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RE: The Kill - Revisited .......
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer When I have an animal down, I have a very wide range of emotions. Emotions that I usually keep to myself and my maker. The end result is I lay my hand on the animal knowing I'm the first human that has (probably) ever touched said animal and I thank God for this opportunity. The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. |
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ORIGINAL: GMMAT The "Kill" is the crescendo to a perfect hunt.....IF it's an animal you're after. Simply killing for the sake of killing isn't "hunting" (IMO). It's exactly what it sounds like......killing. I tell my wife I'm going "hunting"....and that entails a myriad of things, to me. Believe it or not....I had a GREAT time out there, yesterday.....and I didn't even SEE a deer (OK....other than THE deer I'm after that I bumped, going in:eek::D). What a hunt, though. I learned a lot from it. |
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I was in his little world for a while, and he didn't know it. Great thought there, EI. PT.....I'll level with you about something else.... When I go to a tree with my bow....I feel like I am the ultimate predator....there to do a job. Call it "killer instinct" or whatever....but I feel like that. To me....it's a great thought process when you have one (that you want)in range. Do your job. "Fun" in hunting is different things to different people. I liken hunting to "my" golf game a lot. I see so many similarities, really. In each pursuit....you have to learn to control your emotions......not get ahead of yourself.....and not get in your own way. Tom Watson once said that the beauty of the game is simply being "in the arena"......and learning how to control your emotions, while there. Sounds a lot like hunting, to me. Philosophy 302......from the "newbie". Have a great week.....good luck EI, Rob, everyone......;) |
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Well this thread has come full circle for sure. I can't believe its still going. This has got to be close to a record. It does look like everyone is just about on the same page now. This has been very intriguing dialogue on this topic. Its nice to see everyone's differing opinion, and I didn't even really see it get too personal either. lol.
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RE: The Kill - Revisited .......
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer When I have an animal down, I have a very wide range of emotions. Emotions that I usually keep to myself and my maker. The end result is I lay my hand on the animal knowing I'm the first human that has (probably) ever touched said animal and I thank God for this opportunity. The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. |
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After 17 pages I had to pop in and read a couple.
When I hunt, I am out there to kill something, that’s why I carry a bow/gun. I know the majority of times that I venture out, I’m not going to get anything. That’s just part of it. When I kill a deer, I feel no remorse or pleasure in the act itself. I do take HUGE joy in getting the animal I was after, but to me that is different than taking pleasure in the actual act of killing. The only time I feel bad, is when the act doesn’t go as cleanly as I feel it should due to my own fault. Even though I try to shoot as many deer as I can, it’s not the pleasure in killing that drives me. It’s the repeated culmination of my efforts at hunting (and all that is involved) which leads to success, that I take pleasure in. I KNOW I will have a good time while hunting whether successful or not. |
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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. |
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ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer ORIGINAL: PreacherTony The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. this is the quote I am referring to .... ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer When I have an animal down, I have a very wide range of emotions. Emotions that I usually keep to myself and my maker. The end result is I lay my hand on the animal knowing I'm the first human that has (probably) ever touched said animal and I thank God for this opportunity. |
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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer ORIGINAL: PreacherTony The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. this is the quote I am referring to .... ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer When I have an animal down, I have a very wide range of emotions. Emotions that I usually keep to myself and my maker. The end result is I lay my hand on the animal knowing I'm the first human that has (probably) ever touched said animal and I thank God for this opportunity. Ieven mentioned God in one of my last posts.;) I haven't forgot about the recipe either,I just have a few other things going right now.:) |
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I have brief moments of remorse mixed with joy and gratitude when I'm sitting with a recently departed deer andI always sit for a bit with the beast before breaking out the knife. It's an honor to take an animals life.
I think there should be afew secondsspent honoring the game before I start to whoop it up and making cell phone call for help dragging..  I hope to feel a little bit of remorse next monday... |
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ORIGINAL: bawanajim ORIGINAL: PreacherTony ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer ORIGINAL: PreacherTony The reasons I hunt are the reasons I hunt and I don't need to explain them to anyone over the internet. this is the quote I am referring to .... ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer When I have an animal down, I have a very wide range of emotions. Emotions that I usually keep to myself and my maker. The end result is I lay my hand on the animal knowing I'm the first human that has (probably) ever touched said animal and I thank God for this opportunity. Ieven mentioned God in one of my last posts.;) I haven't forgot about the recipe either,I just have a few other things going right now.:) |
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is that it? are we done here?
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