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Plus, venison tastes better than beef.
Incorrect.
Plus, venison tastes better than beef.
It was an arrow not a bullet.
It would have been even sadder if it starved, or if it got hit by a car(or semi, but then no one would have even known it was an albino, not much left when a semi at 70 MPH hits a deer except a red patch on the road). At least some one got something out of this.
This is in Michigan, and the deer population in the state is too large. Hunting is important to keep the number of deer down to a reasonable number. Car/deer accidents are far too common, they can damage crops badly, and many starve in the winters due to overpopulation. Hunting is a sport done for fun, for food, for trophies. That is how it works.
Where this happened is about an hour and a half from where I grew up. It is pretty rural and hunting is such a big part of the culture than opening day of gun dear season is a paid day off for many businesses, and going hunting is an excused absence from school. Whitetail deer are beautiful animals, especially at a distance, and this one was too, but hunting them is necessary and provides multiple benefits, including the trophy. While they will probably process it(why waste meat), even if they do not, it is fine.
eh, it just makes me sad to see it lying there dead.
Rare in color only. Still just a deer, otherwise.i'm not anti-gun, and i don't want to take away the right to hunt. i used to fish myself, until i realized what an unfair fight that it was. i would do it for survival and to feed my family if i needed to. however, seeing a rare animal and then putting a bullet into it just seems more sad than cool.
I understand the feeling. I don't hunt, and never have except a couple times as a teenager. Not my thing, I empathize with the animal too much. But I also understand the reality of the situation. Hunting is good for the state, and, ironically, good for the deer population. It is not nice, it is not pretty, but it is true.
Umm, that is illegal in every state.Connecting with nature is important and people would have a greater appreciation for food and where it came from if they hunted for game on occasion. However someone who shoots a deer or an elk for fun and leaves it to rot is a walking dildo with ears.
If you found it, you don't know why it was left. Could have run to far and got lost. May have run off the property the hunter was allowed on and on to property he wasn't. Happens all the time here.I don't agree with killing for the sake of killing, population control or not. Utilize the animal for something. I've hunted deer in Michigan and it makes me sick when I find deer that have been shot and left to rot, because the antlers weren't big, or a small herd of does are left to rot. If you're not varmint hunting then if you kill it, you eat it.
Yeeeeah, albino prey don't usually last long.
Until the law says it is illegal to shoot this kind of deer I see no reason to make the kid feel guilty about it. He didn't do anything wrong.
There's nothing illegal about hating black or gay people but if I encounter a young man who expresses such a sentiment, I inform them that I (and most of society) believes him to be wrong
So, black people are like albino deer?
Maybe the retard in the video will cry over the deer.
Albinism isn't much of a disadvantage in an animal that relies on speed to escape predators, for those saying natural selection would have taken care of it as a way of justifying shooting it, you're wrong. That been said, it's just a deer, plenty of them are killed each year by guns or cars.
Now if that had been a BLACK deer, well then we would have had something to talk about.
Which is why albinism in prey species such as deer is so common.Albinism isn't much of a disadvantage in an animal that relies on speed to escape predators, for those saying natural selection would have taken care of it as a way of justifying shooting it, you're wrong. That been said, it's just a deer, plenty of them are killed each year by guns or cars.
I have no issue with the kill.
Rare albino deer bagged by 11-year-old - GrindTV.com
"“He should have let it live. There are plenty of others out there,” reads one of hundreds of comments.
“If it’s rare, why the hell would he kill it?” reads another.
“I’m fine with hunting, just hate the ‘Hey look, it’s different, let’s shoot it’ ideas. Shoot it with a camera and let the unique one live,” reads yet another.Deer-hunting in Michigan is an extremely popular pastime, so it’s not surprising that so many wrote in defense of Gavin Dingman.“Get over it. The law says it’s legal. Back off the kid!!! Way to go kiddo!!” reads one comment.
“He paid good money for his license. He can use it for anything HE chooses, ” reads another. “Whether it be a brown deer or an albino buck, the state of Michigan gave him permission to kill it. Leave the kid alone. He did nothing wrong. He harvested a great trophy.”
Some of the commenters criticized WZZM 13 for posting the story on Facebook, opening Gavin to criticism.
“WZZM should stick with reporting news, not trying to make an 11-year-old boy feel guilty for shooting a deer, during deer season,” reads one comment."
"Some native cultures revere the white animals, and believe that they possess the spirits of ancestors."
Do you think this is in bad taste? Blame the kid? Blame the dad? No problem whatsoever?
Rare albino deer bagged by 11-year-old - GrindTV.com
"“He should have let it live. There are plenty of others out there,” reads one of hundreds of comments.
“If it’s rare, why the hell would he kill it?” reads another.
“I’m fine with hunting, just hate the ‘Hey look, it’s different, let’s shoot it’ ideas. Shoot it with a camera and let the unique one live,” reads yet another.Deer-hunting in Michigan is an extremely popular pastime, so it’s not surprising that so many wrote in defense of Gavin Dingman.“Get over it. The law says it’s legal. Back off the kid!!! Way to go kiddo!!” reads one comment.
“He paid good money for his license. He can use it for anything HE chooses, ” reads another. “Whether it be a brown deer or an albino buck, the state of Michigan gave him permission to kill it. Leave the kid alone. He did nothing wrong. He harvested a great trophy.”
Some of the commenters criticized WZZM 13 for posting the story on Facebook, opening Gavin to criticism.
“WZZM should stick with reporting news, not trying to make an 11-year-old boy feel guilty for shooting a deer, during deer season,” reads one comment."
"Some native cultures revere the white animals, and believe that they possess the spirits of ancestors."
Do you think this is in bad taste? Blame the kid? Blame the dad? No problem whatsoever?
An angelic black deer on its way from church to a truth telling contest two towns over shot by guess who-YUP a white hunter. Coincidence?