The reflection story I choose is called Why I Hunt: A Predators Meditation by Rick Bass. The short story tells of Bass’s love of hunting for both elk and deer. However, the significance of the story goes far beyond merely killing an animal for its meat, as it tells mostly of the emotional struggle he feels as a hunter. Bass acknowledges the fact that he is a predator but wonders if his insatiable need for meat will somehow affect him in a later life. He questions whether or not he will have to pay for all of the innocent animals’ deaths that he has caused.
In other words, hunting had been part of their descendant’s heritage and traditions for as long as they could remember. There is no place that validates the heritage and traditions of hunting and ignites the hunter’s passion more than deer camp. These temporary hamlets of ‘hopes and dreams’ spring up every hunting season in the American wilderness bringing together hunters of all ages for a week of ritualistic ‘man bonding’ and hunting anticipation. At deer camp, Stories of faded glories, dreams of future triumphs, and boastings of skill and daring are shared. Hunting tactics, strategies, wisdom and knowledge is pooled, as well as meals are prepared and eaten together.
This relationship for nature is shared most ardently between these two. Sometimes they exert their love for nature subconsciously. For example, when Victor has to rid himself of the female monster ruins, he chooses a lake as the venue. Even though this is not a happy moment in his life, his love for nature is what draws him to it, regardless of the circumstances: “The lake refreshed him and filled him with agreeable sensations.” Connecting with nature not only helps to calm and
He tells of a time when Argos was trained by his master to be a great hunter of wild goats and other smaller game. Further he touts the dog’s bravery, strength and speed. Although he never got the chance to hunt with Argos, this can be seen as a representation of Odysseus because, as a great warrior and leader himself, he trained Argos to be as such in the way of hunting. It is as if Argos was a piece of Odysseus that he left at home, the care-taking, responsible and hard working protector and provider. It would not be prudent to expect this of his son, Telemackos, due to his youthful age; it was only a purpose
Algonquians mostly lived along the river where they could go fishing and hunting. The authors said, “The hunting parties were traversing a well-watered and heavily forested landscape which white men would one day call Maine” (pg 5). They used to be called as “Penobscot” or “people of the white rocks country”. Their land marked the northern limits of Indian farming because late thaws and early frosts let them make only a little corn, squash, and beans (pg 6). In addition, the time-honored habits of fishing and hunting on which their survival depended were the main aspect for the annual change between seasonal camps up and down the Penobscot River valley (pg 6).
The Impression of Cave Paintings I choose to draw a male deer with antlers because it something that is associated with nature. I feel that many people know what deer are and know that they have existed for many years. A deer means a lot to me. I have grown up in the outdoors and have spent a lot of time with friends and family hunting deer. To me it’s a past time, an adrenalin rush, as well as a way to put extra food on the table.
However, he resolves these thoughts and continues to have perseverance and the will to survive. Paulsen descriptively demonstrates how a person can survive as Brian experiences realistic scenarios that seem near impossible. Brian realizes, throughout his brutal journey, that his family, which he was so disappointed in, was not as bad as he had thought. However, he knew, if he was ever going to see them again, that he needed to master his survival skills in the woods. Then brain found a rifle in the plane wreckage.
Some hunters say that they can smell you from a mile away. Many hunters wear all kinds of cover scents while hunting, such as raccoon urine, fox urine, also buck and doe urine. Most hunters put the scent on their boots or on leaves around them. White-tailed deer are still a very shy and cautious animal. Running and sharp senses are their main defense (Zwaschka 11).
The forgotten sport Since the beginning of time hunting has been a way of life. From the Indians to the pilgrims, hunting has slowly dissipated down to the few that participate today, like the dirt eroding from river banks, a little less everyday. Is hunting a good thing? Is there anything to be learned from hunting? Should I trust my kid to be involved in the sport of hunting?
If people hunted just for the meat, then no one would do it. Weather hunting is a necessity or not, a man or women will benefit and feel successful when they accomplish the goal of hunting and killing their own food (Jackson). At one time, hunting was the only means of human survival. The men generally took on the task while the women cooked the game. In the past it was very ethical to hunt, because it was the only way a man could survive.