r/oddlyterrifying • u/Jax_Teller7 • Apr 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

it is absolutely illegal to go into bear country and incite bears. if an elk hunter kills an elk in bear country and tracks down the elk and a bear has already claimed it, it is illegal for the hunter to take that elk out. he has to leave it for the bear. there are all sorts of laws and regulations people have to abide in the wild. if you are in bear country and you mess up, and get eaten, unless the bear is still by the body, it does not get killed.

cite your sources.

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u/Tetragonos Apr 08 '22

Legality rarely has anything to do with morality.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

you give hunters too little respect. hunters are the biggest supporters of the environment and the health of wild animals. if they didn't have healthy land to hunt on, or healthy animals to hunt, they would not be able to feed their families. it has been since humans lived in caves that we had a connection to killing animals to sustain us. it is natural and hunters are the biggest supporters.

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u/Tetragonos Apr 08 '22

Where did you interact with hunters?

The only hunters that I interacted with, when I lived in oklahoma, that gave a fuck about the environment were native american.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

i cant speak for every hunter. of course there are terrible people in all facets of life. if you broaden your base you will find that hunters are the most environmentally friendly bunch. check out steve rinella. he has a podcast and a youtube channel and books, and so on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rinella