I just had a similar conversation with a friend this past weekend about him hunting. He likes to fish and always talks about wanting to hunt. Loves deer meat and getting out in the woods mushroom hunting. I told him I would pay for his tag, put him in an area where I could guarantee he would take a deer. I figured gun would be easier so said I would let him hunt with my shotgun until he got one. He declined. I tried todescribe tohim the rush and feeling but it's almost indescribable withoutexperiencing it. He still declined and admitted that part of it was not being able to field dress it. He said he would rather start out with small game like rabbits and squirrels and work his way up to a deer. I explained that it was no different dressing out a deer than it was a fish or any other animal for that matter, just on a larger scale. He still wouldn't accept the offer.


I don't know what it is, I'm almost certain it is not the killing of the animal. It is just something about field dressing that has him bothered. I've thought about going on youtube or somehere and having him watch one of the how to videos to see if he could watch it or not but didn't want to deter him even further. He has helped me debone and butcher deer before so it isn't the animal that bothers him. A friend at work has a .22 for sale and think I might buy it to see if I can get him out for some small game, if he backs out on that I think I'll have my answer on the killing part.