ORIGINAL: rybohunter
This has got to be the biggest hunting paradox to explain to someone who doens't hunt. I don't think I have a way that a nonhunter would truly get. You all would understand my explaination, but to a non-hunter I just don't know it they'd get it. Killing is a part of hunting and I'll do so without hesitation on an animal I've set my sights on. But I don't like to kill things at random. Yes I am happy when I see the animal fall, but it's the reasons WHY it fell that make me happy rather than the fall itself.
As far as the overt reactions, I just don't understand that for TV. I'm not saying I don't express myself, but to go nuts like they do, I just don't see it. I've put my hands in the air, or gave a fist pump, but have never uttered anything more than a small "yes" or "thank you". And the older I get the less animated I am.
Exactly........It is so weird to see the different reactions from hunters and non alike. Most hunters know exactly what I am saying before I even finish.........most non hunters either don't believe it or it just flys in one ear and out the other............it's like the word kill makes them go deaf to everything after it.