I have been approached with the," How can you kill such a beautiful animal.", line and I responded by telling the person I do it with regret as well as satisfaction. The person that asked me is a co-worker. I tried to explain the feelings I experience when I kill a game animal. How exciting it is to finally make the kill after all the hard work I did to get a shot opportunity. I explained about my many failed hunts, ( I don't consider any hunt a failure.A learning experience perhaps but not a failure.), and just how difficult it really is to outsmart a mature buck. I also did my best to educate the person about hunters and their role in conservation. Rather than pick a fight I'll always try to bring someone to my side of the table. We need more friends not more enemies and we don't need to throw fuel on the fire.