[The Bacon Guy]

Quote by: Matt Would you rather die for something that needed you to live, or some fat pot bellied guy who will mount your head on the wall?

I imagine that, were I a deer, it would make very little difference to me.

Quote by: Matt Think about it. I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall, the difference is one needs it and the other doesn't. Why let the one who doesn't need it kill more then needed (needed=0)?

But this isn't an issue of hunters killing the deer which would otherwise be killed by all the wild wolves and cougars we have running around. Wolves won't need to eat the prey if we don't introduce the wolves in the first place. Here's the situation:

We need to control the population of certain animals. We can either do this by introducing wolves and cougars or we can do it in a way which many people will find enjoyable i.e. through hunting. The answer seems fairly obvious to me.

Quote by: Matt And you have confirmed my suspicion that you are a ignorant, instinct driven person.

Instinct driven? Don't assume, simply because I oppose forcing people to conform to some arbitrary standard of civility, that I am myself a hunter.

Quote by: Matt Some humans still have an instinct, and they find killing stuff fun. Can't wait till that gene wares off...but soon it will...with civilized evolution.

Right, so while we're all eagerly waiting for that to happen, what is the objection to letting these uncivilised brutes have their fun?

Quote by: Matt Yes, North America (most the USA) does suffer from an overpopulation. Look at how few wild places there are....humans have taken over completely.

A place not containing enough wild places for Matt's liking doesn't qualify as overpopulated. Overpopulation is when the population exceeds the habitat's ability to provide resources. North America generally doesn't suffer from food, water or land shortages.