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The whole family is hunting, but only Martine Simensen, 20, has been reviewed on social media.
There, the 20-year-old, who lives in Løten inland, shares photos and videos from this year’s hunt, as she did last year.
Not everything is received equally well.
REACTIONS: Martine Simensen (20) shares photos of the hunt on her social media profiles. There you have clean with negative comments. Photo: Private
– Shit on that
Under the photos that Simensen has published, where he poses with animals that he has shot, very negative comments have appeared. On social media, she is now called a “murderer” and a “murderer for pleasure,” writes Østlendingen, who mentioned the case for the first time.
When she shared a photo of her son with a fox she had killed, she was even accused of being a bad mother, she tells Dagbladet.
You refuse to be swayed by negative comments from people you don’t know.
– For many people, this was not something special, I understand, he tells Dagbladet.
– What do you think of the comments?
– I’m shitting myself on that. I do not care. I am very proud of this and no one can take it away from me. I will not stop posting photos of slaughtered animals, answer in cash.
– The hunt didn’t happen last year.
She says that most of the people who have made negative comments under her photos have several things in common.
– It is usually women, often mothers in their 30s and 40s and older women, who react. They are completely unknown to me, and mostly come from out of town, she says.
And commenters also show a poorly enlightened relationship with hunting, a leisure interest he shares with more than 500,000 Norwegians, according to statistics from Statistics Norway.
– I think they have no idea. They don’t know what they’re talking about, when they leave such comments, Simensen says, adding:
– It is not the case that the cow goes to the freezer herself, and there was no hunting last year either. It is one of the most natural things in the world.
MOST IMPORTANT: The interaction between dog and hunter and the experience of nature, is what Simensen points out as most important for her with hunting. Photo: Private
I hope it is inherited
Among the more than 500,000 registered hunters, you’ll also find nearly the entire 20-year-old Simensen family, he says. He inherited his father’s interest in hunting and hopes that, in turn, he will be able to pass it on to his three-year-old son.
– I hope he starts hunting, and that he inherits. For now, he’s at least interested and touring, and it’s only getting harder and harder, says Simensen.
– What does your family think of the comments you have received?
– As Dad says: “Just shit on that.” They don’t know what they’re talking about, and I couldn’t care less, says Simensen.
She is also the only one who has received outrage in the comment field.
-It may be because I am a lady, but I do not know, she says.
Respond to the rev field
It’s especially the images of the fallen foxes that people have reacted to the most strongly, says Simensen.
– It’s probably because they think it’s nice and the fox is nice, but they may not understand how big the pest really is and that there is a premium for shooting, says the 20-year-old hunter.
For Simensen, it is more than just killing animals that attracts him when hunting.
– In moose hunting, dog work is very exciting. And not least, it is the experience of nature that is most important. It’s a very nice way out, he tells Dagbladet.
In the last year, Simensen has hunted a lot and has been mainly fox hunting. He also hunts small game, with a hunting team formed, among others, by his father.
– I’ve shot four foxes and a deer so far this year. There will be moose hunting next week, he says.
Vedum support
Simensen is supported by the leader of the Center Party, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
– It’s just sad that someone thinks it’s natural to goad a hunter, and sadder still that it’s more natural to goad a hunter than a male, says SP leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum to Dagbladet.
He points out that hunting has always been an important tradition in Norway.
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– That women also get involved is just one step forward. It used to be male-dominated, but now more and more women, young and old, are joining the hunt. That some young ladies enthuse those who hunt and harvest from the surpluses of nature, I cannot understand why no one ever does, says Vedum, adding:
– I think it’s almost a bit sad. Some of those who call themselves animal protectors take so little human consideration. Some of those who are clear that meat should not be eaten are so hard on people. If you love animals, then you should love people too. It is an honest matter and having different points of view, but you have to be tactful and correct.
