Yes, it is the cruelest blood sport, except maybe with an atlatl, a really old type spear. Statistics for bowhunting injuries are over 50% - that means that for every deer actually tracked and retrieved, another one that has been shot with an arrow gets away, to die a slow, lingering death (all depending on where the deer is shot). A friend in Iowa fed one such deer with an arrow in the shoulder, he always came to her property and died there - she and a friend actually took him in a car to a vet. It took a whole year for Braveheart to die - she made a video - check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLGF9pOUV10 The ones that actually eat the meat are far and in-between! Most is trophy hunting! Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:05 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting Bow hunting is CRUEL. It often leaves the poor animal in agony and it dies a slow painful death. We had a buck dying in our yard last winter, and we had to call for someone to put it out of it's misery. It was horrible and I was upset for weeks. I still can't stand to think about it. Hunters don't kill only for food. They also take the very best bucks who should be left to reproduce. I am so sick of hearing jerks say they are killing deer to keep them from starving. BS..... They kill for fun! On 10-02, Joslin Potter wrote: > I agree with you, but what would happen if we didn't have a hunting > season, do you think they would not still reproduce like they do now? > To each their own, again, I'm just thankful for the life of a deer, and > the people who do purchase linceses as this money is put back into the > wild life. The funding from licenses and tags is used to insure a > healthy population of wildlife in the states, including the DNR to > enforce the rules... I take it you don't eat meat Natalie? _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
