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Valor....I don't enjoy whipping my kid's ass.....but I understand it as a necessary evil.....and that it has to be done.
I don't "mind/shy away from/detest" the killing. I just don't enjoy the fact that the animal died at my hands. There's a difference.
If I understand you correctly, you're using "necessary evil" in a figurative sense, since there's nothing "evil" about punishing your children or killing game animals.
As already stated, the kill is the culmination of the hunt. It's the goalyou set out to achieve at the very beginning of a hunt. As I've already stated, I love the hunt and I love the kill. Having said that, I agree with you... the kill is a sort of "necessary evil". I feel no remorse whatsoever during the kill, but afterwards, when I have my hands on the animal whose life I just ended,I do feel something. I wouldn't call it remorse, though. As I said before, it's more of a sense of appreciation, admiration, respectand acknowledgement.
It is difficult to put into words. I love the kill as a part of the hunt, but I don't enjoy "killing". Doesn't seem to make sense, does it?