I think sport hunting should be limited, if not using the meat you kill to eat. People who think that hunting is immoral must have not been in a situation where hunting provided their main source of food.".
After interviewing Ms. Mayo, I decided to go online and find out the rules, regulations, and even the fines for illegal hunting. According to Mississippi deer hunting.com "Anyone twelve years of age and under sixteen years of age must have a certificate of satisfactory completion of a hunter education course approved by the department before hunting in the state. Anyone under the age of twelve must be in the presence and under the direct supervision of a licensed or exempt hunter at least twenty-one years of age when the child is hunting. A legal buck is a deer with antlers of four points or greater. Legal shooting hours are from one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset. It is illegal to hunt or trap any wild animal or wild bird with the aid of bait. Electrically operated calling or sound reproducing devices may be used for hunting coyote or crow only. Dogs are not allowed for hunting deer. All deer hunters must wear, in full view, a minimum of 500 squar!.
e inches of solid unbroken continuous daylight fluorescent hunter orange material during open gun seasons on deer. If a person is convicted of killing any deer with any lighting device is subject to a maximum fine of $5,000, five days in jail, and loss of hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges for three years.".
After reading the essay, interviewing, and going to an online source, I have come to a conclusion on how I feel about the hunting controversy. I still consider myself a "non-hunter". Although I find the thought of hunting for sport or pleasure to be repugnant, I do believe that Williams stereotyped all hunters as being immoral by wasting animals, hunting illegally, and hunting for trophies only.