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So the solution is to go kill more wild animals. Awesome.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/closed-jb...
I wish that was an option for me. I dont live near elk. i could eat the rabbits in my yard but that wouldnt go aong way.
Wrong time of the year to eat wild rabbits. Wait until a few weeks after the first hard frost, else you run a risk of contracting tularemia. Unfortunately, I missed the small window to get a hunting license in my state this year, it closed in Feb, before CV-19 was much of a thing. Fortunately, no license is needed here to hunt rabbits. From what I hear, the same is true for feral hogs, which are becoming a bit of a p…
I can see there are more cases in humans during warmer months, but that is probably due to insects that are the most common disease vector, no?
These are places that have strict hygine standards during normal times, with employees wearing gloves and face masks as a matter of course. So you'd think they wouldn't be somewhere that diseases would spread easily.
This has also not been a significant issue in other countries hit by Covid-19, that I'm aware of. What is it about the USA's meat processors that have made them vunerable?
I think a lot of these folks underestimate what it takes to hunt an elk, field dress it, bring it back to their vehicle, and put away 300 lbs of meat. Even if you borrow a gun as one person interviewed here would, you need a truck, knives, a bone saw, camouflage, maybe a tree stand, and a large freezer, among other things. It is reasonable to hunt for food, but it's not reasonable for your typical "hospital manager"…
Deer hunting is still very popular in the midwest, although it's fading fast with the younger generations. Every year I can walk through my neighborhood and see deer hanging in the garages. A deer is much smaller than an elk, you can dress it and then take it to a processor or cut it up on your own. Had this pandemic happened during hunting season, states would have probably banned hunting anyway.
I'm not a hunter, but I think that most places in the midwest limit deer hunting to a bow season and a shotgun season, so at least you don't have the danger of people firing rifles all over the place.
I think a lot of these folks underestimate what it takes to hunt an elk, field dress it, bring it back to their vehicle, and put away 300 lbs of meat. Even if you borrow a gun as one person interviewed here would, you need a truck, knives, a bone saw, camouflage, maybe a tree stand, and a large freezer, among other things. It is reasonable to hunt for food, but it's not reasonable for your typical "hospital manager"…
It's also a good excuse to learn to hunt. Every single experienced hunter had their first hunt at some time. My family has hunted for generations and I have hunted for nearly a decade now. You are right, there is an elevated risk of accidents. But the experience of hunting is nothing like raising chickens. Staying out in the woods for days, becoming more and more tuned to the animals and environment around you. Feeli…
Maybe it's time for people to try going meatless instead? People are so disconnected from their meat supply and the horrific conditions (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/25/meat-work...) imposed on the people who provide that meat to them. If we had a different political climate, we could think about sensible reform in meat.
Meat should cost 3-5x as much as it currently does (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/21/the-true...) to allow for a safe and healthy habitat for the animals, and a living wage to the farmers and packers.
Finally - if you, like me, grew up eating meat and never considered what a meatless diet would look like, now's a perfect time to try while you're stuck at home learning new things. There's a large community of former meat-eaters that would be happy to help you start.
I think a lot of these folks underestimate what it takes to hunt an elk, field dress it, bring it back to their vehicle, and put away 300 lbs of meat. Even if you borrow a gun as one person interviewed here would, you need a truck, knives, a bone saw, camouflage, maybe a tree stand, and a large freezer, among other things. It is reasonable to hunt for food, but it's not reasonable for your typical "hospital manager"…
That’s what’s always held me back from hunting; there is a huge amount that has to be learned in a really short period of time. It seems to me that you should probably know what to do before you shoot the animal, and not plan to figure it out later. It seems that hunting is a skill best passed down directly from seasoned hunter to new hunter.
It's strange that meat processing facilities in the US have been hard-hit by Covid-19. These are places that have strict hygine standards during normal times, with employees wearing gloves and face masks as a matter of course. So you'd think they wouldn't be somewhere that diseases would spread easily. This has also not been a significant issue in other countries hit by Covid-19, that I'm aware of. What is it about t…
It's strange that meat processing facilities in the US have been hard-hit by Covid-19. These are places that have strict hygine standards during normal times, with employees wearing gloves and face masks as a matter of course. So you'd think they wouldn't be somewhere that diseases would spread easily. This has also not been a significant issue in other countries hit by Covid-19, that I'm aware of. What is it about t…
We still underestimate how amazingly contagious this disease is.