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Fontinalis Rising's avatar

I think people deride and hate hunting exactly because it’s primal. If we have been engaged in an 8,000 year project to become civilized, then hunting flies in the face of “progress“. Ranchers and similar types in the American West don’t hate the return of the buffalo because they hate the animals. They hate it because it represents a step backwards in their minds, a refutation of all their ancestors worked and fought for. Society at large feels that way about hunting, which represents an even larger step backwards in their eyes.

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Jack Westerheide's avatar

Great read, Jesse! I always find it hard to put this unique experience to words, but when I read pieces like this it’s clear that there is a common thread (or brainwave) that all hunters share even if we don’t speak or write about it. Well done!

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