A Personal Gripe

[87TT]

I just euthanize them.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Thank you for recognizing the depth of my misapplied pedantry. It often goes unappreciated.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Nah, it would be weird as hell if one of my buddies i’ve known for decades suddenly told me he “harvested a buck” last weekend.

I can’t argue that… I should have said, “It wouldn’t be improper”.

 

[InkedElkSlayer]

My favorite misuse on this forum

Definition of RUN

to go faster than a walk; specifically : to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step; to move at a fast gallop; flee, retreat, escape… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

No way. I “run” a Feathered Friends sleeping bag bro

 

[Wyobohunter]

Thank you for recognizing the depth of my misapplied pedantry. It often goes unappreciated.

That right there, was an excellent comeback. Touché.

 

[InkedElkSlayer]

My favorite misuse on this forum

Definition of RUN

to go faster than a walk; specifically : to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step; to move at a fast gallop; flee, retreat, escape… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

I “run” chains on my “rig” too

 

[Quicksilver]

Farmers are killing the crops they harvest

Don’t bring peta into this

 

[flathead#2]

Hoping to perforate some waterfowl in the AM.

 

[Mtndawger]

Singing to the choir won’t yield answers. Maybe go out and ask a non hunter and an anti hunter what the difference between kill and harvest means to them. There is far more of them out there than us. Living in a state where our hunting tradition is being attacked, I have come to believe perceptions matter. We need the non hunters on our side in the long run. It’s crazy how many don’t understand that we eat what we kill. That we are in fact required by law to eat it. Me…I agree with the guy who referred to the word “get”. That’s what people ask me when I come back from a hunt.

 

[wind gypsy]

Toddler parents might be familiar with this one.. catchin bears.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Toddler parents might be familiar with this one.. catchin bears.

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Looks like he brought good bait.

 

[Ishootgunssometimes]

Alaska Dept of Fish & Game calls it a Harvest Report when you record your kills and submit it for record…

 

[Quicksilver]

Alaska Dept of Fish & Game calls it a Harvest Report when you record your kills and submit it for record…

I could see that, as mentioned earlier killing is the taking the animals life. Harvesting is taking that meat home.

 

[Ishootgunssometimes]

Fishing up here too often feels like harvesting.

 

[BRTreedogs]

If using the word harvest gets us another decade of hunting before it’s banned, who cares?

 

[5811]

Fishing up here too often feels like harvesting.

Fishing? You mean the act of going out to kill fish?

 

[Huntin Fool]

Fishing? You mean the act of going out to kill fish?

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Well I hate to break it to you but you are killing them.

 

[The Guide]

Am I the only one bothered when hunters say they "harvested" an animal?

We aren't farmers. We are hunters. We kill the animal and harvest the meat. Why are we so afraid to say the word kill?

It is the terminology used in many hunting regulations. Montana has used the term harvest for years.

Jay

 

[Wyobohunter]

I could see that, as mentioned earlier killing is the taking the animals life. Harvesting is taking that meat home.

The killing part is also harvesting.

harvest
… “catch or kill (animals) for human consumption: the quantity of squid harvested has risen.”… catch or kill (animals) for human consumption: the quantity of squid harvested has risen.”

 

[Justin Crossley]

I'm the other way on this. I think it is harvesting. We are taking something to eat it, well, I am anyway.

I think people that overuse "kill" are trying to make it something more than it is.

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I also eat most animals that I kill other than some predators and vermin.

I appreciate all the points of view that have been posted on this.

Maybe I don't care for the term because I feel it makes light of the fact or ignores the fact that we are indeed killing.