Hunting: Teaching Life's Lessons

Hunting, especially in this day and age, has been viewed in a much different light than in days of old. Back in those days hunting was viewed as a very positive activity. It was the way that allowed food to be brought to the table, and had a very significant impact on daily life.

In modern times hunting tends to have a negative stigma associated with it. The conveniences of modern life have caused people to lose touch with exactly how mother nature works, and how the earth itself as created by God, provides us with our food on a daily basis. We have lost touch
 with nature and this is directly affecting the children in the world today.

It doesn't take much effort to look around and see the deterioration of our society, especially when we are talking about kids. Every night on the news you are exposed to numerous unspeakable acts that today's youth, children and young adults alike, are involved in. Where is this behavior coming from? I think it can be directly attributed to the lack of basic life lessons that the youth of today are missing, and that the youth of yesteryear acquired by participating in an activity that has been around for hundreds of years...hunting.

Hunting teaches many life lessons. These lessons will also extend into adult lives and teach kids to be positive role models for how people should act. Hunting, and the respect for the outdoors that it creates, can have an undisputable positive impact on a young child's life. There are many lessons that hunting can teach, but I think they can be broken down into 5 major areas:

Discipline: In order to be successful in hunting you have to abide by certain rules. If you don't adhere to these rules you will dramatically reduce your chances of being successful. You have to be disciplined about shot placement, and preparing yourself to make the proper shot for an efficient kill. You have to be disciplined about sitting in your stand, and making sure you are at the right place at the right time. You have to be disciplined about your equipment and making sure that it is properly maintained. All of these different things directly feed over and help to teach discipline for every day life.

 
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Beautifully said. When the respect for conservation is embraced and a knowedgeable,eperienced hunter takes the time to teach a child sportamanship, integrity, respect for a gun, and the privilege of bringing the gifts of the earth to the table he has then provided experiences some of life's most important, difficut and often never learned lessons. Recommended reading: The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark Excellent!!!

Posted on 03/06/2009 at 7:03:30 AM

Unfortunately we are never going to see eye to eye. At this point your mind is made up, so my arguments with you are futile. Your arguments are based on emotion, and no matter what facts I show to you you fail to see them. The number of children that are killed in hunting related accidents is very low. Cars, ATV's, and drowning kill way more kids than hunting accidents do. That is a plain and simple fact. In the end, though, your mind is made up on this topic, and we will never see eye to eye. That's the bottom line.

Posted on 03/01/2009 at 7:03:04 PM

I will be putting a video together on danger of hunting to children. We do not need to teach children to kill and also we do not want to lose our children by you people corrupting their head about using guns and arrows where they end up killing themselves. Do you know how many children are injured or killed from hunting accident? When I finish my video I will post it on my blog once I find out how it works HERE but I do have other website where I exposed the disgusting reality of hunting . WE DO NOT NEED OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN TO KILL AND THUS KILLING THEMSELVES!

Posted on 03/01/2009 at 7:03:32 AM

"humanely placed shot" The link is one of about 20 I found on tracking wounded deer. This one is called "tracking wounded whitetail deer" Tracking Wounded Whitetail Deer http://www.imbmonsterbucks.com /info.php?id=128 Look at these places needed because the animal death is NEVER "QUICK" How to Track a Wounded Deer Guide To Trail the Deer with Its Blood Stains How to Handle a Gut Shot I cant fit much so I will post on my blog

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 1:02:44 PM

There are plenty of suffering involved in "sports" hunting especially bowkilling. That is why there are so many sites on how to find wounded deer so that they can retrieve the trophy. If you read some of these sites you know they do not care about animals suffering some even say to go home until they die like in gut or liver shot. they also want to find the deer so the public would not find millions of wounded or animals with arrow stuck on their bodies or half dying in the autum leaves. . Here is a few sites you should google it and read up. The link is there and you can see how these animal die from 'hunting' and how these wildlife killers only concern is to retrieve their trophy. Most bowkillers are trophy 'hunters. Mind you that gun is just as bad and seen plenty of deer suffer and die but not like what I have seen in bowkilling . Believe me when I say that 99% of the deer hit with an arrow does not die "instantly" so its hardly ever a "humanely placed shot" The link

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 1:02:17 PM

Is this what the public wants hunters to teach their children? This video is called "Doe down" and this innocent sentient creature of God was hit with an arrow and died a horrific death. They do not care to end the suffering of the animals because most bowkillers enjoy the power and the pain and they can inflict on the innocent life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWzomZIh26A some of the comments XTERRAROC (5 days ago) F#CKIN AW SOME!!!!!! ptgoldman (1 month ago) That was an intense video. Nice shot! What range was that from? camomine (1 month ago) What kind of camera you using? actionsports111 (1 month ago) OMG. That rage was rockin! I do have to say though that was really gruesome. At least it was pretty quick. "pretty quick"? blackfeatherarchery (1 month ago) Excellent shooting. That's the rage correct! couchman23 (1 month ago) Sho 3 or two blade i got the three blade yesterday getting ready for the winter bow season

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 1:02:47 PM

"While health officials have not recommended a ban on deer hunting, they are closely monitoring deer hunters and their kills. Hunters might be at risk when they contact blood or tissue while gutting animals, or from eating the meat, Brown said." http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030521deer0521p5.asp Bosque believes no one knows enough about CWD -- more commonly known as mad deer -- to say that eating venison is safe. "If it was very transmissible, we'd know it," he says. "But if it was somewhat transmissible, like BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow] in England, it would be hard to know." http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2002/10/21/maddeer/index.html A quote from one mad deer disease article "Some hunters too squeamish to eat their kill are donating the venison to pantries for the homeless. "

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 10:02:45 AM

Hunters knowingly been giving possibly diseased venison to the pantries. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXBHdzFsChk Deer carcass that are brought in by wildlife killers are not USDA inspected and it may even have pesticides. "Prion diseases are so awful and the proteins so unpredictable that scientists take extraordinary precautions against infection when studying them in the lab. Patrick Bosque, a neurologist at the University of Colorado in Denver, studied prions in hamsters and mice, which do not appear to be transmissible to people. Yet he routinely wore disposable gloves, shoe covers and a gown, and avoided carrying his lab notebook or other potentially contaminated material out of the lab. Whenever he conducted a procedure that might spray or splash prions, he worked in a special hood to shield his face and upper arms. "Then you're going to tell me I'm going to eat deer?" Bosque asked. "I definitely would not eat deer I thought had been infected." "While health offi

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 10:02:34 AM

Carolinect, I'm not sure we are every going to see eye to eye on this issue. I think you have closed your mind to the entire topic, so you can't even begin to understand my points of view. I'm having a hard time with a rebuttal, because I'm honestly having a hard time following your argument. To say hunters don't eat what they kill is a complete and utter lie. And how dare we provide some extra meat to people in need? What were we thinking? I can't believe that you hate hunting so much, that you would rather see those less fortunate go hungry, than allow a hunter to donate lean, healthy venison to them. That is a shame. And what have you done to help the needy lately? I guarantee that venison has less chemicals in it than any store bought meat ever thought of. It is also completely free of antibiotics. And not raised under harsh conditions. To say we allow animals to suffer in their own homes is also a lie. An arrow brings death in a matter of seconds. Have you e

Posted on 02/28/2009 at 12:02:51 AM

Carolinetc, I respect your opinion, but quite frankly its more like a fairy tale. Anything that we humans do as a species has some effect on wildlife. Whether we build a house, drive a car, or hunt, we affect wildlife in some way. There is no such thing as "no human impact" when it comes to animals. I know for sure, that my kids will have a deep respect for animals. They will have a deep respect for all things living because they hunt!!!! Hunters have more of a deep connection with nature - and our quarry - than non-hunters. We have intimate knowledge of them, and know that the meat from their bodies provides us energy. It would be nice to think that animals have the same feelings as we humans do, but quite frankly, they don't. My kids will be taught all about hunting, and about fishing. And it will provide them with tools to survive all of life's challenges. Thanks for the comment, even though we disagree.

Posted on 02/27/2009 at 11:02:29 AM

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