My friend tagged out on this monster in South Carolina. Is gator hunting unethical? Seems like population levels are stable enough for it again
My friend tagged out on this monster in South Carolina. Is gator hunting unethical?
My friend tagged out on this monster in South Carolina. Is gator hunting unethical? Seems like population levels are stable enough for it again
There's nothing wrong with hunting gators as long as the meat or hide are not wasted.
I don't really consider any hunting with a gun, or even a bow really, to be ethical.
Only hunting with a spear or knife gives a "fair" chance to the animal.
As for hunting gators specifically, I mean, you're just shooting a giant log that can bite you. There's 0 sport in it.
>Le fairness
PETA tier moronation. Humans evolved tool use, not innate bodily weapons, and there is a quarter sized spot on an alligator you have to shoot to actually kill it, while it expends its entire days energy reserves trying to escape or kill you.
Fairness is the reason for half the dumbass laws around hunting, anons.
Make them change their idiotic wording if you don't want it to be part of the topic.
please give an example or two
Literally just google "fair chase" laws.
its not supposed to be fair lmfao
In most states youre only allowed to use spears or snares to hunt gators.
Only a couple allow firearms- and that might only be one state.
Dang, I live in Louisiana and you can just shoot them with rifles(not shotguns) on private land here. I decided to check MS, AL, and FL and they all require you to catch them with a snare or hook them first.
What's even crazier is that in LA you just pay $25 and that's pretty much all you need. The other states have much higher fees.
Nooo you cannot kill le animals >:(
Nothing unethical happened.
The only ethical action is to let a gator twist your limbs off, OP.
gator is tasty why are animals so delicious bros?
because we’re meant to eat broccoli
nah they're fine, it's regulated pretty strictly and people generally use all the animal they can
There's about 1.3 million wild alligators in Florida. Roughtly 2 million wild ones in Louisiana. Considerably smaller populations in the other states in their range, but still decent.
Really people talk about bison like they're a massive success story but these guys probably won hardest out of any of the North American animals that got protections from the endangered species act.
It was also largely alligator farmers to thank for it.
>Eggs are collected from nests in the wild. They’re then brought back to farms where they’re incubated, hatched and raised in captivity. Ranchers are required to release 10 percent of their gators back into the wild within two years after they hatch, which is within the range of the animals’ natural survival rate. The remainder of the farmed alligators are slaughtered for their meat and skin.
>mammal cuck rage of impotence
such a pity to kill them, they looks so cute
by the way this was a legal hunt and they had permits and everything
If they eat it and use the hide, nothing wrong with it.
what if they just throw it in the trash and let natures decomposers eat it
Then its a waste of life. If they'd left it alone nature would've reclaimed it eventually on its own.
Legally called "wonton waste" and they'll loose their hunting license and be fined.