ORIGINAL: DaveH
We could go into the woods armed with only a camera and "shoot" as many deer as you wanted . . . but would it be as satisfying?
I, too, feel a sense of sadness when I reach a fallen monarch and know that I ended his life intentionally. However, I feel that it's the possession of the animal that seems to make it more satisfying. When friends ask me how I did, a kill always sounds like a success. However, I cannot stand to watch an animal I shot die slowly. That's happened with a couple shots over the years and it almost made me give up hunting. It's gotta be a high percentage shot today that nearly guarantees a quick, humane death, or I keep the arrow on the string.
DaveH, I hope you don't mind me pulling your reply and using just parts of it. The parts that I've highlighted sum it up for me and I couldn't have said it better.
KP, compliments to you, that is quite the reply (has the NUGE sound to it) butit is way to deep for me,I don't think I am that complicated.Also I can't say I agree with your one thought "As creatureswe stand above all others and that is obviouse". I am not willing tothink that highly of myself. Finding ourselves alone in the wilderness among certain species of wild beasts, without our technical advances (weapons) and modern comforts could prove otherwise. Sorry, that's just me. But,I am going to read it over a few more to see what else I take issue with not for the sake of argument but to assure myself that I just don't fit in to it.