The hunt

[Spectre]

The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason other predators hunt, because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of thousands of generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter
Finn Aagard

[lpcjon2]

   

[Coonbait]

Here here! Couldn't agree with you more.
Glenn

[Orion]

Jim:  Who is Finn Aagard?  I see he's read and borrowed from  "Meditations on Hunting" by Jose Ortega y Gasset, originally published in 1942.  For example, "...one does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted," is found on pp 96-97 in my 1985 edition.

For those who haven't read this book, it is one of the best treatises on hunting there is.  I believe it's still in print. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

[Spectre]

Who's Jim?

 Beats me, man. I was looking for some inspirational quotes for the football team when I stumbled upon this and thought it would look good here.

 Lessee, Google to the rescue.....

[Spectre]

Finn Aagard was a writer who spent much of his time hunting and writing in Africa.
 http://www.africahunting.com/hunting-africa/3282-finn-aagaard-1932-2000-a.html

[Orion]

Oops.  Sorry Jeff.  I meant to type your name.  Regardless, thanks for the info on Aagard.  Seems to have been a well traveled, ethical hunter. Since his first writings came out about 40 years after  Gasset's, and given his philosophy and ethics, it's not unrealistic to expect that he was influenced by Gasset.

[Spectre]

It looks like that was certainly the case---and a good influence at that!

 Kinda reminds me of Capstick with his writing.

[Mudd]

You'll get no argument from me on this one for sure..lol

God bless,Mudd