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Big bull moose can be huge and are very territorial esp during the "rut".
Hunting with arrows is a bit like throwing rocks at a bear. You better hit him exactly right or else you will get an enraged animal hunting you.
I am not a hunter, but I don't look down on proper hunters who follow rules and are ethical. Hunt for food, don't waste anything in the harvest and make sure you put them down fast.
And BTW if you are not vegetarian, you have no right to criticize hunters.
My honey will eat the deer meat if he gets one, but that is not the reason he goes hunting. I think most hunters do it for sport, but still don’t waste the animal.
My honey will eat the deer meat if he gets one, but that is not the reason he goes hunting. I think most hunters do it for sport, but still don’t waste the animal.
But a moose is a vegan. Humans, armed or not, aren't on their menu. The food chain has nothing to do with it.
Doesn't mean you can wander around in the woods and expect to not get attacked by one. I'm not the one that brought up the ridiculous vegan vs carnivore claim in this thread. See post #3.
My honey will eat the deer meat if he gets one, but that is not the reason he goes hunting. I think most hunters do it for sport, but still don’t waste the animal.
If hunters were really in it for "sport" they wouldn't bring any weapons with them other than their bodies, which is all any animal has to work with yet you see an animal can do far more damage to an unarmed human. Moose can kill a person if they are inclined to do so.
If hunters were really in it for "sport" they wouldn't bring any weapons with them other than their bodies, which is all any animal has to work with yet you see an animal can do far more damage to an unarmed human. Moose can kill a person if they are inclined to do so.
Your statement clearly shows that you know nothing about hunting. If you think that just bringing a gun / bow into the fray makes it easy to get an animal in their habitat, then you are naive.
Ask any hunter, the average hunt takes the whole day if not days in many areas. Shooting a deer / animal at 200 yards is not easy. An ethical hunter will not take a proper kill shot if they can't do it with a high degree of probabliity.
A "real" answer is that many hunters don't totally rely on game to feed themselves. The majority of their food comes from the supermarket or the livestock they produce. They hunt because they appreciate or enjoy the traditions involved with adding wild sourced meat to their diet. So, it could be considered sport, not total necessity. If someone hunts essentially to put food on the table, the proper term for that is subsistence. Subsistence harvest of game usually operates under different regulations and laws. You can add a layer of ethics or philosophy into this if you wish, but that's a different question.
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But a moose is a vegan. Humans, armed or not, aren't on their menu. The food chain has nothing to do with it.
