>>I perceive to some degree this is drifting from the original intent of the poster regarding the need/desire to learn to hunt. If so, I suggest we can start a new thread or with the permission of Christina and/or Chris/Doug we can continue our discourse on this thread.<<

I agree that this is thread drift, and, for the record, I have nothing against hunting, and think learning to hunt is a good idea (for those who are inclined in that direction) for several excellent reasons. That doesn't mean I think it's necessarily the first thing one should be thinking about in most survival situations, that's another question.

I'd just as soon let it drop. We covered all this before, ad nauseum, and lots of people expressed their opinions on it- most without much supporting evidence. Maybe someone can post a link to the old thread and save any of us having to go through all of it again.

It just seemed to me that the POV being expressed recently was getting very one-sided, espeicially when I read phrases like "I will always believe"... that's not open to discussion, that's faith.