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Live harmoniously with Earth/kill deer

posted 15 years ago by SFTomass
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I hated the part where he killed the deer. It was dumb. If deer eat your precious roses, killing one deer is not going to stop the problem. More deer will come. It was not deer hunting season ( it is summer, meaning that deer could have been a fawns Mother)
This is not living harmoniously. It's like killing one ant that eats your bread off the counter.
Screw the roses, if you live 'in the woods' you have to accept wildlife and adjust to it, not kill it.
I hated that scene.
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I was into it before it was cool.

[–] Bowmanium 15 years ago

They ate the deer afterwards. They didn't just kill it and leave it to rot. How is this any different from Native Americans killing deer and buffalo. Everybody considers them to be "one with the earth". No matter what time of the year it is, any doe that's killed could be a fawn's mother. This is even possible during hunting season. Amazing isn't it.

[–] ragreen259 13 years ago

Well, there is the point that besides being out of season, there IS no season on does in California at all... so unless this guy is more in touch with the cycles of the life of the does in Humboldt County than the Dept. Of F&G, don't even compare it to natives eking out a life on the Plains. This guy could just as easily go to the friggin' market. He's a poacher, plain and simple.

[–] holistic-5 8 years ago

As any farmer could tell you, farmers don't have to abide by hunting season laws if wildlife threaten their crops. So really, he's just a farmer, plain and simple.

[–] xxhugexx 15 years ago

people out in the hills of humboldt shoot hippies too lol

[–] cinesimon 13 years ago

Gee, that's hilarious.
Fact is, the majority of land owners there are old hippies - apart from the forestry areas of course.
And sorry, you pissy little idiot: hippies generally don't kill hippies.

[–] vitalet 15 years ago

I grew up in Humboldt and it was actually...pretty realistic. I know some people who shoot deer for the exact same reason. However, I agree with the philosophy of what you're saying.

[–] ajeep226 15 years ago

Unfortunately, your reasoning is flawed. There is something called a food chain. Living harmoniously from the earth means living off of the earth as well. Harvesting vegetables effectively kills them too - doesn't it? Long before there was such a thing as regulations people killed and ate animals. And, shall I forget before I get further into this argument and waste my time. IT WAS A MOVIE. If you think killing this deer detracted from the point of the movie then you obviously didn't get the point.

[–] overhere-4 15 years ago

Killing pregnant deer is no different than killing pregnant rats, get over it.

[–] svread 12 years ago

One must consume life to live. The difference is one must appreciate the sacrifice made by the plant/animal life so one's own life can continue. Anyone who buys food at the store is just letting someone else do the killing for them. Then they can imagine that they are "civilized", but they are actually cowards. Plus they do not appreciate the life they are consuming because it's just food. Humans are part of the food chain, whether you like it or not.

[–] ikuto-yagawa 12 years ago

If we don't want deer eating our flowers here in Northern Minnesota we put fences around our flowers. Most people don't consider deer pests like rodents or insects and no one who takes nature seriously, no one who lives in the woods and isn't a backwards hick, would shoot a deer out of season, let alone a doe.