Argumentative Essay On Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting. As a young girl growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, it was common for me to be around hunting. All of the men in my family were hunters, fishers, and trappers. As I grew older my view on hunting changed. I no longer viewed hunting as the normal thing to do but began to see it as wrong. Year after year I watched as the men in my family would go out to camp to chase bear or hunt deer. Each time I hoped they wouldn’t get anything. I am arguing against hunting. I feel that hunting is no longer needed for survival but rather for sport. I think that hunting causes more accidents, through collisions with deer, during hunting season. I also believe that hunting is nothing more than a waste of money because it is so costly. Hunting

Each year that my family would go hunting we would always be behind on bills because the men needed to but hunting supplies. So there is a costly effect to hunting. One man said that “Deer hunting can be expensive. Real expensive. Between leases, firearm, archery equipment, feeders, stands, clothes, it can cost a small fortune to just see a deer. Add a couple of family members to the mix and expenses double or triple instantly” (Bradshaw, p.2). I think it is important to note that not every time a hunter goes out they get anything. Sometimes deer are too far away to shoot but the cost of going out to see one is way too high. Say you spend a total of $1,000.00 just on yourself. Then you have a son who wants to go hunting as well. He needs the same things as you so your expenses double just like he said. No matter what it’s going to cost a pretty penny to get the license and permits as well as the shells. As yourself is it really worth it to dish out that much money each year? Hunters come back and argue that it may cost a small fortune but it gives business to those in need. In one instance it was reported that “hunting causes an economic ripple of 1.3 billion” (Buntjer, p.3). Also that out of state hunters come and give business to those in the area. They “spend money on hotel rooms, restaurants, gas stations, hunting supply stores, and other businesses” (Buntjer, p.5). Giving these local businesses a boost and giving