Ok so a few weeks ago I posted a pic that I sent to my sister the anti-hunter remember? It was me with out any dead animals in it. Well she was here this weekend I have not seen her in 4 years. It was great to see her but she did bust my chops a little about hunting.. Well after dinner we were in our family room and she looked at my 10 point whitetail mount and with a tear in her eye she said, "How sad".
Now my poll question is this;
Do I tell her that the meat she just ate and enjoyed was whitetail?
I'd tell her he's the one she just had for supper.
heck yeah i would tell her, sister or not i would love to see the look on her face. what i just ate that poor deer bahahahahahaha :laughing:
That's a good one (lol!). Sorry, I couldn't help but get a good chuckle out of it. Just being me, I would probably find a way for her to "find out" on her own, so to speak...
sorry for the double post but does she wear leather shoes and leather belts. if so she doesn't have an argument. ruddy
Na don't tell her, Family is more important than a good laugh. You would just come off as a jerk.
JMHO
Kinda reminds me of the saying... "If I need to explain, you wouldn't understand."
After all, if she ate at your house wouldn't she expect to eat some kind of game meat? JMHO
... mike ...
No pole needed for me. Yes I would tell her but in a positive way from her point of enjoying a fine meal and that meat is meat. She may be an anti-hunter (I respect that) but at least she enjoys a meat dinner no matter what the animal.
Just not in a way that would come off to her from you like well you just ate the meat from that deer, ha ha.
Remember take her statement and approach it from there "how sad"
Glad you seen her after 4 years. Hope both sides sees each others convictions and the bonds are shared.
Earl
did the same today after Church with a friends 27 year old daughter. she claims she'll NEVER eat deer meat but man did she ever woof down that meatloaf, made from deer burger. I didn't tell her YET.
I would tell her as well.
I'd tell her it was deer. Even if it wasn't.
my sister is an anti she grew up her whole life around it but she will still eat the meat if we are making it how funny
That is so sad, to have an anti as a close relative. Perhaps she will see the light some day! :pray:
i would tell my sis in a second and laugh my butt off. i try all the time to trick her into eating animals i took. she isnt a anti just doesnt want to eat any animal i personally took (i dont get it). she seemed to be enjoying the fried venison i made until my dad told her, then see spit it out
At first I thought no. Then I thought, wow she just ate meat killed by someone. I wonder if a full-body mount of a calf would be as cute?
The world is more real than she wants to admit. A reality bite (pun intended) might be good for her.
If she eats meat she has no reasonable reason to exclude hunting.
Ask her which choice would she prefer?
1) living almost completely free of any danger under the following circumstances. You will stay in your house (with a very small yard) never leave your proprety and will definitely be killed by your 20th birthday
OR
2) Live completely free to go where you want, do what you want, with the added risk of any and all danger that is out there, and your life may end at 4 months, 80 years, or anywhere in between.
I come from a family that ate everything we harvested! My sister who is the oldest, was leary of anything we ate. She wouldn't eat ANYTHING we harvested. My mother normally made her something different. My father and I got a couple Canadian geese one time and my mom made a great meal with them. My sister comes home from work after we get done with dinner and sits down to eat. She must have been tired because she never asked what it was. She gorged herself telling my mom who good dinner was. A week later my dad tells her that the great meal she ate was the geese we shot. She runs towards the bathroom saying she was going to be sick. How terribly rediculaus is that to act like what you ate a week ago, that you raved about is now puke worthy! I raise chickens and would much rather eat a wild pheasant.
GLENN
Yes, tell her. People often don't realize (or choose to ignore) how food is manufactured. You will never make her a pro-hunting type, but perhaps she will realize that if we eat meat, an animal must die. If she can accept that simple fact then maybe she can accept that hunting does have a proper place in this world.
Don't "throw it in her face" or ridicule her for eating meat while opposing hunting. Simply try to show her the inevitable connection between one animal dying that another may live. Make a logical, rational staement of fact but don't argue with her. She will either see the light or she won't. Meanwhile, remain steadfast in the enjoyment of providing some of your own sustenance.
I have a Sister that is the exact same way. I put up with it for 30 some years. Now her son ( nephew)is big time into whitetails with trad equipment.Oh family get togethers are soooo much fun.
I will never feed venison to anyone I know is against it. I have nothing to prove and would not bask in their ignorance. If I didn't like eating beef just because I thought eating a captive animal was wrong and someone gave me it without my knowledge I'd be pissed and have every right to be. Just my view on it.
Definitely tell her but discreetly. You gain nothing in an argument.
"Sis.., where did your shoes & belt come from? Would you believe several thousand deer slowly starve each winter even in the south? More deer in the US today than ever before. We both love Bambi.... mine right next to my mashed potatoes...just like you! Ain't that something?"
If she's really that adamant about you killing deer, AND you want to keeper her for a sister, then I would have to say no.
It will keep peace in the family and no harm to you.
Remember without family you have nothing.
Depends on whether or not you want to see her for another 4 years. Seriously though, I think that it was really poor judgement to feed her something that you were reasonably sure would upset her. I don't think that telling her would be a good idea.
I never "trick" anyone into eating game I killed. When you do, all you do is cause mistrust and anger. Even if they did like it they will probably never trust anything you serve again and never eat game again as a matter of principal. I get more "animal rights" and 95% "vegetarian" friends to try venison as being "organic" and "free range". They will usually try it with an open mind and usually will eat it again. AND....they have a more open mind about hunting and will be more suportive when hunting issues come up and defend my right to hunt against some of their other friends..
Why bother telling her-is it a contest of some kind and that makes you a 'winner'. Who cares? She won't understand anyway.
he## yes tell her. You are who you are.
doug77
Tough one. I love my sister, but I hafta say, if she had nerve to stand in my house looking at a 10pt mount (that she knew I was proud of) with a tear in her eye, and say "so sad"...I think I'd have the nerve enough clue her in to the fact that she just enjoyed a wonderfully lean piece of venison. Venison from a deer taken in a more humane fashion than the cow that provided her with her hamburger that she ate at Applebees the night before.
I loved the pic that you sent her shown in your previous thread, by the way! :thumbsup:
gobblegrunter and me would get along real well... don't have to be mean about it, just state the facts...
I think it's time your sister realized where her food comes from,just do it in a gentle manner.
i'd tell her for sure...then tell her it was rump roast to boot... :biglaugh: :laughing: :laughing:
Tell her of the pure organic protein renewable resource that is abundant due to hunter conservation(Pittman-Robertson Act) which also fights poaching. Then remind her that we are alive today as a direct result of animal research. At some point we all had vaccinations, antibiotics.dental work,surgical injury repair,cancer treatment,etc,etc. All of the above and more were extensively studied on amimals before humans.
QuoteOriginally posted by bigugly1:
I will never feed venison to anyone I know is against it. I have nothing to prove and would not bask in their ignorance. If I didn't like eating beef just because I thought eating a captive animal was wrong and someone gave me it without my knowledge I'd be pissed and have every right to be. Just my view on it.
I agree.
putting gas on the fire,is it worth it? What will you gain ? Some people believe so hard in what they are in( drugs,religion,politics,antis or what so ever)that you CAN'T convince them.
Well the plain simple fact that she does eat meat just says it all. I know she's your sister and all, but she's just like 99% of all Liberals out there.......she's a hypocrit.
Also like Ruddy said, if she uses any products made from animals such as leather, she doesn't have an arguement.
If the SHTF tomorrow and the fabric of society ceased to exsist as we know it, she and many others like her would be the first ones to starve, unless they were taken in and provided for by hunters like yourself and us. That's just fact.
I wouldn't hesitate for a second. Tell her and enjoy the response. I did this with my sister inlaw once and it was priceless.She's not anti hunter but it was great all the same.
My wife is weird in a strange way; she grew up on game meat. She will eat squirrel brains if her brother or someone else kills it. But, if I kill any game she will cook it and that meat will not touch her lips. So it leaves more for me. The kids are so far unaffected with this disease. LOL
I bet she eats beef,pork,chicken and fish without a second thought.So why not venison?Is it hunting she's against or just eating those cute innocent little deer?Yup,I'd tell her.How you tell her depends on how good your relationship is.If it was me(but it's not)I'd tell her halfway through a tour of a slaughterhouse.Hey...she started it...
Your chances of changing her mind by saying something about it are nill. It could make her even more upset and activist then she is now. If you were set up like that, wouldn't you be upset and more likely to work harder to convince others to come to your way of thinking?
I am in a similar situation, but she is my sister, I am her brother, and we agree to disagree. And in my case, there is nothing that she can say that would change my mind,and vice-versa.
It would be like beating a dead horse (BEATING, not eating :deadhorse: )
RonP
Ha ha Joe your a Snake :biglaugh:
get her to Confirm how good it was then tell her
tell her and make sure you have a camera ready!
I love hunting and i prettymuch am in tears at the end of a successful hunt,why?I am sad at the death of a majestic and beautiful creature,also because ai am in awe of the beauty GOD created and thankful that I am successful in my quest.I have walked up to a tiger and killed 2 leopards.
QuoteOriginally posted by shikari:
I have walked up to a tiger and killed 2 leopards.
:scared: WoW.....we don't have any of those round where I live. But I'm from from Missouri, you'll have to show me.. :saywhat: and BTW, what kinda broadheads were ya usin?
I'm almost in tears at the end of an unsuccessful hunt and I'm still hungry! :goldtooth:
After she said "how sad"
You could have told her: "Well, you'll be happy to know the one we ate tonight was already dead for two weeks when I found it along the road."
Before you decide anything, what good will be done by it? And will the good outweigh the bad? Is basking in "being right" worth running down your relationship with her? Let her be the one who's hard-headed, and you retain your integrity. This reminds me of the 16-year-old girl who argues with her 5-year-old sister.... isn't it just better to walk away?
Same thing happened with my Sister. She swore she would not eat deer meat. After telling me how good lunch was, I let her know it was deer meat. She changed her mind, and had some more. My daughter has eaten it since she was 1, and now asks for it. She even wants it for her daughter.
I would tell her. maybe she will stay away another 4 years
If you didn't have the common courtesy to tell her before hand then you should keep it to yourself.
I say don't tell her.This way you can enjoy it more lol.
QuoteOriginally posted by bigugly1:
I will never feed venison to anyone I know is against it. I have nothing to prove and would not bask in their ignorance. If I didn't like eating beef just because I thought eating a captive animal was wrong and someone gave me it without my knowledge I'd be pissed and have every right to be. Just my view on it.
My view as well. Anyone invited into my house for dinner, especially family, is given the respect of being told what is being served. I would expect the same respect from them and would never sneak something to someone I cared for, or bother to with someone I did not.
I think this one has run it's course....