I am not a big-time hunter. I am a consumer of meat, however, and as an inhabitant of a relatively healthy environment encounter an overabundance of deer.
I see nothing wrong with eating hunted meat; it is completely acceptable to me religiously, is free, and I can usually get some without actually hunting just by knowing and being nice to people that do hunt.
I like knowing where the animals that I am eating were killed or caught, and I know just how the meat was processed. My friends actually use local butcher shops to cut and pack their catch every year, and I have been on a list of people to call for quite some time.
This year, I've gotten about 20 pounds of venison for nothing. That is a great deal, when beef is 3 dollars or more per pound, and good quality meat too.
For hunters, at least in the Northeast portion of the United States, hunting is strictly regulated. The season for taking animals can be as short as a couple of weekends in a month, or just a couple months out of the year, but the number of registrations for licenses to hunt and take animals is really astronomical.
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