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Are you guys really hunting or are you just playing? I dont hunt. But in my imagination, I like to hunt elk, cows, deer of all kinds and game birds.

Influenza (or the flu virus) comes in three different degrees, A, B an C. Influenza A is the most dangerous for humans, and the most common in pigs. At some point in time the virus changed in pigs (it always changes, that is why you can get the flu more than once, your body needs to defend itself against the newly formed virus) and was passed on to humans, who can pass it on to other humans very easily. Really, the Swine Flu is just like any regular flu, just with slightly different symptoms.

We tend to forget how many people die annually from the 'regular' flu, in that sense the Swine Flu really isn't anything special much. It's just that it's new, and they weren't sure about the effects which the disease would have. So the whole thing got blown out of proportion.

I'm not taking any safety measures. I'm a healthy enough person, I don't have any additional disease such as asthma, diabetes or otherwise a weak heart or veins, last time I checked I wasn't pregnant either, so there's really little to worry about for me.

A good immune system is easily gained by consuming the right vitamins and minerals. Most of the vitamins we need can be found in fruits and vegetables, but there's proteins and other good things in meat which we also need. The key is really to eat varied, but healthy. This doesn't mean you have to completely abandon eating fast food, or artificial sugar or anything else which is considered bad for you. As long as you balance it out with plenty of healthy stuff.

hunting is fun

My ethos on hunting (for myself) is that it's ok as long as you're going to make use of the creature after it's dead, not just as a trophy, and that you have to make sure that the method is sustainable (which most good shoots are, anyhow).

Well, my dad hunts deer once or twice a year - it's extremely good meat for you, as it's very lean. Plus, one deer can feed us for a season. :]
Scottish deer has to be the best though, as the fact that the deer feed on heather REALLY shows through in the meat. (Plus their population is too high at the moment, due to milder winters/etc, which means they're out-eating each other, causing damage to the ecosystem/etc, so hunting is actually beneficial to them right now!)

My dad also shoots gamebirds, such as pheasant and partridge - I've had a go at this myself - but I'm not really one for the taste of pheasant, it's too dry for my liking, so I leave this sort of thing alone - like fishing - I don't fish in rivers, because I don't like the taste of freshwater fish. Saltwater's ok though. :]

On a different note of hunting - I'm personally for fox-hunting. In this past it was, I admit, cruel, with dogs tearing apart the creature and whatnot, but these days, it's over relatively quickly with a gun.
Plus, I get really angry with city people who say, 'aww, cute little foxy', then tuck into their chicken/goose/etc without realising that one fox can essentially decimate a farmer's 'stock' of birds - they tend to go a little crazy and maul all of them before making off with their meal. :{
But! I do like foxes, and I only accept fox-hunting when it is needed, not for sport.

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Eh. Please don't hunt ME for my views!

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EDIT - forgot to add that hunting (for all those who don't like it) can be quite kind for animals - larger game animals are typically only killed when they are older, and have lived (as the hunters need them to mate to sustain the population) or when they are weak/sick, like when pack animals hunt - they often go for the slower, older animals.
If you think about it, a quick death from a bullet is much "nicer" than starving to death because your teeth have fallen out, or dying slowly from old-age or an illness. In the animal world, there aren't the comforts of human life to ease these problems! :[
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