A Personal Gripe

[Justin Crossley]

I would say that people use harvested because it sounds more poetic.

I have more of a gripe about people wiping clean and posing an animal for a photo shoot after killing it.

You don't like people trying to show respect for the animal they just killed instead of a gory photo with the tongue hanging out?

I have never heard that perspective before.

 

[plebe]

Cowardice and pandering.

Not exclusively so. PA has used “harvest” in it’s regulations since 1929. So it dates back to some pretty rugged generations.

These fellows had a rather intellectual discussion on the topic, in the other direction, ending on a proper note.

Topic: Harvest is not a 4-letter word.

It drives me crazy that so many hunters are offended by the term harvest; they think it is a mask for the term kill and it gets labeled as political correctness. Fact is, most states have been using the term for decades to describe what is taken in by hunters. Pennsylvania

tradbow.com

 

[plebe]

You don't like people trying to show respect for the animal they just killed instead of a gory photo with the tongue hanging out?

I have never heard that perspective before.

Indeed. Go to Europe and I think they do it very respectfully. I don’t know if they say harvest, but believe not. But what they do after the kill is so much more respectful than what we most often see in US hunting culture, imo.

 

[Danny Hoey]

You don't like people trying to show respect for the animal they just killed instead of a gory photo with the tongue hanging out?

I have never heard that perspective before.

Grip and grins aren’t for the animal.

 

[MuleyFever]

Grip and grins aren’t for the animal.

Huh? It's literally to show off the animal.

 

[Danny Hoey]

Huh? It's literally to show off the animal.

It’s literally for the hunter who killed the animal.

But hey, that’s just like my opinion man

 

[Broomd]

I say 'harvest' some of the time and couldn't give a sh*t if it sounds PC. F&G across many states has used the term for decades and I just got used to reading it. To harvest means to go out and get something, animals, vegetables, votes...

Websters

1a: to gather in (a crop) : reap harvesting corn
1b: to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (salmon, oysters, deer, etc.) for human use, sport, or population control

 

[wapitibob]

I kill them.

 

[plebe]

It’s literally for the hunter who killed the animal.

But hey, that’s just like my opinion man

Yes, the animal cares not about the photo. Or it’s head on a wall.

There’s still a place for respect and grace in the harvest, or kill if you prefer.

 

[plebe]

I kill them.

Do you then leave them to rot?

 

[wapitibob]

Do you then leave them to rot?

I'd ask if you're just a dipshit but that's been clearly established.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

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?

You do realize that words have more than one meaning?

 

[plebe]

I'd ask if you're just a dipshit but that's been clearly established.

Ah, yes. you the killer…

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I kill them and then I eat them.

 

[plebe]

I kill them and then I eat them.

Raw? Guts and all? Gross.

 

[goathunter]

Indeed. Go to Europe and I think they do it very respectfully. I don’t know if they say harvest, but believe not. But what they do after the kill is so much more respectful than what we most often see in US hunting culture, imo.

Not going to Europe anytime soon, can you fill me in? What do they do?

 

[Diced]

I always catch and release

 

[plebe]

Not going to Europe anytime soon, can you fill me in? What do they do?

pulled from the web for expedience:

“After a hunt, whether an individual or driven hunt, hunters pay their respects to the game taken. During the closing ceremony—the game bag—the game is laid down, with its right side facing the ground, in a rectangle defined by pine branches. There are fires at each of the four corners. With this presentation, hunters say goodbye to the game and show their appreciation for nature. Each downed animal has a small branch most often from a pine tree, in its mouth representing its last bite. When taking the game from the place where it was caught, the hunters point the animal’s head toward the natural area so that for the last time it can look at the place where it lived.”

 

[goathunter]

pulled from the web for expedience:

“After a hunt, whether an individual or driven hunt, hunters pay their respects to the game taken. During the closing ceremony—the game bag—the game is laid down, with its right side facing the ground, in a rectangle defined by pine branches. There are fires at each of the four corners. With this presentation, hunters say goodbye to the game and show their appreciation for nature. Each downed animal has a small branch most often from a pine tree, in its mouth representing its last bite. When taking the game from the place where it was caught, the hunters point the animal’s head toward the natural area so that for the last time it can look at the place where it lived.”

Hmm I don't know that quote seems pretty historical. I agree though the posed up pictures have always seemed pretty goofy to me.

For the original topic, I think harvest is 100% accurate, Webster's says so! I probably say both depending on audience and haven't given it much thought

 

[plebe]

Hmm I don't know that quote seems pretty historical. I agree though the posed up pictures have always seemed pretty goofy to me.

For the original topic, I think harvest is 100% accurate, Webster's says so! I probably say both depending on audience and haven't given it much thought

You could do some actual research on it if you really are interested.