ORIGINAL: GMMAT
"The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the descendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter." - Finn Aagard
I posted this quote in another thread .....and I didn't want to hijack that one with this question:
Do you enjoy the "Killing" part of hunting? I promise you....there's NO WRONG ANSWER to this......as I'm just curious.
I'll go on record as saying I agree with Mr. Aagard. The actual "killing" gives me no pleasure. I enjoy the experience.
Im with you on this one. No matter what animal, I always feel a little pang of sympathy when I assess that it is indeed dead. Then I remember my venison stew, and I get to work.
Death is part of life, and life is created in death. It is the way of things, and the way it must be.