It is a tough question.

When asked, I usually say that it is weird but the last part of a successful hunt is a kill. Period. It is the goal and it is both fist-pumping excitement and accomplishment and sad respect for taking out something that is beautiful and a symbol of the wild.

I don't appologize for the kill because it wouldn't be the same without it. I know what I'm doing going into it and know that the end result is death. I also tell them that one of the reasons I love and respect the animals so much is because I share the life/death thing with them. I study them, appreciate them, honor them, help them, watch them and try to outsmart them.

You know, after all that, I don't know...but that is what I usually say.

Greg