Harvest not kill?

[hdshot]

It seems like you have had too much politically correct BS hammered into your subconcious. Killing stuff is what we do as hunters. Nothing wrong with it. It is management of the species.

So when we say we are going deer hunting we are being politically correct?  Your answer must be going deer killing.  Also when we hunt legal we must be politically correct as well? 

So if you are hunting legal don't tell me about being politically correct.

[h20hunter]

We go deer hunting with the goal of finding one and killing it. Hunting does not equal killing.

[duckmen1]

Some go years without killing a deer. So that don't mean they are going deer killing every time they go. They are going hunting to try and kill a deer. We go to the woods to find a legal animal to be able to bring home and feed the family, not go to a pumpkin patch to pick out and harvest.

[6x6in6]

It seems like you have had too much politically correct BS hammered into your subconcious. Killing stuff is what we do as hunters. Nothing wrong with it. It is management of the species.

So when we say we are going deer hunting we are being politically correct?  Your answer must be going deer killing.  Also when we hunt legal we must be politically correct as well? 

So if you are hunting legal don't tell me about being politically correct.

No, the term hunting means to pursue or more accurate the pursuit of.  Harvest means to gather.
I don't think I need to explain what kill means. 

[Song Dog]

Don't confuse killing something with Murder. There is a big difference.

[10thmountainarcher]

If you're a man, you've just lost your man card..

[tonymiller7]

I like harvest because it implies killing with the intent to consume as food. I don't have an issue with trophy hunting but tend to eat what I kill (until I start varmint hunting this year )

What drives me crazy is when I get back from a hunt and my non hunting friends ask if I "caught" anything? Yes I caught these ducks with a net (a net of #4s) 

I hate being asked if I caught anything, I always reply that they should have seen how many I caught and released before I KILLED this one.  Always leads to some awkward looks and a "you're a smartass" thrown my way.  As hunters we harvest by killing, nothing wrong with it.

[duckmen1]

It can't be hdshot murdered a deer. 
I'm sorry but I couldn't resist

[6x6in6]

It can't be hdshot murdered a deer. 
I'm sorry but I couldn't resist

I resisted.
 

[LndShrk]

Fruits and vegetables are harvested. Game animals are killed. No need to sugar coat it, in my opinion.

 

Does a wolf harvest or kill?   

[Worldhunter]

Man up

[duckmen1]

At least I don't harvest my deer with paddles. Ou ohhh
I need to shut up now. This could get ugly

[JJB11B]

I chuckle at the "caught" term....I just explain that its not a fish...

I had the killing talk with my son before we set out for our first hunt. I made (tried at least) to make sure he understood....we are killing, taking a life. What we do can not be undone. We own it. Hence, killing, not harvesting. However, I see your point and don't think you are wrong in any way by saying harvest has an implication of consumption above anything else.

agreed

[hdshot]

I chuckle at the "caught" term....I just explain that its not a fish...

I had the killing talk with my son before we set out for our first hunt. I made (tried at least) to make sure he understood....we are killing, taking a life. What we do can not be undone. We own it. Hence, killing, not harvesting. However, I see your point and don't think you are wrong in any way by saying harvest has an implication of consumption above anything else.

That's a good gun safety point, making sure of your target and not end up being a poacher or worse taking a human's life because the hunter can't take back a mistake.

Harvest mean success, taking the time to prepare, packing the animal out, and teaching that part of the sport as well.  Kill just means nothing else and teaches nothing else about what we have to do. 

           

[JJB11B]

I guess after you kill a critter you harvest the meat n stuff