Personal moral dilemma on hunting...need help

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After my wife suggested tuna noodle cassarole, I was trying to think of something different for dinner tonight, and remembered your medallion recipe, looked it up, and prepared it with one of my last packages of frozen backstrap from last year. Wow! Thanks for the tip, it is delicious. I've always just grilled the backstrap, and this is opening up all sorts of possibilities.

The season starts here in Indiana in two days. Time to restock the freezer.

RBH
 
My stepdad has killed almost every big game animal on the North American continent, he goes hunting every year. About 5 years ago he just stopped killing anything. Doesn't mean he doesn't come to deer camp and enjoy his time there, he cooks breakfast for everyone, helps everybody butcher their kills, just all around enjoys himself...he just doesn't really feel like killing anything anymore.
 
For those who posted useful information, thank you, I really appreciate all the insight. And for those who posted something useless, thank you as well for adding your thoughts. That is, after all, what this site is about. And a special round of thanks to DNS for posting something educational. ;)

I will hunt, because I have always been the type of person to try something at least once. I'll resolve my personal moral dilemma after my first kill. I think that's the only fair way to decide how I feel. So the hunt is on, probably in December. I'll be back to update the thread with my experience.

Once again to everyone, thank you!
 
Ya just never know

until you try, how you will feel.

I grew up with a dad who hunted, which didn't bother me, and then an older brother who hunted when he was old enough.

But I didn't know if I could actually kill something until the opportunity was first presented. Then, and only then, did I know if I was a hunter, or a gatherer.

Be sure to let us know. And good luck.
 
I hope you enjoy it whether you pull the trigger or not.
I'm a pretty diehard hunter. I spend every possible hour in the field I can and have been doing so for 17yrs. It's not about the kill, it's like you said the buddies the beers and B/S in the evenings and the piece with nature. There are many days where I have the oppertunity to take a shot and I don't, I have a great view of some picture valley or secluded stream and think why ruin a perfect day by pulling the trigger or if I pull the trigger what excuse am I going to use tomorrow to do this all over again.

So my .02$ would be that if your having a good time on your hunt and you have to make the decision of pulling the trigger or not, if you have the slightest feeling that it will ruin the experience don't do it hunting isn't just about the kill. If you like everything but the killing in the future you can carry a camera or video tape for your buddies, or like a few ppl I know " take your gun for a walk".
 
Some Spanish nobleman named Jose-something-or-other wrote a book on hunting, and he said, "Man does not hunt in order to kill; he kills in order to have hunted."

I enjoy the hunt, but without the kill, it's not complete. I don't get a lot of animals or birds when I hunt, so I'm not saying that "I always get something" or that to hunt and not get something is bad. But sometimes, you do have to drop the hammer to make it complete. I am at peace about it. I got a few doves on the early hunt this year. Never limited out. That isn't my goal. I eat what I get, I'm getting better at hunting different things than I grew up chasing, and I'm enjoying myself in the experience of going through life.

Hunting is just a part of it.

Good luck with your deer hunt.
 
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