any ritual after you harvest an animal

[addicted]

over here depending on where your at there are different rituals. wherever you are at there is the strong custom of the shooters branch and the lieser bitzen(last bite). for the last bite (only male animals) you place the animal on it's right side and place a branch in the animals mouth pointing from left to right.  then for the shooters branch the person who owns the land or is hosting the hunt will take a branch(small branch for a good shot and a huge branch if you screwed up so everyone will know) and dip it in the blood from the wound from the animal. then the branch is either passed over a knife or a hat to the shooter who then wheres the branch on the right side of their hat the rest of the evening.

Where i shot my first boar the tradition for your first pig is to have blood stripes painted on your face like an indian.

in my unkles hunting party the tradition for your first elk is to get slapped in the neck with the toungue whil your not looking.

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Leviticus 17:10-16

10 As for any man of the house of Israel (Jehovah Gods chosen People) or some alien resident who is residingas an alien in your midst who eats any sort of blood, I shall certainly set my face against the soul that is eating the blood, and I shall indeed cut him off from among his people. 11 For the soul of the fleshis in the blood, and I myself have put it upon the altar for you to make atonement for your souls, because it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul [in it]. 12 That is why I have said to the sons of Israel: no soulof you must eat blood and no alien resident who is residing as an alien resident in your midst should eat blood.
    13 as for any man of the sons of Israel or some alien resident who is residing as an alien in your midst who in hunting catches a wild beastor a fowl that may be eaten, he must in that case pour its blood out and cover it with dust. 14 For the soul of every sort of flesh is its blood by the soul in it.

we all know that Jesus human sacrifice did away with the Law Covenant of Moses. So now only by putting faith in Jesus and following his teachings can we gain Jehovah Gods favor and forgivness for our sinful state.

So we then have to look to the Christian Greek Scriptures to find the answer on blood.
Acts 15:20 and 29
20 to write them to abstain from things pulluted by idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood .for from ancient times Moses has had in city after city those who preach him..........
29  ...keep abstaining from blood.....if you carefully keep yourselves from these things you will prosper. Good health to you.

If we are a Christian and have put faith in Jesus christ as the Propitiatory sacrife for our sins we must abstain from blood

[beardown]

Wow thats a little much for me.  But whatever tickles your fancy.

[hoytem]

Myself,I always say a prayer of thanks

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Wow thats a little much for me.  But whatever tickles your fancy.

I only put that up because somebody asked where in the bible it said to dump out the blood.

What really tickles my fancy weighs about 1000 lbs on the hoof and has a dozen pointy things on its head.

[beardown]

oh yeah I like that too

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Yes, that is why I put in for and drew the Nooksack tag this year. I may be fancying myself with 1200 pound animal with 18 pointy things on it's head this year.

[big ed]

Same as iceman but we add the heart in there to along with ice cold tomatos.

[whacker1]

I usually realize that I am by myself..... Pull my cell phone out "no service".....swear a lot.  check cell phone again.....swear some more.  Tag and Gut animal, skin.  Check cell phone again..... swear some more.....   High five left hand with right hand......  Start packing.... Get first trip to truck..... Check cell phone again.....swear some more.....Repeat first pack trip a few more times depending on size of animal....

Get back to truck well after dark - call friends while driving down the road and call them names for not going with me that day.  Guilt trip them because they missed great hunt... But in reality, very tired from packing by myself and pissed that they weren't there to help.  Make them comeover to help hang the animal.

Explain to wife why I got home so late, and called every friend on my phone, and didn't bother to call her.  Drink beer for as long as I can without falling asleep.  Thank God and lucky stars for day's bounty

[JackOfAllTrades]

I take a moment to replay 'what I did right' then I give thanks.

Over the years I have been alone more often than not, or at least without immediate help, so I form a plan to get most of the meat back to camp/truck. Some plans are better than others. I really don't know why it took so long for me to buy a Deer cart! Hunting partners have assisted with probably half the animals I've ever harvested. So yeah, I've cursed a few times pulling my back getting an animal out.

-Steve

[beardown]

Yes, that is why I put in for and drew the Nooksack tag this year. I may be fancying myself with 1200 pound animal with 18 pointy things on it's head this year.

Congrats on your tag.  I drew the Teanaway Rifle Rut Elk tag.  Hopefully we are both successful.  Good Luck

[Bean Counter]

I pray in thanksgiving to the Lord our God.
   I look around, take a deep breath, and remind myself that the simplest things in life are what really matter in this world

[woodswalker]

Take a knee and offer a prayer and thanks.  Then honor the animal...and get on with business.

[rosscrazyelk]

Give thanks, Take pictures,  high five the buds, get to work and then have a drink

[runamuk]

I usually realize that I am by myself..... Pull my cell phone out "no service".....swear a lot.  check cell phone again.....swear some more.  Tag and Gut animal, skin.  Check cell phone again..... swear some more.....   High five left hand with right hand......  Start packing.... Get first trip to truck..... Check cell phone again.....swear some more.....Repeat first pack trip a few more times depending on size of animal....

OMG that cracks me up.....