RE: thinking
Taking any animal's life is always a big thing to me. It's a choice to pull the trigger that I willingly and gladdy make because I know when I sit down to eat the meat from that animal that it was taken quickly and humanly and treated with more respect than the cow or chicken that we eat every day. I know that when I cook a meal for friends and family I am proud that I am sharing a part of me with my friends or family.
Hunting to me goes much deeper than just killing an animal. Itmakes me feel connected to my ancestors who had to hunt to stay alive. Humans by nature are carnivores and hunters. Even people that purchase their meat or poultry are closet carnivores or hunters. They're kind of like the people the caveman who sits around the fire asking why we kill something but then gladly takes part in the feast after the animal has been processed into something that no longer has eyes and fur. But nine the less it was still a living and breathing animal.