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Hunters of Hexbear? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by GnomeGodsGnomeMasters@hexbear.net to c/guns@hexbear.net

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Apologies in advance if there is a better community for this question.

Just out of curiosity, how many folks around here hunt?

I ask because I don’t encounter too many people far left of center (especially in my geographic region) who hunt. Fewer still, are those who keep and train dogs for this purpose.

Not intending to start a debate, just checking the barometer around here.

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We are all members of the proletariat

how sure are you of that? because from what i understand, most hunters are either landowners, or related to landowners. the requirements for hunting dont really fit working class constraints.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think owning land would make someone a non-prole though. You can buy ~100 acres of land for what ends up being ~$300/month on a 30-year mortgage. I know people who are considered as "proletariats" with car notes more expensive than that.

[–] GnomeGodsGnomeMasters@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Being a landowner is not incompatible with being a proletariat. Moreover, hunting does not require ownership of private land — a great many hunters are not landowners. They either benefit from family or acquaintances who are landowners, knock on doors of complete strangers and ask permission to hunt their land, or — if they are fortunate enough to live in a state with an abundance of public land open to hunting — they hunt public land.

Surely, there are those who only hunt estates, ranches, preserves, etc., but I’d wager they make a up only small, but disproportionately represented percentage of the hunting population due to their visible wealth.

As I said in another comment, many of the hunters I encounter are of humble means, many are immigrants, and most are working class.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Surely, there are those who only hunt estates, ranches, preserves, etc., but I’d wager they make a up only small, but disproportionately represented percentage of the hunting population due to their visible wealth.

Interesting. I haven’t thought about that

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

That depends entirely on where you live. Not every country works like the USA.