Harvest not kill?

[AKBowman]

My definition of "harvest" ; going on to a high fenced area, picking out an animal and shooting it.

My definition of "killing"; going out and shooting a free range animal, taking it back to your home and eating it.

IMO more people need to own what we do as hunters. It's our damn right to hunt and killing is different than harvesting. Killing is the goal of hunting something that is trying to evade you. Harvesting is different. I hate the term harvest it's over used by the fat guys on TV who mistake killing for harvesting. When you end up with blood on your hands you killed something.

[h20hunter]

I, as a hunter and consumer of meat, certainly do wish to deprive the deer/bear/grouse/whatever of life. It makes them much easier to skind and turn into steaks if the life has been smited (smotted, to have smotten?)  from their bodies.

[JJB11B]

I, as a hunter and consumer of meat, certainly do wish to deprive the deer/bear/grouse/whatever of life. It makes them much easier to skind and turn into steaks if the life has been smited (smotted, to have smotten?)  from their bodies.

smitten?
It would be hard to skin a critter without killing it. I dont think it would be nearly as cooperative. On the plus side if you could get the steaks out without killing the critter you could keep them fresher longer correct?

[grundy53]

My definition of "harvest" ; going on to a high fenced area, picking out an animal and shooting it.

My definition of "killing"; going out and shooting a free range animal, taking it back to your home and eating it.

IMO more people need to own what we do as hunters. It's our damn right to hunt and killing is different than harvesting. Killing is the goal of hunting something that is trying to evade you. Harvesting is different. I hate the term harvest it's over used by the fat guys on TV who mistake killing for harvesting. When you end up with blood on your hands you killed something.

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[Jonathan_S]

It's easy to tell when most guys are in between hunting seasons on this site.  Threads like this start popping up.   

[MeatMaster]

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

[JJB11B]

It's easy to tell when most guys are in between hunting seasons on this site.  Threads like this start popping up.   

ouch!

[steen]

We do not raise or grow the deer, therefore, we are not harvesters.  Maybe those who food plot and grain feed their deer are harvesters but I didn't raise mine, I hunt/kill them!

[duckmen1]

Dang that's why the crush and all those other tv shows say harvest.
They turn their Bambi into a monster buck with all them steroid enhanced food plots.

[mrmoskillz]

When I killed my dear I harvested the heart from the chest cavity and butchered the meat myself. IMO in order to harvest the deer you have to kill it.   Oh and the deer's feeling weren't hurt because he never saw the arrow coming.  When you call it in I think kill is better than harvest because a lot of guys kill a deer but don't harvest it and tag it anyway.  You can kill a deer but never harvest it is what I'm trying to say.

[2labs]

Pretty tough too "harvest" a deer with out killin it. Seen Tommy boy? This thread has me scratching my head.   WOW......

[lokidog]

I didn't think the state cared what we killed, only if we transported it....  I think I can kill four or five deer as long as I only put my transport tag on one....   

[Bob33]

Let's see: my deer

...was put to rest.
...retired from service.
...is going to a better place.
...was terminated with extreme prejudice.
...croaked.
...faded away.
...passed away after a courageous battle with lead poisoning.

[snowpack]

Did you de-life any?

[Jellymon]

It just wouldn't sound right hearing Arnold in predator saying, "If it bleeds, we can harvest it."