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Message: <blockquote data-quote="username" data-source="post: 1653983" data-attributes="member: 70211">Personally....[like others]...i've had good and bad experiences with hunters. When i was a lot..lot..younger..i was all against 'hunting'...[but i'm a lot..lot..older now]! Had a freaky experience many moons ago when i stayed with Billy Bishop in Norfolk. I vividly remember going to his fridge for some milk and, upon opening door of said fridge, a couple of dead teal dropped out..this was quite shocking to someone of a 'tender' age!:eek!:As i like to roam the countryside alone..[when not in gregarious mood]..i often come into contact with shooters...and some have been great blokes..[very knowledgeable..respectful...and we find that we have a lot in common]. Evenings down country pubs mixing with locals/hunters have opened my eyes to a lot of things. Many 'of them' can't stand the 'gibbon' faction who give all hunters a bad name....[i won't mention 'Harry'...opps..just did]!ps....regards 'pain' etc.....plants, i believe it has been proven, do experience the 'functional equivalent'...[as do most other organisms]...not saying it's comparable....but.....! pps...'Food' for thought..?...maybe not...!</blockquote>