Thread: I have some America questions for you!

Originally Posted by Hawkeye5

I hunt, fish, and eat meat I kill, not harvest, with modern firearms, flintlocks, and bows or catch with fly, casting, or spinning rods. We have a great outdoor sporting tradition in this country and I enjoy it to the fullest.
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John --- this is off subject but I'm glad you've pointed out the trend to call hunting "harvesting." I don't know when this started but it doesn't give the full depth of hunting --you are killing -- it is an active life and death process --- I don't know anywhere that you can go pick a deer off of a deer tree or where crops of game can be harvested. It seems a little bit too much like a euphemism ---- hunters should be proud of an recognize fully of what they are doing -- no need to sugar coat it.


Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

John --- this is off subject but I'm glad you've pointed out the trend to call hunting "harvesting." I don't know when this started but it doesn't give the full depth of hunting --you are killing -- it is an active life and death process --- I don't know anywhere that you can go pick a deer off of a deer tree or where crops of game can be harvested. It seems a little bit too much like a euphemism ---- hunters should be proud of an recognize fully of what they are doing -- no need to sugar coat it.


Justin

I would never call it harvesting. IMO, harvesting implies success which is something I rarely encounter. Hunting still leaves some room for doubt which is a better description of what I do!
-Fred

Bruno, there are three things Americans (traditionally) don't speak about during meals or friendly gatherings: Religion, politics, and sex. It can ruin an otherwise friendly situation. Southerners (I am one) can be particularly strict about this.

Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

John --- this is off subject but I'm glad you've pointed out the trend to call hunting "harvesting." I don't know when this started but it doesn't give the full depth of hunting --you are killing -- it is an active life and death process --- I don't know anywhere that you can go pick a deer off of a deer tree or where crops of game can be harvested. It seems a little bit too much like a euphemism ---- hunters should be proud of an recognize fully of what they are doing -- no need to sugar coat it.


Justin

I'm glad you cleared this up for ME. Those guys I hear talk about harvesting game, I thought they went to a deer farm or pheasant ranch to shoot them. Now I hear they thoought they were actually hunting.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

I'm glad you cleared this up for ME. Those guys I hear talk about harvesting game, I thought they went to a deer farm or pheasant ranch to shoot them. Now I hear they thoought they were actually hunting.

Don't get me wrong -- you hear serious legitimate hunters using the term "harvest" when hunting. But I don't know why or how this started ---maybe it's an attempt to better "sell" hunting -- but you even hear totally non-politically correct hunters like Ted Nugent use this term. I haven't hunted in a long while but I never heard the term when I did.

Justin