Lets poke the bear...

[fratri]

When I go hunting..... I am looking for something to kill (harvest).... Once the hunt is over and I killed the animal, technically I harvested it from the area......... so I guess in-fact I am doing both.... I am hunting an animal so I can harvest it from the land....
I guess depending on the crowd I would and do substitute the word kill with harvest or more often with taken.......................... but always with pride.

[Mr.Boiler]

Do you fear that your vegan friends are going to engage politicians to put an end to legal hunting? They may look down their collective nose at you but just make sure that you don't try to build a bigger house next door to them. Then you will have a problem. Lol. Cheers.

I saw this t-shirt that said, "My food poops on your food." To all vegans thats my mantra.

[Mr.Boiler]

Kind of like harvest moon and hunters moon. Close but not the same thing...

[MikePal]

I just did that for some fun and entertainment MikePal,and then posted another right after,expressing my thoughts on it.

All is good bushman, it was a perfect vehicle to show the hypocrisy of guys dictating to others that using the word 'Harvest' is trying to hide something.

When I go hunting..... I am looking for something to kill (harvest).... Once the hunt is over and I killed the animal, technically I harvested it from the area......... so I guess in-fact I am doing both.... I am hunting an animal so I can harvest it from the land....
I guess depending on the crowd I would and do substitute the word kill with harvest or more often with taken.......................... but always with pride.

That's it....and why the MNR calls it a 'Harvest' Report.

[redd foxx]

I can hunt all day and not kill anything and have a good hunt. There are people who hunt all fall and never kill a thing. I agree with lowbanksarcher and fratri that once an animal is shot it has been harvested or killed depending on the company.

[Quack_Kills]

I see harvest being used more often to replace the word kill. So instead of saying i killed a deer, you say i harvested a deer. Its just a nicer way of saying "killed". In all cases you are a hunter.

[LowbanksArcher]

Why are you taking about hunting to a non hunter. ? More navel gazing ?

I really try not to. But the ones who know I hunt, tend to be curious.

[scud_17]

i believe it is to soften the * kill * for the populace as you have said... the ART of hunting is not a popular term and therefore Harvesting animals or wildlife ( fiddleheads, mushrooms , etc...) is a more political term that everyone will more accept than hunting.. mind you in my opinion is the same description only in other words...

[GW11]

So I suppose meat on trays at grocery stores is "pre-harvested"? Seriously, I can at least respect the position of a vegan, they have a belief and (sometimes) hold to it. The meat-eating anti-hunter is the ultimate hypocrite. Just because they don't pull the trigger themselves does not mean they are not responsible for killing loads of animals every year. Probably more so than hunters. They don't seem to realize that animals have to be killed so that they can sit down to a steak dinner or have bacon and eggs on weekend mornings. At least we can own up to the fact that yes, we kill animals and yes, we eat what we kill. We're also far less likely to feed the leftovers to the dog or throw it out because of the time and effort involved to put it on our plates.

The next time you feel like you have to explain yourself to a non-hunter or an anti, just ask if they eat meat. If the answer is yes, they shouldn't have much leverage in the debate on their end.

[MikePal]

The next time you feel like you have to explain yourself to a non-hunter or an anti,

After all these many years I have never once FELT the need to explain my 'Hunting' to anyone...