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My father use to trap / hunt animals in Minnesota growing up, he sold the hides and ate the meat. He relied on the hides for money to live, and he relied on the meat to eat. TegusRawesome80 is right, most people don't skin animals on the side because it is a long process, and honestly being a tanner is a full time job ( I wouldn't say all don't because I do skin, cure, and tan the hides of the animals I hunt). I was raised with a strict motto "you eat what you kill" and I believe in that. I remember him once telling me a story of my grandfather who is long dead; after he shot a porcupine my grandfather made him eat it. He said it was the worst tasting thing that he ever ate haha.

Today, my father, brother and I still go hunting for deer, elk, turkey, wild boar, and other things. We don't just do it for the fun of being in the woods, we genuinely love to eat what we hunt.

Also, Wildlife Fish and Game put out tags on certain animals because they are getting to densely populated in an area, and their numbers have to be regulated or else herds and certain species will starve to death (of course, this situation could be avoided if people didn't kill off their natural predators in the first place). Before Wolves were reintroduced in number up in the Yellowstone area, herds of elk and deer were dying of starvation because of a lack of natural predators. I believe it is more merciful to kill an animal like that then to let it starve; other then that reason, or because an animal is destructive (gophers eating my garden, wild boar undermining property) I see no reason to sport hunting.

<blockquote data-quote="Compnerd7" data-source="post: 109790" data-attributes="member: 3076">My father use to trap / hunt animals in Minnesota growing up, he sold the hides and ate the meat. He relied on the hides for money to live, and he relied on the meat to eat. TegusRawesome80 is right, most people don't skin animals on the side because it is a long process, and honestly being a tanner is a full time job ( I wouldn't say all don't because I do skin, cure, and tan the hides of the animals I hunt). I was raised with a strict motto &quot;you eat what you kill&quot; and I believe in that. I remember him once telling me a story of my grandfather who is long dead; after he shot a porcupine my grandfather made him eat it. He said it was the worst tasting thing that he ever ate haha. Today, my father, brother and I still go hunting for deer, elk, turkey, wild boar, and other things. We don't just do it for the fun of being in the woods, we genuinely love to eat what we hunt.Also, Wildlife Fish and Game put out tags on certain animals because they are getting to densely populated in an area, and their numbers have to be regulated or else herds and certain species will starve to death (of course, this situation could be avoided if people didn't kill off their natural predators in the first place). Before Wolves were reintroduced in number up in the Yellowstone area, herds of elk and deer were dying of starvation because of a lack of natural predators. I believe it is more merciful to kill an animal like that then to let it starve; other then that reason, or because an animal is destructive (gophers eating my garden, wild boar undermining property) I see no reason to sport hunting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Compnerd7, post: 109790, member: 3076"] My father use to trap / hunt animals in Minnesota growing up, he sold the hides and ate the meat. He relied on the hides for money to live, and he relied on the meat to eat. TegusRawesome80 is right, most people don't skin animals on the side because it is a long process, and honestly being a tanner is a full time job ( I wouldn't say all don't because I do skin, cure, and tan the hides of the animals I hunt). I was raised with a strict motto "you eat what you kill" and I believe in that. I remember him once telling me a story of my grandfather who is long dead; after he shot a porcupine my grandfather made him eat it. He said it was the worst tasting thing that he ever ate haha. Today, my father, brother and I still go hunting for deer, elk, turkey, wild boar, and other things. We don't just do it for the fun of being in the woods, we genuinely love to eat what we hunt. Also, Wildlife Fish and Game put out tags on certain animals because they are getting to densely populated in an area, and their numbers have to be regulated or else herds and certain species will starve to death (of course, this situation could be avoided if people didn't kill off their natural predators in the first place). Before Wolves were reintroduced in number up in the Yellowstone area, herds of elk and deer were dying of starvation because of a lack of natural predators. I believe it is more merciful to kill an animal like that then to let it starve; other then that reason, or because an animal is destructive (gophers eating my garden, wild boar undermining property) I see no reason to sport hunting. [/QUOTE]

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