tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post3602993816875746849..comments2023-10-26T06:18:58.649-04:00Comments on Pennsylvania Wildlife Photographer: The Elk Hunt: Wednesday-The Check StationWillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059945499957721902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-74621503923751245092007-12-03T10:43:00.000-05:002007-12-03T10:43:00.000-05:00I don't have a problem with hunting if it's to fee...I don't have a problem with hunting if it's to feed your family. I don't like hunters who only go out for the trophy. Hanging a head on your wall seems rather morbid to me.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886407743790676145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-51418829726582257202007-11-22T10:59:00.000-05:002007-11-22T10:59:00.000-05:00That looks like some happy campers.That looks like some happy campers.lv2scpbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727591726116331492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-41986705574335497992007-11-20T23:51:00.000-05:002007-11-20T23:51:00.000-05:00That is a fact. I turned from a passionate gun hu...That is a fact. I turned from a passionate gun hunter into a passionate photographer, but I am still pursuing much the same type of animal and other species besides, but with increasing age I find that I try to find an easier way to photograph the animals instead of putting myself through a lot of physical punishment. I did however do a lot of walking to photography elk this year, but my whitetail photography has been more sedentary as you well know.Willardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059945499957721902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-74267059587352359542007-11-20T20:54:00.000-05:002007-11-20T20:54:00.000-05:00I do believe that many of us begin feeling differe...I do believe that many of us begin feeling differently about hunting as the years go by and we become closer and closer to our own inevitable demise. Although I do continue to hunt & fish for the table I find I that my interest particularly in hunting dwindles as the years go by. If it were not for providing venison for the table I don’t expect I would ever again shoot a deer.<BR/> <BR/>Of course photography provides an outdoorsman with the same hunting experience and the click of the shutter becomes more satisfying than the roar of the gun. So Willard to say either of us has given up hunting would be untrue, only the “weapon” has changed.Coy Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961295214970687017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-49358165719757933172007-11-20T20:45:00.000-05:002007-11-20T20:45:00.000-05:00When the kids were small we would take turns takin...When the kids were small we would take turns taking them OUT to hunt…Once many years later I had the option to shoot a big buck. The size matters not, but I aimed, I saw <BR/>I dinna shoot<BR/>WHY’<BR/><BR/>I was Chided my many for not having the GUTS to shoot when in fact it was a call I chose to take, the area where I could have shot, was above the creek bank, and SOME ONE COULD have been there, I chose not to take that chance. <BR/>A friend had his jaw shot out by accident, his sons gun fired accidentally…I saw Neil recover from many surgeries,<BR/><BR/>Bottom line it was MY CALL as the hunter… WE did not really need the meat to the expanse of an injured life. Now I shoot with the camera, and have for many years, I like it this way…WORKS for ME.<BR/><BR/>SIDES I can AND HAVE outshoot the men in this family. My Daddy taught me well!DeeMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775898919722565676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-79490997030839406702007-11-20T18:09:00.000-05:002007-11-20T18:09:00.000-05:00Maybe age has something to do with it. Raised arou...Maybe age has something to do with it. Raised around farms and helping butcher animals is something I grew up with. I used to hunt and fish and killed animals that we ate for food. I never hunted or fished for "sport" as I don't believe in it. As I get older I have more respect for all life than I used to and I hope the idea of killing is forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-12360121382992807012007-11-20T15:34:00.000-05:002007-11-20T15:34:00.000-05:00Very wise words from Kerri, I find it very hard to...Very wise words from Kerri, <BR/>I find it very hard to pass judgement on this subject to be honest. I have shot game birds and rabbits for food in the past, I don't live in an area where deer are normally found... but to say I would never have shot anything like this would be a lie. If I had grown up in that area, then the rabbit and game birds would have been replaced by deer and elk I'm sure.<BR/>Now I don't hunt at all, but still except and eat things that I'm given.. I am at a loss on this now. Lately my love of life and nature have pushed to the front and I would would prefer to see stuff running, jumping, walking, and flying.. than shot, gutted and ready for the table. I like how you are presenting all of this Willard and look forward to learning more from you and salty, and some of the folk that maybe do hunt. A very thought prevoking post..Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-38905911678052956852007-11-20T07:05:00.000-05:002007-11-20T07:05:00.000-05:00Very Very SAD! Although I was never a hunter,I wa...Very Very SAD! <BR/><BR/>Although I was never a hunter,I was raised in a family of hunters deer hunters-- and it ALWAYS saddens me to see this. <BR/><BR/>We ALWAYS ate the deer meat, that was something that was instilled in us.... if you kill it, you must eat it. Still.... a very sad situation. My father, who hunted when he was young, is now 85 and it saddens him too. Funny, how as you get older, life...all life...seems to be more precious.Kerri Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07617128767655910810noreply@blogger.com