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My father taught us all to hunt very young. He made it quite clear that you kill nothing unless you plan on eating it. Live animals were not meant for target practice. He taught us that even a sparrows life was worth something. The only exception to that rule was to end the suffering of a sick or injured animal. My father will always be my hero!!
By stewards of the land, the poster is referring to maintaining habitat and managing populations that are basically only subject to predation by humans.
Thank you for your fine comments.
The other poster however is simply being argumentative and has no desire to learn
Maybe your right, hippies would be like shooting fish in a toilet with a shotgun. A Texan on the other hand, well... you better be on your game when you come hunting for us. *chuckle*
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My father taught us all to hunt very young. He made it quite clear that you kill nothing unless you plan on eating it. Live animals were not meant for target practice. He taught us that even a sparrows life was worth something. The only exception to that rule was to end the suffering of a sick or injured animal. My father will always be my hero!!
I agree, but I'm not sure that the Sanctuary Ethic extends to sparrows and starlings (as invasive, introduced specie). I just love my purple martins too much.
Different strokes for different folks.... I'm not into hunting, but I don't have a problem with parents teaching their kids how to hunt and be responsible with guns. A couple of years ago here in Maryland an 8 year old girl killed the first bear at the start of bear hunting season.... I thought that was so cool.
Well, lets not forget that in order for a human to survive in the wilderness, more than likely he or she has to make the tools needed to snare or kill game to eat. That's the case from the beginning of humankind. Now, lets say that I am a young child lost on a cornfield: maybe I can survive for a while eating corn. Right? But how can I survive in a wilderness where there are no farmers growing corn? There a a lot of things to contend with in a wilderness, including poisonous plants, but I very well know, even at my young age, that a rabbit won't poison me. I let you think about the rest, since making weapons is my next step in my survival efforts.
Now, a lot of young children throughout the world are taught to protect and nurture the animals that will later become part of their diet. But to become part of their diet, these animals must be killed with weapons, not love. The problem I see with this post (above), is that there seems to be an emotional separation from nature: "the foods I eat come from the supermarket, or from the restaurant, etc." The distinction must be made, when teaching children to kill, is to never do it with pleasure, to feel the sorrow of taking a life, and to be immensely grateful. When I was a child, I was taught by my father to never kill what I was not going to eat, so I was very careful of what I killed with my slingshot
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Should young children be taught how to shoot animals?
