ORIGINAL: Vabowman
I just like humble people I guess, I think it is wrong to go about hunting as a game of challenge that needs to be mastered. I may be wrong, but I will believe this til I die. Let me say it this way, hunters are a band of brothers, everyone is welcome, most of us have earned our stripes with great dedication and disappointment over several years, sometimes we are rewarded but most of the time we are not, with an animal that is.
I began hunting for the love of the woods and nature and for the occasional kill if I were so blessed, I still hunt for the same general reasons I did when I was 12, I love the freedom and possibilties. Hunting is not about mastering or conquering game, it is not all for the challenge, it is for the love of our tradition and history of mankind. If you think Im wrong fine, I think your wrong, so what, that is how most of the world is, my feelings are not hurt, Im not angry. Very thick skinned!!
Excellent, I remember when I was real young walking the woods with my Pops thinking how could you kill an animal dad??? Then he explained it to me! I've seen my dad come home for years without even seeing a deer in the 2 weeks he was up hunting. Never missed opening day for 50+ years until he passed away 2.5 years ago, sad opening day breakfast for all of us! I too love the tradition aspect of it! I never thought about it but some folks never had that, they started later in life, and some on their own!