Have you ever regretted killing a deer?
07-13-2010, 11:30 PM
#71
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 43
I know I don't post much on here and do a lot of "lurking." But I saw this topic and it made me think of one of the quotes that pretty much 100% explains how I feel.
"I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are far crueler fate than I bestow." -Fred Bear
07-14-2010, 06:02 AM
#72
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast Alabama
Posts: 1,625
The animals were placed on this earth for a couple of reasons:
1. To bring glory to God (The natural circle of life)
2. Meet the needs of man (Be my food)
So no I have no regret or remorse when I take an animal I am fulfilling its purpose here on earth. It doesn't have a soul or feelings only instincts to aid it in its purpose.
1. To bring glory to God (The natural circle of life)
2. Meet the needs of man (Be my food)
So no I have no regret or remorse when I take an animal I am fulfilling its purpose here on earth. It doesn't have a soul or feelings only instincts to aid it in its purpose.
07-14-2010, 06:36 AM
#73
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: collin county, TX
Posts: 2,320
Never have been sad after killing a deer.
That's not saying I don't have respect for the animal,
but it is an animal. Food for meat eaters like us.
At a different time in my life I killed things for less
than good reasons. Some of those I feel bad about,
regret and even sad.
But not any deer that I've killed.
That's not saying I don't have respect for the animal,
but it is an animal. Food for meat eaters like us.
At a different time in my life I killed things for less
than good reasons. Some of those I feel bad about,
regret and even sad.
But not any deer that I've killed.
07-14-2010, 07:22 AM
#75
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Central, WI
Posts: 209
07-14-2010, 07:32 AM
#76
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
No I don't Recall
Over the decades, I don't recall turning down a thick juicy steak on the menu. Or turning down a delicious piece of venison. Especially the liver on harvest day.
No, and as an amateur chef I never turned down the chance to make a hunter's stew with venison.
I must have missed the imperfection somewhere in my life.
No, and as an amateur chef I never turned down the chance to make a hunter's stew with venison.
I must have missed the imperfection somewhere in my life.
07-16-2010, 10:28 AM
#77
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: South Central Missouri
Posts: 3,112
I never regret pulling the trigger on what I harvest. I go hunting to put meat on the table. If it is a buck I do a different process on the meat, but never regret it. Does need to be kept in check to keep the balance right. No regrets!!
07-16-2010, 05:10 PM
#78
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,406
If you have feelings similar to mine, that's OK, if you feel just the opposite, that's OK too. We are all hunters here.
07-17-2010, 06:47 AM
#79
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orange county, NY
Posts: 2,949
what his comment has to do with, is my quote, he was responding to, where i said, deer are not aware of their own mortality, which was a response to another persons comment, about deer "knowing they made a mistake" just before a hunter shoots them.had nothing to with a deciding factor ,it was just a response to a comment, what about a response to a comment, you agree or disagree with, makes no sense to you? .
