Killing ... how do you feel ...

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Otokiak

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How do you feel after your kill? Do you hoop and holler and jump about?(be honest here) Do you say a prayer? Do you thank the animal? I'm curious how you all react after your kill is down? Discuss!

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
I don't celebrate it. But it does seem to enhance the relationship with the land and the animal. I am very tired of High Fives I see on TV outdoor shows each time a duck or deer or whatever is killed. We are sportsmen but hunting is not an organized sport at all.

Darryl
 
No celebration here. Just glad to have some extra meat in the freezer to make jerky etc.
I forgot sorry. I still do kick the 1st dead coyote every season. Man I hate them.
 
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i am so happy inside i could jump for joy, but i keep my composure. i admire the beauty of the animal, later that day i put a prayer to the lord for this awesome country we live in and the abundance of he has provided to us. then laugh, joke and tell stories while while preping the meat.
 
My friends and I don't hoot and holler, but after our heart rate slows down, we track the animal, and congradulate the one who harvested the animal
Have some pictures taken, and enjoy some drinks
 
the kill is as important as the chase.
do you feel joy when you catch a fish?
we are supposed to be happy when we achieve our goals and feeding our family is our ultimate responsibility.
how you express your joy is different for everybody.
i am well aware that i am a predator as nature designed me and do not feel guilt unless there has been undue suffering on the part of the prey.
 
While I'm definitely excited, there's no jumping for joy (I'd probably just fall out of my tree stand anyway) I'm a little sad after but I know that this is the circle of life and the deer died much more humanely than at the hands of coyotes or starvation.
Usually a little prayer of thanks is given.

Smaller animals like rabbits, grouse are not quite as serious a deal. I might jump for joy If I ever nail a Coyote as they have beaten me for the last 2 years.

The foolishness on the hunting shows has to go, it is not the way most hunters feel and looks incredibly bad to people on the fence about hunting.
 
I thank my Creator for providing food for the table as He promised He would and wonder if my Children will be as close to the land.In a nutshell, I feel Canadian...........this is my heritage......................Harold
 
It's always a bit of a celebration when something is down, after all- if you dont' get excited, why are you even hunting? :)

But there is a big difference in my type of celebration and what you see on TV, where the guy gets so excited he starts trembling and whooping and you just know if the camera wasn't there, he'd be dropping to his knees to treat himself on the spot.:p
 
I'm NOT asking about TV shows and their reactions ... I'm curious how my fellow CGNer's FEEEEL and react after their kill is down? Interesting posts some ... others expected! Let's hear your side! ;)

Otokiak
Rankin INlet,NU
CANADA
 
Hard to describe the feeling. Very content I guess like , a life is good sort of feeling. I used to sit back, have a smoke an admire the animal. Don't know what I'm gonna do this year since I quit. Then quickly get to gutting. Liver & heart for supper that night. The thrill stays with me until I have to go back to work and then patiently wait for next season.
 
Never been one to hoot and holler myself, but if your heart isn't pounding and you're not excited, then maybe its time to find another hobby.
 
I catch the spinning empty out of the air, fist pump the air while saying "woo, woo, woo" while high fiveing with the other. Then I pretend the rifle is a broadsword and swing it around like I'm slaying multiple opponents, before settleing into playing air guitar on the same rifle while jumping up and down in what has to be an annoying fashion.


err; maybe that was a TV show I saw? I'm usually pretty quiet and can't easily make the transition from dead serious to celebration. I admire the animal, sometimes in awe, and sometimes think of the path between where I started to where I am. The shooter part of me can't resist checking out shot placement.
 
I am pretty happy and stoked when I am successful, no I don't hoot an go on like a mad man about it though, but definitely one of the best feelings you can have, it's something that you can never explain to someone who hasn't hunted before and have them understand.
 
I'm always interested in the shot placement and the bullet performance, too.

If I am with a buddy, we usually laugh a lot when admiring the animal, and in the pictures I am usually grinning, because hunting is fun.:)

Some guys pose for pictures and they look like they are either really bored or just totally don't enjoy themselves. Maybe they aren't smiling because they hate their wives and now that they have tagged out, they have to go home.:p
 
A fleeting twinge of sadness followed by considerable but quiet personal satisfaction.

I've always agreed with Ortega y Gasset's observation that "One does not hunt to kill but kills in order to have hunted."
 
No reaction. However, I'm not a big fan of killing, so I don't care for celebrations or photos beside a corpse.

The lead up is the exciting part. Chasing down quarry (whether you kill it or just take a picture of it) is nice.
 
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