posted Mon, 08/10/2026 - 06:24
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Just curious if anyone here hunts. Or am I the only one from September to January who lives in the woods when I’m not working or hitting the gym?
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No decent person celebrates the death. That is a somber moment not to be confused with the "kill".
I'm sure you've fished. Are you gleeful for its death? Or happy for the catch that will feed you and your family?
I tried Fishing once as a kid, and to be honest I hated seeing the fish having a hook pulled out of its mouth and it gasping for breath - I find it very upsetting watching things die.
Way to sidestep the point being made...
As do hunters.
Yes you don't understand. So why the hell do you think you can understand and project your conflated opinion of what motivates a hunter?
You see pride in the kill and conflate that with celebrating death. Which I tried to explain above. Most hunters sanctify the death and take pride in a clean kill, a good kill.
If you eat meat, your hands aren't clean just because you can rationalize away the death of an animal.
Dressing an animal is still a reminder of the sacrifice that was made. An animal doesn't become meat until it's ready for the freezer.
You, sanctimoniously only see the meat. You can't appreciate where it came from like a hunter can.
The kill isn't about some sort demented joy in death and suffering and it's extremely insulting that you would think that the good people in this forum are heartless monsters gleefully killing Bambi and other Disney animals.
The pride in the kill, not the death, is a layered emotion based in a stoic independence, self reliance, skill, being a provider, stewardship, and respect for nature. Dare I say, communion.
Something a Brit will never understand
I never expected you to see eye to eye with me on this topic Greg, I also knew you would be one of the guys jumping in on this topic and going at me because I doubt barely anything in life upsets you or gets you emotional.
Tell me something then, if 'Hunters' find it upsetting about the death that they have just caused - then why do they all have to take pictures of the Dead animal after it has been killed like the one above - I have seen countless pictures like these put up on these forums as if they are some kind of bragging rights and something to be proud of?
I am not sure why being British has anything to do with this either.
Who's going after who? I completely understand your position and don't demonize your boundaries as nieve as they are.
But you quiet literally are painting hunters as blood thirsty psychopaths inspite of the repeated attempts to explain.
Where have I expressed anything but the somber acknowledgement of the death of a noble animal. No Where have I expressed a callous disregard for life. This is exactly the deafness you have that I'm talking about. I went so far as to call it a communion and sacrament. The acknowledgement that a sacrifice was made.
I have repeatedly. So put aside your self righteous bullshit and digest this. There’s a distinction between the death, the parting soul of the beast and the kill. I have made that quite clear.
It's your disconnect. You take a picture of the meat on the grill, taking great pride in it while never, ever, giving consideration to the animal sacrifice made. You go so far as to dismiss those lives as product. Talk about a callous disregard for life. No, the hunter isn't the sicko here.
The Brit thing is you live in a country that is the size of a postage stamp on the the face of the US; it has been tamed. You basically live in a petting zoo. You're disconnected from the wild compared to Americans. You too are as tame as your nation.
Bay your foxes, shoot your pheasants. Brits have sterilized their lives hiding behind nobility and civility.
Greg, thank you. I just don’t have the energy to keep going in circles about this. You stated it perfectly.
Most hunters (at lease the ones I know) do feel remorse and sadness. But there is also the other side of it that I get to feed my family.
I know what they’re thinking when they get hit by a car and run off “Fuckin car came out of nowhere!”
Yeah, something I'd say.
Not this year, the tranny in my white panel van died so I need to get a replacement first.
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Tranny in your panel van died? I’d bury that tranny before you find a new one. A dead tranny might be a little sus.
Whitetail yearly (bow only), I have an elk tag but not sure if ill be able to use it this season, and doing a duck hunt in Nov.
I wouldn’t be able to take ducks over an elk. But I’m not a big duck guy.
The 2 are not related hahahaha I don’t think I’ll be able to get off to go hunt elk… that’s 10 day process, i got adult responsibilities at home… it’s High School hockey season
Gotcha. As a former travel hockey/high school hockey parent and coach, I can relate. Thankfully my kids aged out so I got my hunting time back.
Avid hunter and fisherman here. Got a velvet hunt coming up last weekend of this month.
Nice! I’m headed to Maine for a week at the end of the month for a Black Bear hunt.