Patriot Place

[jkjoshuatree]

And no, he's not the ex-cop the previous poster talked about.

It is a pretty cool store. The fish tank/aquarium is really cool! But all the stuffed (and I mean literally) animals around the store kind of creep me out.

But hey, I'm a city kid. Hunting is disgusting to me (unless you're going to use almost everything the carcass has to offer to survive).

Let the bashing begin, but this is how I look at hunting; you have a semi intelligent person with a high powered weapon against a defenseless animal that has no idea as he/she is walking through the forest that he/she may be shot just for the sake of said human's interest in the "sport" of hunting.

Yeah, that takes a lot of skill and courage.

If you need to hunt to survive because it will bring your family food/clothing/etc. then by all means, go nuts. Otherwise, if you can't hunt the real way (in a loin cloth with nothing but a sharpened stick against the animal) then leave the animals alone...they were here long before us and they'll be here long after we're gone.

As I said, let the bashing begin. This is something I've felt strongly about my entire life and I'm finally letting the world know how I feel.

[hilltopper]

I learned a long time ago that people with your opinions will never listen to the pro-hunting arguments (population control for overall health of the herd, food-for-the-hungry programs, etc.). I'll just shake my head and hope that you never get into politics...

[jkjoshuatree]

I'll absolutely listen. And your point is well taken. Population control is a very good reason for hunting. I just didn't mention it in my thread.

As for hoping that I'll never get into politics, well, that's a pretty ignorant thing to say based on my one opinion on one subject.

You don't know me from a hole in the wall. I have all the right in the world to express my feelings on hunting, as well as you do. That's what makes this country so great.

We just have different opinions about hunting. Let's leave it at that.