Reflect:
Above is a picture of my brother, Jake, with his first elk. My dad with a fish and his halibut, and my brother's first deer.
In class we were talking about hunting and how many of us do it and how many of us eat exotic meat. I don't hunt myself but obviously my brother does and my dad is an avid fisherman. I used to fish all of the time and I thought it was really fun and I like the feeling of catching something all on my own. I also liked that I was a catch and release kind of girl, which benefited both me and the fish. As I got older, I no longer liked fishing. I think it's boring all for a catch and release deal. I don't oppose hunting or fishing but I think you should do either for more than sport. You should use as much of the animal you can so that you don't waste anything. Your catch should be more than just a trophy on the wall. Jake has been on the deer hunt and the elk hunt. He got his first deer this year as well and he sends his catches into a meat plant to get them turned into hamburger, sausage, steaks, jerkey, and salami. I don't know how much of the animal that they use but I feel that we get a lot of meat back so I feel that it's ok that Jake is a hunter. Also, him and my dad have been to Alaska to fish for halibut and salmon and they alsways come back with a lot of fish. This is where I think we waste a lot of animal. We always have so much fish in our freezer and we don't eat it often. I don't even like fish! We give it away a lot so that's good. My entire point is that you should hunt an animal if you need to and take as much as you can from it because that is the way of the food chain and also you shouldn't hunt just for sport.
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