Why would I do that ?

[argentus]

It doesnt sound cheesy at all it sounds exactly how my stepfather taught us. My Nephew does the same when he hunts with him. I enjoy fishing more than hunting though I guess it is hunting in its own way but you know what I mean. That and, idk if its just me, but eating fish and other sea creatures feels cleaner for me. Like its suppose to be my diet. Lighter on my tummy too ^.^ red meat makes me feel bloated

I hear you.    I could live off fish and conch and lobster as our only protein, along with the beans we grow.   We have lived here for 35 years.   I still have some fishing skills to develop.   Never too old to learn something new, right?

[Chiefsmom]

I would live like that if I could, but I would have no chickens or ducks left.

Racoons out here are just A holes.  The last few nights they have tipped over every outside waterer.
They get into my barn (dirt floor) and have killed a few chickens and ducks over the years.  So yeah, we kill them.

Coyotes can't get in, or at least have felt it was worth digging to get in.  Opossums get left alone, we just put the cat food away at night.
Now, we don't kill skunks either.  But they sure are NOT controlling the mole population in my area.  In fact, did you know, that they will literally tear up a 20 ft square area of yard, going after grubs?  It looked like a rugby team had been in my yard, and my neighbors.
But yet I still have moles today, tunneling under my pool.  I am trying to kill them all.  Stupid barn cats prefer chipmunks and birds.

If I every stop raising birds, I will live and let live.  Until then, so far racoons are all we "end"