Why is hunting so sacred?

[MontanaMama]

174. Yes they do. Happy now?

But the actual killing of the animal isn’t the highlight, for lack of a better word before I’ve had my coffee. I just asked my husband what he values most about it and he said there’s a million reasons why he hunts. The first and foremost is a successful hunt provides meat for our family for a year that’s healthy, free of whatever critters are given on factory farms and knowing that the animal had a good life unlike anything that comes home from a supermarket neatly wrapped in cellophane. He also says that killing is the worst part of the whole thing and he always feels remorse when it’s done. The second, in his opinion, is teaching our child that he can provide for himself and the understanding of where his food comes from. There’s sacrifice involved and when an animal dies for food and if we’re going to eat meat, we believe that owning a place in the process is important. Some on this thread agree and some don’t and I find the emotion about it really interesting.