Fresh Deer Meat

shooting deer is fine if you need the meat but I disagree with killing animals for sport. It seems such a senseless act to kill a living creature just for fun, to prove how good you are at shooting a rifle. Maybe I live in the wrong country to comment. Some places are so vast, huge areas of wilderness filled with wild beasts, so killing might be necessary in order to live a more comfortable life. Before my injury I belonged to a rifle club. This was before the tragedy of Dunblane, where Thomas Hamilton killed 16 school children. Firearms were banned from that moment. My point is that I was happy firing my rifle at targets and competing against others. Whether I would have gone out and killed any deer or not, had I lived in the wilds, I do not know.  anyway WcHunter, that looks a fine specimen of deer you have there.  should give you many weeks of food, plenty of grub for cold winter nights

Wchunter-
Don't take the 'beautiful animal ' comments personally. I agree your kill is beautiful and know you will enjoy some fine meals. I think a civilization that judges the practices and diet of 100,000 years of human history dislikes humans at least as much as it likes animals. Strange times.

tetra, I think that the comments have been very fair and non judgemental. It is natural to comment when something incites an emotive reaction but with all due respect, the reaction is just as valid as the posters right to be pleased with his shooting skill.

Deers are very beautiful animals and I accept that hunting exists, im not extreme in my viewpoint but merely stating my thoughts. wchunter, my comments are by no means undermining your achievement, that is not my intention.

This is a beautiful video of the scenery and history of the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee. 12 minutes long.
www.nps.gov/cuga/index.htm

Thanks all for your replies. I have learned not to take personally those who views are different than mine. Its not the "shooting," that earned me the privilege of providing my family with fresh meat, its all of the hours and time involved, not to mention the effort of getting to a stand, that gave me the advantage. The majority of individuals without a disability has no idea of how difficult and time-consuming it is to get dress in the mornings, esp when you're "layering" your clothes to prepare for the cold temps, or to maneuver a small rise in terrain, to have to get in and out of your truck to open/close a gate. Sometimes I wonder why i punish myself, but when I'm in the woods and the sun begins to rise, and the woods, "come alive," I'm reminded of the beauty that awaits. Not wanting to cause a division, or start an argument, but if the public saw what goes into processing animals for consumption, ie, Cows, Hogs, Chickens, goats, etc, maybe there would be a change of heart. 

Wchunter, I am impressed at your perseverance to get out and hunt. Doing it from a chair seems almost impossible, since there are not paved sidewalks leading to a deer stand. So many people are against hunting or even owning a gun, not understanding the need to reduce the population.