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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:19:18 -0600, anoldfart2@unlisted.com wrote:

|>What I hate most about rural living is gun-deer hunting season.
|>
|>I live in the country on a farm.  I moved to the country about 10
|>years ago, after being in the city far too long.  I love the country,
|>but I do not hunt.  Never have, never will.I dont judge people for
|>hunting, but killing animals is not my idea of fun, and I can not
|>stand eating venison anyhow.  So, if people want to hunt deer, fine,
|>as long as they stay off my property, which I have clearly posted.
|>For me, it's a very inconvenient time of year, because I have to move
|>all my livestock right up by the buildings, which many years costs me
|>quite a bit extra hay, since I can not let my animals graze.  (This
|>year it dont matter because of the snow cover).
|>
|>Yesterday deer season started.  As soon as it got light in the morning
|>until dark, it sounded like World War Three, and lasted all day long.
|>I would expect to hear some shots every so often, but continuous
|>shooting just dont seem right.  What the hell are they shooting at?
|>There are not that many deer out there, and even if there was, they
|>would have to be terrible shots if they would have to plug the deer
|>full of lead for an hour straight.
|>
|>Can someone familiar with hunting please explain.  Are they just
|>shooting to waste shells or for fun?  That's all I can figure.
|>
|>All I know, just like every year since I moved to the country, I'll be
|>very glad when deer season is over and things return to peace and
|>quiet.  I feel like I am in a war zone, and dont like it at all.  All
|>I do know, if I knew who these hunters were, and one of them ever told
|>me my cig smoking bothered them, I'd love to tell them just how much
|>their shooting bothers me.  The first weekend is the worst, (this
|>weekend) so I spent the whole day indoors watching tv, since I dont
|>feel safe outdoors... Then I constantly worry about my livestock the
|>whole day, because several people have lost catle and horses around
|>here during deer season in past years. I am now doing chores during
|>the night, because that seems to be the only safe time to be outside,
|>and it's damn cold out there in the dark.
|>
|>If I could afford it, I think I'd put a 20 foot concrete wall around
|>my entire farm....
|>
|>I sure hope this ends soon !!!
|>
|>
|>
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	I don't hunt either, but am into handguns probably because all my life
in Canada they were always taboo till recently......

	I am mostly into self defense, no hunting offence with a long gun....my
moto on that is [ If you can't hit it with a handgun, you got no business
shooting it at all.]

	Don't get me wrong though If it weren't for the hunters who get the
butchery done by commercial places or links to them, I would not be eating,
since I live in a city. A lot of the meat comes from hunters, most of it I might
figure, except for farm kills.

	Since dozens of shooting ranges all over Canada and a lot of USA, have
been shut down for the mass confiscation, these hunters were merely sighting in
their rifles after a long duration since they last used one, and  that can take
awhile.

Cheers

Bob 
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