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Joyce Coomer: Tastes like chicken? No way! 'For those who object to hunting - killing an animal for food is killing an animal for food, no matter whether it's raised in a pen or running loose in the woods.' - JOYCE COOMER By Joyce Coomer Personal opinions of writer I grew up on a farm where we raised beef and chicken for food, and my father was an avid hunter; squirrel and rabbit, and fresh-caught fish were frequently on the dinner table. My husband is also an avid hunter, so venison stew is one of the very few meals I cook. Of all the wild game available in Adair County that people serve as a meal, there are very few species that I have not tried -- wild turkey is one, as is rattlesnake. I have this to say about flavor: NONE of the wild game I have consumed tastes like chicken. Turtle tastes like turtle, rabbit tastes like rabbit, groundhog tastes like groundhog, etc. Believe me, I have eaten my share of chicken, cooked numerous ways . . . I don't hunt as I could not stand to shoot anything unless I was desperate for food; I am way too tenderhearted. However, I know we need the protein available in meats, and the meat from wild game is much healthier than any meat purchased in stores (except perhaps Kosher meats). Wild animals have not been fed antibiotics, nor growth hormones, nor some other chemical to make them gain weight quicker, nor to enhance the "color" of the meat. Most wild game has much less fat than factory farmed meats, which is good for people on restrictive diets. I don't like people shooting things just for the sake of shooting things. If I wish to shoot at anything, I line some pop cans up on rocks of fence posts (with a hillside where no one lives behind them), and do my target practice that way. I have no problem with anyone having wild game on their dinner table, as long as they have not unnecessarily harmed anything else in the process of procuring that wild game. For those people who simply want to shoot something, shoot inanimate objects; if you want it to be more difficult, hang the pop cans on tree branches in a stiff wind . . . that should sharpen both your reflexes and your aim. Leave the wildlife alone unless you are planning to have it for supper. For those who object to hunting -- killing an animal for food is killing an animal for food, no matter whether it's raised in a pen or running loose in the woods. Go vegetarian or quit objecting to hunting. Even then, don't object to the hunting -- object to the carelessness often exhibited by unscrupulous hunters. - Joyce M. Coomer This story was posted on 2013-11-18 10:11:55
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