YOUR COMMENTS

If we ever run out of moose to kill tyhe state should license the killing of dairy cows, as they are as wild as moast of the moose. What a state we raise pheasants at farms and release them for hunters to mshot. they can not survive our climate, so I guess iut coulkd be called a mercfy killing that gives tyhe state money. AH! The wonderful sort of killing almost domesticated animal.i
- albert, northwood

Just got back from Pittsburg and had a great time in the woods with my Dad this weekend bird hunting.
My cousin bagged a moose on sunday and we helped prepare him for the butcher today. Great time with some family memebers. Not something you get to do everyday and glad I was able to be apart of it.
- CB, Derry

When did hunting become something wrong to do? It is a way to pass down family traditions and spend quality time with each other out in the woods. This is much more rewarding than watching TV or playing video games, and has been a way of life in NH for hundreds of years. I hate that this state is becoming more and more like the states south of us. Hunters take care of the woods, pick up trash left by those who don't respect the woods and leave their couches and TV sets on the side or the road.
- Rob, Candia

What we really need for "wildlife management" is the re-establishment of natural predators. How do you think animals survived for millenia without significant human intervention?

Yes, I do not support hunting. And yes, I do not eat meat.

I must, however, give credit to hunters. Unlike people who exclusively shop at supermarkets for industrial meat, the hunters support a more holistic food system. Hunters get a meal that is free of hormones and chemicals and they do not support an industry that over-pollutes and requires the use of excessive amounts of antibiotics (unsanitary feedlot conditions), fertilizers (corn-fed animals) and energy (refrigeration and motor transport from slaughter site to market).
- Dan, Auburn

And if you people saw how cattle are treated and killed, you'd be mortified at that as well. But you are all insulated from that. I'll bet some of you think that meat grows up from the ground in neat little styrofoam packages. And how about the negative ecological impact from all that styrofoam? I used to hunt, but am not really into it anymore. However, I still don't see anything wrong with it. Just my own personal preference.
- Tim K, Jaffrey

JJ
Yes, NH is great. It allows you to feed your family hormone injected meat as much as you like. It also allows people to hunt for a more natural meat in the wild. Comparing it to shooting at a pet is very childish on your part. I get the fact that you don't like hunting but where do you get off critisizing people who do? Do you eat meat? Go visit a slaughter house and see how your store bought meat is "prepaired". As for PETA, you know that stands for People Eating Tasty Animals, enough said.
- John, Manchester

Intolerance is just so pitiful. JJ from Manchester serves as a shameful example. He complains that “there’s just something wrong with people” who don’t share his point of view. I don’t agree with you, so there must be something wrong with you. Perhaps I’ll make fun of you while I am at it. (Hmmm...where have we heard and seen that before?)

Point of clarification for JJ. The meat in the grocery store was actually once a genuinely live animal which had every second of it’s life manipulated solely to serve humans and to reach marketable size as soon as possible. Believe it or not, someone forced it down a chute drove a piston-fired bolt through this animal’s skull and killed it so that it could be cut up and pack into neat little packages for display and guilt-free purchase. So, in the case of the cow, we pay someone to kill it for us. I’d rather be a moose.
- Larry, Lancaster

PETA? People Eating Tasty Animals.
- Andy, Milford

I thought PETA stood for "People Eating Tasty Animals". For those that want everyone else to be a vegetarian because it is healthful then I have a lot of litter that my 6 cats generate that I will gladly donate to fertilize your vegetable patch. For those of you that are against the controlled hunting that items like the Moose hunt allow then I gather you have never seen the animals die of starvation even in a good winter because there are to many animals in the area. You have never seen trees debarked by an overpopulation of deer or had your home broken into when there is so many bears in the area that they start going to houses for food. The mountain lion is not here so we don't have a true natural balance of nature so someone has to step in. On the other hand if you think hunting is inhuman and killing the animals for food is inhumane then lets ban all motorized vehicles in the state so none of these creatures can get hit by a motor vehicle. By the way every year in Northern Virginia they always feature stories on "Killer Deer" that appear out of no where and just crash through the windows of passing cars then killing the occupants. I'd be very careful because as our population increases in this state they may show up here.
- Don Armstrong, Henniker

I am also not a hunter, but I am all for hunting for animal population control. And the meat is very tasty. what is the difference between killing a cow and selling it in the store and killing a moose in the wild and serving it on the grill? Oh that is right, the cows are fed hormones and raised to be slaughtered, no future of anything but being a steak. JJ from Manchester, if you don't like it, don't eat it.. Why complain about it? Go eat your fresh hormoned killed store bought cow meat and get over it . Should we stop all fishing too? I am sorry, I am a HUMAN not a RABBIT and should not have to eat fruits and veggies only..bring on the MEAT! happy hunting season everyone. And thanks to the hunters who donate all that meat to feed the hungry!
- stacy, allenstown, nh

Yeah! I'm rooting for the moose!
- Kathy, Manchester

JJ in Manchester wrote "Where's PETA when you need them?"

...nobody needs PETA for anything. They're domestic terrorists. Go complain about them rather than the hunters who control the Moose population. You also asked if the grocery store was out of meat. How do you think it got there? Magic? I'm so sick of liberals.
- Mike, Temple

It's wildlife management and actually benefits the herd. That is why there is only a certain number of permits.
I don't hunt.

Of course there are "Hundreds of Collisions" if you read the signs resulting in most cases of a dead animal and thousands of dollars in personal and property damage.
- Dave, Berlin

To JJ from Manchester for some of us the meat from a moose or deer is preferred due to it being more "natural" than meat from the grocery store. No chemicals have been added to the animals' food nor have they been subjected to any growth hormones. Of course there is also the luck/ work involved with the hunt. Try it you might actually like it.
- Penny, Northwood

JJ from Manchester must not eat meat. Try some moose burger its really good. Hunters take care of themselves. Where do you go? The Manchester Food pantry which hunters fill every year to support hungry families. How much food have you donated in your lazy life? NONE Go back to Mass, and vote blue.
- Fred, Alton

beautiful? it is for sport and people use the whole animal. you should be looking to save farm animals for they are far worst off yet you have no problem picking them up at a grocery store
- John, hanover

Excellent! Don't we all look forward to heading out and killing beautiful animals? There's just something wrong with people who take pleasure in killing wildlife....Gross! Really, does feedng your family depend on it? Is the grocery store out of meat? Couldn't get a clean shot off at the family pet? Where's PETA when you need them? Isn't New Hampshire great?
- JJ, Manchester

Where's Caribou Barbie when you really need her to kick some huntin' butt?
- Goldie, Bedford