This poor kid no reason for this

[bowtech2]

http://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/death-threats-aimed-boy-11-who-bagged-rare-albino-deer

[ants]

Bunch of scum bags…..Who theaters to kill a little kid??

[cdmckane]

Bunch of scum bags…..Who theaters to kill a little kid??

"Anti-violence" liberal, socialist idiots.

[Deerthug]

Those who threatened this little kid are all ignorant as*holes and have no clue about the cycle of life of all animals including humans. They put these wild game animals so high up on a pedestal and treat them as if they are above a humans life. The antis need to get their heads out of their a$$es and get one thing straight - most humans are way up high on the food chain and these wild deer, albino or not, turkey, elk, moose and bear are put on this earth by our Creator for one reason - our sustinance and nothing more. I say most humans because there are some slimeballs walking among us.

With that said, I would not blink if this albino deer walked in front of me and it presented an ethical shot.

Sorry my rant is over....

[Mr VJP]

Always seems those who claim superior moral integrity, because they won't kill an animal, are the ones who will advocate killing a child like this because he killed an animal they worship like a pagan God.

 

They are also very often pro-abortion.  How can anyone claim that is logical, or even sane?

 

Liberalism and the animal rights agenda are both mental disorders.

 

[bowtech2]

Those who threatened this little kid are all ignorant as*holes and have no clue about the cycle of life of all animals including humans. They put these wild game animals so high up on a pedestal and treat them as if they are above a humans life. The antis need to get their heads out of their a$$es and get one thing straight - most humans are way up high on the food chain and these wild deer, albino or not, turkey, elk, moose and bear are put on this earth by our Creator for one reason - our sustinance and nothing more. I say most humans because there are some slimeballs walking among us.

With that said, I would not blink if this albino deer walked in front of me and it presented an ethical shot.

Sorry my rant is over....

You are totally right.

[DirtTime]

Anyone who threatens a kid is a complete $$$$ stain! I won't say what I feel should be done to those people....But. it sure ain't pretty!

 

 

Congrats to the kid! He most likely had a once in a lifetime hunt and kill.

[Five Seasons]

Not sure i would shoot an albino but certainly wouldn't beat a kid up over it.

[Mr VJP]

If I had the chance to shoot a big buck that was an albino, you can bet that white fur would be sporting a blood stain.  Those who believe an albino is something akin to a pagan idol, rather than a recessive genetic mutation that is rare in nature, are not hunting with a full deck.

 

[Five Seasons]

If I had the chance to shoot a big buck that was an albino, you can bet that white fur would be sporting a blood stain. Those who believe an albino is something akin to a pagan idol, rather than a recessive genetic mutation that is rare in nature, are not hunting with a full deck.

It doesn't matter why you believe, it's choice. As pro choice add you are with gun control Id think you'd respect someone's opinion to not shoot one too.

For me it's rare, unique and beautiful... So I'll pass. Nothing to do with a God.

[mike rossi]

"Anti-violence" liberal, socialist idiots.

 

 

Always seems those who claim superior moral integrity, because they won't kill an animal, are the ones who will advocate killing a child like this because he killed an animal they worship like a pagan God.

 

They are also very often pro-abortion.  How can anyone claim that is logical, or even sane?

 

Liberalism and the animal rights agenda are both mental disorders.

Hunting WILL be banned unless it is accepted by a broad base of people. The Republican Party is not big enough to preserve the hunting heritage. Neither do most republicans support hunting. Making hunting a partisan issue will lower the needed broad-based support, not bolster public acceptance of it... Hunting must have broad support and offer something to the non-hunting public majority and non-game species, or it eventually will be banned and replaced with other funding strategies and tools...

 

The key to preserving hunting is not worrying about the confirmed supporters of animal rights, but to win over the persons with neutral attitudes about hunting. Two ways the hunting community makes this difficult is by being critical of others and hero shots with trophies. You can talk till the cows come home ( and many of you will) but you will never convince the public at large to accept or understand trophy hunting. And yes, I did see the video someone posted a few days ago, not convincing at all....

 

The photo here has an entirely different meaning to other people and in their minds it is senseless. That isn't the only thing operating- anti hunters do not want children and/or women to see peers hunting and think its cool. They are aware of the attempts to recruit youth into the sport as well as the increasing interest in hunting by women. The antis perceive hunting as an ego-based activity. Thus they believe posing with a trophy is done to bolster ego. If they attack the photo, they believe they are reducing the ego value of hunting to new people. With some of these women posing with game farm deer and turkeys with their hair brushed and wearing make up all this is reinforced. If a kid or woman posing with an animal is seeking attention and approval, it may encourage other kids and women to follow and they want to short circuit the recruitment by deflating the ego instead of allowing it to inflate. Other new hunters come for food and/or the total experience - associating the sport with ego is an effective way to turn off those potential recruits as well...

Edited October 24, 2014 by mike rossi

[First-light]

Terrible what this kid has to go through. You guys get all up in arms when you see this stuff and start ranting about liberal jerks and hunting will be banned. Let me tell you I live and work with the jerks you are talking about in NYC. I have a huge fan base when I go hunting………the majority of them are liberals. There more to this than just the liberal part in my mind. Maybe it's the much broader view that people have in NYC and that they accept it.

[mike rossi]

Terrible what this kid has to go through. You guys get all up in arms when you see this stuff and start ranting about liberal jerks and hunting will be banned. Let me tell you I live and work with the jerks you are talking about in NYC. I have a huge fan base when I go hunting………the majority of them are liberals. There more to this than just the liberal part in my mind. Maybe it's the much broader view that people have in NYC and that they accept it.

Likewise not every rural person has the ideology that some would have you believe. Similarly, some in the sporting community puts words in the mouths of farmers. Most farmers (not all, but most) are concerned about the environment, take care of the land they work, and don't have hatred for predators or go hog wild about pests. Most are quite rational, as a matter of fact...

[bowtech2]

It's amazing how hunters are made to be bad people. I'm 38 been around hunting all my life. I don't remember hunters being bashed by media as much as now a days. It's a shame.

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[WingNut]

Absolutely Disgusted with the Morality, Attitude and Judgment of people.

What an awesome experience a father and shared tarnished by ignorance. 

It is disgraceful how low this country has gotten in such short time.

[Fletch]

Congrats to the young man and what a hunt that must of been!

People are idiots bashing a kid for a perfectly legal and conservational activity. While they wear their leather shoes and eat their cellophane packaged meat!

That said man what an absolutely beautiful magnificent animal. I would honestly be torn it might be enough to just see it. And hope others and myself might get to see it again.

Then again I bet it tastes good!

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Edited October 24, 2014 by Fletch

[Five Seasons]

Terrible what this kid has to go through. You guys get all up in arms when you see this stuff and start ranting about liberal jerks and hunting will be banned. Let me tell you I live and work with the jerks you are talking about in NYC. I have a huge fan base when I go hunting………the majority of them are liberals. There more to this than just the liberal part in my mind. Maybe it's the much broader view that people have in NYC and that they accept it.

 

your huge fan base comment. sarcastic?

 

I find most people i meet while I travel the country are supportive of it, or too chicken sh!t to want to argue about it. With most things however, I believe they're entitled to their opinion and just ask that they respect my choice. Same approach I take with religion. Respect my beliefs and don't force yours on me and I wont force mine on you.

 

[First-light]

Nope not sarcastic at all.

[Elmo]

There are a good amount of people who do not have any problems with hunting but the media has made it such a taboo out of hunting that they are now afraid to be associated with it.  It's like racism or racial remarks.  In your mind you may believe it but you will never admit to it in public.

[nyantler]

Not sure i would shoot an albino but certainly wouldn't beat a kid up over it.

Why wouldn't you shoot one?

[bowaholic]

If I win the lotto this week I will be sending the kid a check to the kid to pay for a full body mount.... I sure as hell would have shot him too without hesitation. 

 

Its disgusting how people can be so narrow minded and low down scum to the point they would say an 11 year old kid should be shot and killed..... for god's sake we just had another school shooting!  I bet those exact people who say the kid should be shot are at home watching the news saying "those poor innocent children," yet you can sit there and wish the same thing on him.... those people should go to HELL!

[Poppy]

Gavin,

I just want to congratulate you on a wonderful trophy.  Several years ago I had the privilege to take a piebald buck.  It was a thrill to a 6o year old man, I can only imagine how it felt for you.  Mine was a six pointer, only half the number of points yours as.  You made a legal, ethical shot on the buck and you should be very proud of your accomplishment, especially with you Dad right there with you.  To those that disagree with the hunting tradition, I ask only one thing:  Please do not ruin this once in a lifetime event in Gavin's life and that special moment he experienced with his father.  Gavin job well done.

Poppy

[Five Seasons]

Why wouldn't you shoot one?

Personal choice. I think they're cool and rare. Perhaps others will get a chance to see him too. Same reason I don't hunt fox or would I trap beaver.

I think it's ok for me NOT to shoot something right?

[Doc]

Now you can see the mentality behind the anti-hunting crowd. They too think that their "favorite species" is cool. Logic or science is replaced by their emotions. They simply let irrational emotion dictate their actions. Animal rights people carry this kind of thing to extremes where they want to mandate that all hunting be ceased, but the basic emotional mentality really is not all that different. the killing of rats, bugs and other vermin is ok, but it is not ok to kill the "cool" animals.....lol. Hey, I suppose that is just the way human nature works for many. Maybe we all have a bit of Bambi-ism buried in us somewhere.

[TrophyHunter33]

Obviously, being totally white year-round makes concealment in most deer habitat difficult. To make matters worse, many albinos in general have poor eyesight. Perhaps that is why albino deer are rare: lack of camoflauge increases deer predator attacks, poor eyesight, and a recessive, rare gene. A gene will usually only be passed on through a population if the traits that those genes control are beneficial to an animal. Except albinism.

 

Found this doing a little research, almost makes it unethical not to shoot one. Also read that they get shunned out of deer herds by the other deer because they are a different color and that they tend to grow at a slower rate the normal deer.

 

Congrats to this kid that is truly something amazing.