GoWild Interviews Hunter Recently Attacked by Animal Rights Activists

By Ammoland

USA –

GoWild: We get literally thousands of these kind of awful comments on our Instagram account, and I’ve noticed most of them are on pictures of bears, wolves and lions. These are the animals that have been anthropomorphized—or assigned human emotions and traits—through our culture.

Whether that’s kids’ movies, books or toys, we now teach people for their whole lives that bears are your friend. But they’re not—they’re apex predators that don’t care one bit about your emotional ties to them. That said, I also truly love bears. I love photographing them on my trail cameras and seeing the sows with their cubs, but I’m currently working on hunting my first bear, too. It’s a really complex relationship hunters have with these animals. I know I’m not alone here, but I’m interested on your take because I know you’re a conservationist, too. How do you explain these emotions to someone who doesn’t understand hunting?

Hannah: I also love bears. I love all the animals I pursue and in a way, I believe hunters love them more. When we are in the field we experience these animals in their purest and realest form. We see them hurt, …Read the Rest

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