Thread: Taking the Hunt out of Hunting.

Some like to hunt, some like to shoot, some like to kill. There's even a Youtube channel called The Harvesters.
Maybe the hunger to hunt, shoot or kill is rooted deep in our DNA and depending on your variant depends which way you sway..
For myself the hunt is what spins my wheels, not the shot or the kill. I acknowledge its different for everyone.

Ive shot deer on farmland/paddocks/spotlighting/thermal etc and for the first few times it was ok, but after that I felt well nothing really. All a bit ho hum and felt more like work or a chore rather than any great accomplishment or satisfaction.
Hard to explain really. Still shooting and killing deer, yet oddly when I'm offered the chance to hunt this way, I almost always inevitably say no.
Yet Ive spoken to plenty who hate the bush stalking. For them it was hard work and a chore and would relish the chance to shoot farm/paddock or thermal deer. To me this seems to becoming the more popular option given the choice.

Maybe the DNA gene that makes us hunter/gathers is stronger/weaker maybe different strains who knows.
Maybe those that take the hunt out of hunting are simply trying to achieve the goal of venison on the table the most efficient way currently possible and that is how they get their satisfaction.
Its not wrong, just different.
The sense of satisfaction and accomplishment for how they choose to do it could well be exactly the same as for how I choose to do it. Same end result, different paths chosen. Choice is great.
Still not resubscribing though lol
I agree about the comment above, no reading of a book or magazine or watching a Youtube video can replicate being outdoors and doing it ourselves, however its not a bad way to pass some time while having breakfast and a morning coffee or half hour reading in bed before lights out.