Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 In a message dated 9/17/06 3:32:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, truepatriot writes: > ). Anyway, > while there, someone was registering their kill and the locals were all > congratulating him and jokingly asking for dibs on any leftover > steaks. Ugh. I know I mentioned this before, but my daughter is married to a hunter (where did I go wrong??). He starts fondling his hunting gear in July in anticipation of the big event and takes practically the entire month of November off to kill animals. Double ugh! I can't tell you how much this sickens me and what sickens me more is the fact that my two beautiful grandsons will most likely follow in his path. I can't wait until they're old enough to ask me why I don't eat meat. My answer will be a simple one, but a truthful one....I love and respect animals too much to eat them. Let them do with it what they will. I can only hope that perhaps it'll give them food for thought someday. TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 It can be a heartache when children choose different paths that the way they were raised, especially on things that were part of the moral fiber of a family. I hope they don't choose that way and will have open ears to what you share of your eating lifestyle. My heart goes out to you, my friend. Judy - TendrMoon Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:56 PM Re: hunting season In a message dated 9/17/06 3:32:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, truepatriot writes: > ). Anyway, > while there, someone was registering their kill and the locals were all > congratulating him and jokingly asking for dibs on any leftover > steaks. Ugh. I know I mentioned this before, but my daughter is married to a hunter (where did I go wrong??). He starts fondling his hunting gear in July in anticipation of the big event and takes practically the entire month of November off to kill animals. Double ugh! I can't tell you how much this sickens me and what sickens me more is the fact that my two beautiful grandsons will most likely follow in his path. I can't wait until they're old enough to ask me why I don't eat meat. My answer will be a simple one, but a truthful one....I love and respect animals too much to eat them. Let them do with it what they will. I can only hope that perhaps it'll give them food for thought someday. TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 If it gives you any hope for your grandkids, my father was a big time hunter. Every year he'd kill as many deer as he was allowed to in addition to many, many doves and quail and God knows what else. I was raised to think that was okay. My parents even used my love of animals against me saying hunting was good for the animals, to keep their populations down so they wouldn't starve! At twelve years old I became a vegetarian. I had no support but I still did it. And that was even without grandparents to show me the way. Keep on them. Hopefully they'll realize what a horrible thing hunting is. Kadee Sedtal All-new Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 My father only brought home a deer once in all the time I can remember. He was raised in upstate NY and used to hunt all the time. He was an extremely good shot, and enjoyed shooting. After the reception that deer got from us he stopped hunting. And we all ate meat at that point too. We explained to him that there was no reason on earth for him to go out and hunt animals for dinner. It was murder not a sport. It showed no skill to sit in a blind and shoot a deer 50 feet away with a rifle that could knock down a bull elephant. And he realized running around in the woods with a bunch of hungover morons was as likely to get him killed as any deer. I think the drunks with guns scared him off more than anything. Since he is a meat eater we took that route to get him to stop. It worked, he only did target shooting after that. Janis , Kadee M <abbey_road3012 wrote: > > If it gives you any hope for your grandkids, my father was a big time hunter. Every year he'd kill as many deer as he was allowed to in addition to many, many doves and quail and God knows what else. I was raised to think that was okay. My parents even used my love of animals against me saying hunting was good for the animals, to keep their populations down so they wouldn't starve! At twelve years old I became a vegetarian. I had no support but I still did it. And that was even without grandparents to show me the way. Keep on them. Hopefully they'll realize what a horrible thing hunting is. > > Kadee Sedtal > > > > All-new Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Judy, PLEASE wear orange safety vests riding in the woods!!! With the high power rifles these morons are packing, they might be a quarter mile away and not even aiming at you, but wearing the neon orange vest may help save your life. You read last year about the hunter shooting a member of his own party because the guy was NOT wearing a hunting vest??? Janis , " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote: > > That reminds me of riding horses, last year, way out in our woods and hearing a bullet whistle past our heads. We never saw anyone. It was very scary. We started talking loudly, so they would know we were there and not a deer. We waited until after hunting season(2 1/2 months here), because the nuts are out in excess this time of year and they seems to target anything that moves. One's life is definitely in danger, in the woods, during hunting season. > Judy > - > jandor9 > > Monday, September 18, 2006 7:43 AM > Re: hunting season > > > My father only brought home a deer once in all the time I can > remember. He was raised in upstate NY and used to hunt all the time. > He was an extremely good shot, and enjoyed shooting. After the > reception that deer got from us he stopped hunting. And we all ate > meat at that point too. We explained to him that there was no reason > on earth for him to go out and hunt animals for dinner. It was murder > not a sport. It showed no skill to sit in a blind and shoot a deer 50 > feet away with a rifle that could knock down a bull elephant. And he > realized running around in the woods with a bunch of hungover morons > was as likely to get him killed as any deer. I think the drunks with > guns scared him off more than anything. Since he is a meat eater we > took that route to get him to stop. It worked, he only did target > shooting after that. > > Janis > > , Kadee M > <abbey_road3012@> wrote: > > > > If it gives you any hope for your grandkids, my father was a big > time hunter. Every year he'd kill as many deer as he was allowed to > in addition to many, many doves and quail and God knows what else. I > was raised to think that was okay. My parents even used my love of > animals against me saying hunting was good for the animals, to keep > their populations down so they wouldn't starve! At twelve years old I > became a vegetarian. I had no support but I still did it. And that > was even without grandparents to show me the way. Keep on them. > Hopefully they'll realize what a horrible thing hunting is. > > > > Kadee Sedtal > > > > > > > > All-new Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things > done faster. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 When I was a teenager, one of our dogs was shot point-blank in between the eyes while barking at hunters on OUR property less than 1/2 mile from the house! We were out working on the shed, when we heard the shot and commented to each other " Wow, that was close! " Only one dog returned and it was a couple days later that we went out looking for and found his body. -Erin www.zenpawn.com/vegblog , " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote: > > That reminds me of riding horses, last year, way out in our woods and hearing a bullet whistle past our heads. We never saw anyone. It was very scary. We started talking loudly, so they would know we were there and not a deer. We waited until after hunting season(2 1/2 months here), because the nuts are out in excess this time of year and they seems to target anything that moves. One's life is definitely in danger, in the woods, during hunting season. > Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I remember the movie but not a hunting scene. Can you tell us about it?? , TendrMoon wrote: > > In a message dated 9/18/06 9:04:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jandor9 writes: > > > We explained to him that there was no reason > > on earth for him to go out and hunt animals for dinner > > Does anyone remember the movie Powder? I just thought that scene with the > deer was so amazing. I think every hunter should experience that. > > TM > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 LOL, I am a few days behind, our computer crashed and hubby finally got new stuff today. I am not going to agree with parents *choosing* your spouse, but see my mother pretty much hates my husband, and has told him that she could take me away from him. So there are times when parents are not doing the best for their children, but what they want. It is sad, but there are parents out there like that. Sheyen , " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote: > > LOL, we were reading worship tonight and one of the things was about taking your parent's advise about marriage, like not doing it if they feel it is the wrong person for you or you're to young etc... Now sometimes parents won't make the right choice for you, because you are a different person than they are, but it is still wise to seek their approval, especially if they believe in a higher power above. I made sure my girls were listening...... now if they just remember and take this wise counsel, is what we pray for........ : ))) > Judy > > > - > TendrMoon > > >. I really > think we should have a say in who our children choose as life partners. :-) > > TM > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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