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This is something I never put a lot of thought into until a couple years ago. As sportman we use the word kill not putting much into it however, anti-hunting groups and non hunters take offense to it and puts us out there for attack from them. I don't know why but when we use the word harvest they not pay much mind to it. I belive it comes down to the would kill being a word that catches everyones ear in a room while harvest does not.
Good Hunting.

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Farmers Harvest their crops,----- I kill deer!!!!! Always have , always will.

Good Hunting

God Bless

P.S. - I make no apologies for my Hunting. God gave me the animals of the world to use. And if it is ok with God then it is ok with me. It was man who invented political correctness. And, I answer to no Man. If you , "the hunters " can't stand up for yourselves and what you do, hunting ( killing ), then no one will, and we have already lost " the Fight ".

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I agree 100%, God gave me ponited teethso i can eat what i kill and molers in the back to grind what i harvest out of my garden!!! Walt

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I agree! God gave me thecerebral skillsto make money to buy the equipment(i.e. bows, arrows, etc...)that KILL!!!!

That samebrain ........that's larger than most animals.....is capable of discerning when and where and in what company to use words such as "Kill". So as not to ever have to worry, though....I choose "harvest".

Jeff

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I have no problem with either word, or "took", "arrowed", "stuck",...etc. I know what they all mean and don't look for any other meaning other than the hunter released an arrow, that arrow delivered a fatal blow, the animal expired and the hunter retrieved the animal for use. The fact that it happens to be fun is what some people can't understand and that's o.k. - probably because they've never tried it or they were raised differently and have had no exposure. To that I say, don't complain about them, educate them and invite them hunting with you.

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I just wonder what they (anti's) think the slaughter houses do to the chicken, turkeys, steers, etc.?

Harvest them by electrocution or bolts in the brain?

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YEA.... What he says.

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I say kill, I dont care if it offends anybody thats their fault it offends them, KILL KILL KILL. I am dragging out a dead deer not a bushel of corn for crying out loud.. Also the word TOOK, where did you take him, Out to dinner perhaps..

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According to Webster, "...1. To get into one's possession by force, skill or artifice, esp.: a. To capture physically; seize (take an enemy stronghold) b. To kill, snare, or trap (e.g. fish or game).

"Take" sounds like an extremely spot-on word according to the very first definition by Danny himself.

In fact, having looked it up, I like take or took better than any word I've been using. By golly, I'll start using it more. Hmmm.

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Well take yourself elsewhere.... HAHA just kidding man what ever you prefer...

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But why would you ever worry ?

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Harvest Em'and Grill Em' ??? Just doesnt sound right to me.....

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REally don't acre what an anti hunter thinks. Really don't think it bothers a non hunter.Let's be serious you really think an anti cares if you use harvest or kill?

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I agree, they're not listening to us anyway!!!;) Why should we try to and make them "feel" more at ease by using the term "harvest"??? They could care less what you say as a hunter!

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I agree! let's strap a couple dozen spotted fawns to our pickups and blare out dueling banjos all the way down to the tractor pull! Heck....We could even add a voice-over accompaniment "kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill". I love it.

When we're done, there.....we can take some super-close-up photos of ourselves doused in blood for the coffe table album.

Youins with me???!!!!

Yee-haw, let's go!!

Jeff:eek:

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"Take" is my word and I'm sticking to it.

DOH!!! I said "stick" again. Crap.

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I look at it this way, if you kill it and leave it in the field, you have simply killed. If you kill it and retrieve it to consume, you have killed it and harvested it. You can not harvest anything with out killing it.

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About the poll? As far as I'm concerned the poll is stupid. It's not an either or situation as the terms kill and harvest aren't synonyms. They don't mean the same thing as the poll implies so why treat the words as if they do? In conversation when you are choosing the word to use you are not picking between 2 words that mean the same thing so why not use the word that conveys best what youwant to say and forget about the anti's and forget about trying to make a political statement? Kill in our contextis pretty much limitedto the act of taking a life and there is absolutely nothing wrong with saying e.g. you "killed a deer yesterday". Harvest in our context has a much broader meaning and primarily refers to the concept of population control and utilizing the venison as a natural resource. Of course it envolves killingand any moron understands that you have to kill the deer in order to harvest it. There is also absolutely nothing wrong about using the term harvestbut again, the terms aren't synonyms and imo it's silly to attempt to use harvest as a euphemism for kill. It's not going to fool anybody to begin with and tosay "I harvested a deer yesterday" sounds faked and patronizing to me. I might use the term "took" a deer yesterday. If the conversation starts getting into conservation then I think the term harvest is bound to be appropriate at some point and it makes no sense to me to try and avoid the term. Nothing patronizing to me to say "there were x number of deer harvested in the state last year". In fact if you are talking about hunters utilizing the natural resource it would be more precise to use the term harvested than it would be to use the termkilled. Killed would include and imply other forms of mortality like deer/car collisionsand would not as accurately convey your meaning.

Anyway, like I said the poll is stupid. It's more complicated than it implies. I say give it some thought use the terms where they apply and forget about playing games with them. btw, those of you that think the meaning of harvest has only to do with crops are simply wrong and you should stop trying to insist on it. You prove nothing other than you don't understand the broader context of the term.