Week 6 Posting Brody Carter

Schuh, Dwight. “To Hunt or Not to Hunt.” Bowhunter. 18 February 2009.
http://www.bowhunter.com/editorial/tohunt/#cont

This article is about how the media can persuade people’s opinions about deer hunting. Some of the media only provides one view of hunting, and the more common view is from the non hunter. This article also explains the ignorance that people have about deer hunting. The writers and readers who agree may not have any personal experience, and form bias about deer hunting whether they know what it really means to hunt deer.

I am going to use this in my mini-ethnography when I am talking about the non hunters view on hunting. This provides great proof that people who really do not know anything about hunting form bias from what they see or hear from the media, friends, or other sources. I believe that this will be helpful because it gives specific instances when the media has only given one person’s view of hunting and how bad it is.


Elliot, Matthew. “Deer Hunting More Than Killing; Residents See Many Benefits.”
The Northwest Missourian. 28 September 2006. 18 February 2009
http://media.www.nwmissourinews.com/media/storage/paper1032/news/2006/09/28/CommunityNews/Deer-Hunting.More.Than.Killing.Residents.See.Many.Benefits-2312233.shtml


This article is about how deer hunting is not just a sport, but a way of conservation. Hunting is the best way to manage a population of animals. If there were not any deer hunters, the deer could become disease and become extinct and possibly cause disease in other habitat. It is a cheap and great way to control populations. The government could spend thousands to try to control a population or they can allow hunting and control the population and the money of tags and ammunition for conservation practices. Deer hunting is a win-win situation.

I am going to use this in my mini-ethnography when I talk about the benefits of hunting. I am going to state that hunting is the best way of conservation of deer populations. Also that money from licenses, ammunition, and other hunting supplies can go towards for better conservation and providing habitat. Although harvesting a huge buck or any deer can be rewarding, but being out the in the peaceful woods where there are no worries is the real reward.