Boy shoots albino deer, gets deaththreats

[David VB]

Originally Posted by IW17

I don't know how to explain what I'm saying an better. Whether a hunter uses a gun, crossbow, bow, rock or a pointy stick, it's still just a tool to get the job done. It's a method used by a predator to catch prey.

As for overpopulation, there are more deer in the US now than hundreds of years ago. Between predator populations declining, or being wiped out for that matter, and the agricultural, we've given herbivores the necessary tools to flourish. Which is why every state has a dept of wildlife, who employees people to study animal populations and determine the number of animals to be culled each year to maintain a healthy population.

And to davidvb, saying that allowing a ten year old boy to kill a deer using a crossbow is wrong, could you please explain why?

I guess our believes here are different from those in the US, but we (or at least I) don't like the idea of kids playing with any kind of weapon at all... I think history has proven us more than enough that ****ed up things can happen as a result of that. But again, that's my opinion

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by David VB

I guess our believes here are different from those in the US, but we (or at least I) don't like the idea of kids playing with any kind of weapon at all... I think history has proven us more than enough that ****ed up things can happen as a result of that. But again, that's my opinion

I don't think anyone should play with weapons(including adults). I think weapons should instead be used responsibly as tools, and not toys. Using a bow and arrow for hunting is not playing.

[IW17]

Originally Posted by David VB

I guess our believes here are different from those in the US, but we (or at least I) don't like the idea of kids playing with any kind of weapon at all... I think history has proven us more than enough that ****ed up things can happen as a result of that. But again, that's my opinion

He wasn't playing with a weapon. He was hunting with it under the supervision of his father. And how can anyone be expected to use "dangerous" things if they are treated as the forbidden fruit. Life is dangerous. Death is all around us. What better way to avoid death or injury than by education and experience?