Boy shoots albino deer, gets deaththreats

[Obsidian_Dragon]

I personally wouldn't have killed the deer--but I'm probably one to pin more significance on sighting a 'white stag' tan most. My writer's soul would have been stirred.

But the boy receiving death threats is absolutely out of line. It's a deer. We've killed most of their predators, now we need to cull them ourselves. As long as they try for a clean kill and preferably eat it, whatever.

[Zoo Nanny]

I agree with you on that one. There are a couple of local towns near me that do not allow hunting and the deer are getting out of control. The same people who ban hunting are the first to complain about the deer eating their flowers and the coyotes that are going to eat their children! And more than likely it's their children that make the threats on social media sites.

[Zoo Nanny]

If people weren't so misinformed about predators we could see the reintroduction of some species. So long as people feel that they are threatened by carnivores we will never see them come back. The deer, beaver, muskrat and other small mammals will continue to flourish.

[SnoopySnake]

The fact that this this kid is getting death threats is ridiculous.. I don't care that he got an albino dear as long as he put it to good use. I also think hunting is much better than buying meat from the store. But what I'd be more concerned with is the fact that he used a bow, and that only concerns me for this reason:

[eminart]

Originally Posted by SnoopySnake

But what I'd be more concerned with is the fact that he used a bow, and that only concerns me for this reason:

A deer shot with a rifle through the face would still be walking around too. That goes back to proper hunting ethics - practice and only taking good shots. A deer shot through the vitals with a bow dies in less than a minute in most cases. Humans kill far more quickly than almost any natural death that an animal will meet.


As for all the other arguments springing up, it gets tiresome, as a hunter, listening to people with no experience talking about things they know nothing about. If you exist on this earth, other animals die for it. Even if you're a vegetarian, you take up space, and your veggies fields take up space. Things die because of it. Being further removed from the death that you cause doesn't make you better. It just means you're afraid to see the cost of your existence.

[SnoopySnake]

Originally Posted by eminart

A deer shot with a rifle through the face would still be walking around too. That goes back to proper hunting ethics - practice and only taking good shots. A deer shot through the vitals with a bow dies in less than a minute in most cases. Humans kill far more quickly than almost any natural death that an animal will meet.

Good point, guess I should say I'm more against head shots, then.

[EL Ziggy]

Aww, that is sad Adrian. I hate to see any sentient being suffer.

[Aaron_S]

Nobody wants to breed this thing to make hets?! Is it only me?!