Why is hunting such a popular activity in the U.S.?

[Icepick]

In this day and age why is game hunting such a popular activity? Why not visit your local grocer and purchase a nice slab of meat instead? Seems that would be a more economical and more efficient means of acquiring food.

 

[0roo0roo]

pew pew!

 

[Aikouka]

Because the meat section of my local grocer does not have any venison .

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

how is "game" hunting the same as buying food at the store?

edit: I can't get man meat at the store...

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Depends on what you mean by popular. Maybe in the western and more rural states but hunting isn't exactly on everyone's lists of what they enjoy doing.

 

[Anubis]

Because the meat section of my local grocer does not have any venison .

TBH ive never see venison in a major grocery store, let alone things like moose, bear, wild boar,...

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Cause rednecks like to kill stuff.

 

[pontifex]

Because it's probably one of our nation's oldest traditions?

 

[Kirby]

it's fun
it's tasty
it's economical (sometimes)
it's environmental

 

[IceBergSLiM]

In this day and age why is game hunting such a popular activity? Why not visit your local grocer and purchase a nice slab of meat instead? Seems that would be a more economical and more efficient means of acquiring food.

How is it more economical and efficient? I'm ready to listen.

Also alot of people enjoy knowing there food is all natural and hasn't been raised in a pit of its own filth and fed a steady diet of antibiotics to keep it from dying of infection. After the animals is raised on a diet of corn feed and other processed bullshit to fatten them up fast, often times never seeing the light of day they are slaughtered wholesale in meat processing plants. These meat processing plants are some of the most dangerous places in the world to work. Usually illegals are employed here and they often lose limbs and/or die but these are rarely reported because they aren't real people. Finally the meat is treated in an ammonia bath to further insure the bacteria it festers in aren't spread to us when we eventually it eat.

your right I have no idea why someone would want to hunt and eat their own food.

 

[vi edit]

Hunting is one thing. Now if you really want a pretty unglorious hobby take a look at trapping.

 

[Born2bwire]

Why bother fishing... growing a garden... growing fruit trees...

The final product is only a small part of the whole deal.

 

[Anubis]

How is it more economical and efficient? I'm ready to listen.

Also alot of people enjoy knowing there food is all natural and hasn't been raised in a pit of its own filth and fed a steady diet of antibiotics to keep it from dying of infection. Then the meat is treated with ammonia to further insure they bacteria it festers in aren't spread to us when we eventually it eat.

the cost of a gun and some bullets is most likely less then it costs to raise an animal to slaughter age. its not more efficient, butchering your own animal is annoying

 

[zinfamous]

In this day and age why is game hunting such a popular activity? Why not visit your local grocer and purchase a nice slab of meat instead? Seems that would be a more economical and more efficient means of acquiring food.

uh...wat?

lol

 

[Icepick]

How is it more economical and efficient? I'm ready to listen.

Also alot of people enjoy knowing there food is all natural and hasn't been raised in a pit of its own filth and fed a steady diet of antibiotics to keep it from dying of infection. Then the meat is treated with ammonia to further insure they bacteria it festers in aren't spread to us when we eventually it eat.

Best response I've seen. So it's a matter of obtaining a "clean" source of food. Sounds reasonable.

 

[zinfamous]

Hunting is one thing. Now if you really want a pretty unglorious hobby take a look at trapping.

haha.

but it's the skinnin' part that's fun!

 

[Analog]

Hunting is about many things before bringing meat home.

Hunting camp/trips is a time to spend with friends and family. Many groups have traditional hunting camps that they look forward to for spending time with those that live far away, or make it a point to catch up on things at camp.

Being out in the woods is a wonderful time - away from work, city or whatever. Solitude and a time to reflect on your life etc.

Watching wildlife is also very rewarding. I've bow hunted many years, and being close to deer, having a Great Owl swoop in and perch next to me in the tree, all sorts of other crazy things that I would have never witnessed without being in the woods.

Some of my best experiences, stories and times by myself and with my friends has been the result of hunting - and none of what I mentioned above is about shooting or killing an animal!

 

[Kirby]

Hunting is one thing. Now if you really want a pretty unglorious hobby take a look at trapping.

I think you can make pretty good money on beaver and otter pelts. I had a buddy that used to do it, along with wild hogs.

 

[Icepick]

uh...wat?

lol

Sitting in a tree stand in the cold in complete silence for hours on end versus a 30 minute round trip to the local grocery store. I'd say the latter is a more efficient expenditure of my time.

 

[lozina]

yeah but its not nearly as popular sport as neffing is

 

[shiner]

Because not everyone is a bed wetting nancy boy who throws a hissy fit when he see's someone mix wasabi in with soy sauce at the trendy little Sushi house down the street or cries when the barista at Starbuck's serves him his coffee at something other than precisely 192 °F.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Sitting in a tree stand in the cold in complete silence for hours on end versus a 30 minute round trip to the local grocery store. I'd say the latter is a more efficient expenditure of my time.

Also you are completely ignoring the other end of the equation. The efficiency of getting that meat in the shiny packaging to your grocery store. Hardly an efficient process considering the distance it must travel after the immense processing. Its a terribly wasteful process.

I suppose it depends on what your hunting. Typically one kill can last you far beyond one dinners worth of food.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Also the phrase "For the thrill of the hunt" comes to mind.

 

[dawp]

We killed off most of the predators and if we don't hunt the deer, elk and so forth they will over populate. we have to so the forest remains healthy.

 

[FDF12389]

Hunting is about many things before bringing meat home.

Hunting camp/trips is a time to spend with friends and family. Many groups have traditional hunting camps that they look forward to for spending time with those that live far away, or make it a point to catch up on things at camp.

Being out in the woods is a wonderful time - away from work, city or whatever. Solitude and a time to reflect on your life etc.

Watching wildlife is also very rewarding. I've bow hunted many years, and being close to deer, having a Great Owl swoop in and perch next to me in the tree, all sorts of other crazy things that I would have never witnessed without being in the woods.

Some of my best experiences, stories and times by myself and with my friends has been the result of hunting - and none of what I mentioned above is about shooting or killing an animal!

This.

Plus the fact that I can get tasty, organic, years worth of steak, for about $120. Most everything our group uses is handed down from generations, I purchased my gear after about four years of using my dad and brothers stuff.