Zak isn't a bunny hugger ...... I just think he's using words that aren't chosen well ! I've responded to enough of his posts (this and my former HNI lives) to know that.

I don't "like" the killing either really. I kill, I accept the kill, but the "thrill" of killing doesn't exist in me. It doesn't. The thrill of the HUNT exists in full force.

Put it this way, if I could catch and release whitetails, I would probably participate. The THRILL is the hunt and all that encompasses, the Kill ? The Kill is the ending of the Hunt, a neccessary ending but an ending none the less. Killing is essential to the Hunt, not everyyear, but without it we'd all be wildlife watchers instead of hunters.

So I kinda know what Zak and thesource and Mattiac are getting at. Don't anyone else fell sad when they walk up on a deer they just killed ? Elated ........ but sad too ? If you don't ............ then I would question the core reasons that you hunt.