but I always cheer for the deer.

family member around 6:30 to say he'd shot a buck.

Also, don't approach big wild animals -- whether clearly alive/obviously wounded/possibly dead -- with pointy head-thingies unless you want to get exceedingly intimate with the pointy head-thingies. If you aren't down with that outcome, don't go down that road. It's really easy to not do stuff, maybe try that out instead.

Hunting can be risky.

Guns don't kill people, pissed off, shot make deer kill people?

In other scores from around the world:

Deer 1
Fools 0
(but its still early...)

Irony 1
Sanctimonious Asshattery 0

very long.

Hunters beware!

The meat I eat is conveniently packaged for me at the grocers, some of which likely buy from notoriously cruel beef and poultry producers. From their bloody hands to my table.

I presume this guy was hunting for food, not sport. There is a HUGE difference between some hunting (killing) for sport and someone hunting for food, so I hope my fellow meat eaters are not cheering this guys death as some sort of “win.” On it’s face, it’s a tragedy.

Whether this man was hunting for food or trophies, chances are That the meat would have been processed for consumption. Some people don't like that idea, but if you buy meat to eat, just remember, someone had to kill it before it was packaged and sold.

In my part of the country, the natural predators have been eliminated and the deer population has exploded which leaves many of them susceptible to starvation and disease.

We also have a problem with feral hogs which are very destructive to wildlife and habitat. Hunting and trapping are encouraged and don't even put a dent in the population.

The meat from these animals is delicious when properly prepared. When you think about it, it's all natural, free range, grown without hormones or antibiotics.

Hope the deer is OK.

Poor thing.

By the arrogant attitude some humans take to animals, reptiles, insects....

As if they didn't have a right to a small patch of the planet....