I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM, I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME BOAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ONLY SEE IT HAS KILLING A DEER OR ANIMAL. THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO HUNTING, THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE WORK WE DO, SHOOTING AND SO ON TO GET READY FOR THAT ONE MOMENT. THEY DON'T KNOW THE FEELING TO BE IN THE WOODS WELL BEFORE DAYLIGHT AND SEE AND HEAR THE WOODS COME ALIVE.
I GUESS WHEN IT DOES COME DOWN TO IT WHEN YOU DO HARVEST A DEER YOU HAVE KILLED IT. I TRY TO ALWAYS US THE WOOD HARVEST AND NOT KILL. THE WORD HARVEST GOES OVER WITH PEOPLE A LITTLE BETTER I THINK. I HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE REASON TO HUNTING TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT DEER OVER POPULATION AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON CROPS, THE NUMBER OF CARS WITH HIT DEER EACH YEAR AND SO FOURTH. EACH YEAR I GIVE ONE DOE WHICH I HARVEST TO A NEEDED FAMILY OR TO OUR LOCAL SENIOR CITIZENS HOME.
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO OR SAY SOME PEOPLE WILL ONLY SEE IT ONE WAY.
GOOD HUNTING.