Comment on I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.

Bakkoda@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• nagaram@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As a pro gun pro hunting guy

  Do you actually need to depend on venison for food or do you choose to?

  Personally, I think hunting is a good way to stay mindful of the food chain and what it takes to eat meat. If one is going to eat meat I view this as the most ethical way to do it.

  But its not necessary.

  Unless you’re doing the whole process yourself (which you might be) then its not cheaper than purchasing meat. And also its not better for you health wise unless you have some sorta allergy to beef. I guess its more lean, but truthfully I’d rather have smaller portions of fatty meat for flavor and health benefit reasons than more frequent lean meat.

  I’d personally prefer to keep my ability to obtain protein myself if needed and the easiest way to do that is with a gun, but I have been looking I to bow hunting because that feels more ethical environmentally and in a lot of ways safer than explosion tubes that I hold next to my face.

  So I guess I have two questions. Do you need to hunt? Do you need a gun specifically to hunt?

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  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Deer are giant rats and need to have their population controlled. Meat in the store is expensive. Hunting deer for food, not trophies, is a winning move.

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    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Deer come up to eat the apples and other berries from the garden, now deer is in freezer ready for grill.

      Hillbilly tip: soak venison in buttermilk for a few hours to remove the gamey taste

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      • Bakkoda@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Don’t hang your deer and clean every ounce of fat off and you shouldn’t ever have any gamey taste.

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  • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, while I don’t really need to deer hunt anymore, I do enjoy bird hunting. Just upland these days. So, yes, I need my shotgun and dog. There is a reason that ruffed grouse are called the King of the Table. And I live in the middle of the best area to hunt them. And I really, really like eating them. But I also forage the forest and garden and fish too. Everything I do shrinks my food budget spent. The fish I caught Saturday ice fishing is one less meal I need to buy. The 6 grouse, (possession limit), is 6 fewer meals I need to buy. Though the 25lbs of bacon I smoked this year is a wash. Still, it’s a tradition I still do.

    That said, there are families here that need to hunt, forage, and garden here. And if the hunt is poor, it can well determine not only how good a Christmas they will have, but how warm the house might be this winter and maybe getting new winter boots.

    And there is the tradition of the hunt. Families get together and small towns around here have “hunter’s breakfasts and suppers” to build community. And you haven’t lived until you stand in a classroom and listened to a bunch of 5th grade students, (boys and girls both), talk about getting their first deer rifle. Almost always a hand me down from Grandpa or an Uncle. It’s both a tool and an Heirloom passed down.

    So yes, where I live, firearms and hunting are necessary tools to living.

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