put on more weight.
cows/bullocks have a limited lifespan (issit 18 month?) because of bse fears.

but back to hunting, killing something for nothing else than because it was there isnt fun or sport, well it wasnt to me. ive done it twice, last time when i was 13, 21 years ago, i remember now even, because it made me feel bad.

 

[IJesusChrist]

I find it hard to survive if you approach this topic head on.

I tend to blind myself from my earthy brethren when fishing (I don't hunt) or when buying meat at the grocery store (But I don't buy meat?!).

I don't buy any meat besides fish, and I don't hunt. If I went all the way and became a vegetarian/vegan I would be very unhealthy as I cannot be satisfied with vegan meals for very long (some are good but you get sick of them quickly).

I know, deep down, I shouldn't kill unless I am hungry or starving, but, like I said, I blind myself.

I once made a topic, and I don't think anyone understood my purpose of making it, but it was titled "Who are you to eat?"

It basically asked the question,
"If you were confronted with someone starving, which the numbers are numerous, what would your reason be to eat their food, rather than to give yourself hunger and feed someone else?"

I.E. How come you get to eat, where as if you don't eat - someone else does? Do you have a reason? Do you even know?

I could go on and on about this topic, but it gets too deep too fast. Eventually you start asking the question if it is morally wrong to eat any living thing at all - plants included. Is it morally wrong to survive with such a conscious morality?!?

 

[Teonanacapilli]

I agree with badpup, if we all had to kill and cut for our meal, less people would eat meat.

I think hunting is far more respectful to the animal and life in general as opposed to buying pre-cut, pre-wrapped flesh at the grocery store. Same goes for gardening vs. buying ANYTHING at the grocery store. The food there is stored in warehouses for who-knows-how-long and genetically modified, which I find despicably disrespectful. Society really makes it hard to "go the other way" on matters like this. Unless you have the space to have your own organic garden, it's difficult for many to consume respectfully and healthfully.