[MD] dying deer

[Dan Glover]

>From: Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: Re: [MD] dying deer
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:13:16 -0800 (PST)
>
>   [Dan]
> > Now do you understand why I dislike guns?  I
> > especially dislike idiots with
> > guns. I realize without any natural predators the
> > deer population will
> > quickly grow out of control. But there is a proper
> > way to kill. One doesn't
> > just shoot an animal and let it run off wounded.
> > Even I know that.
>
>      Well, sometimes they can't be found.

[Dan]
When I was a boy my dad would take us hunting with him. One time he shot a 
deer and it ran off. We tracked that thing for miles through the snow until 
we finally found it and he finished it off. I remember my younger brother 
was moaning about being tired and cold but my dad just kept going. He said 
we had to get that deer. Funny thing was when we did finally find it we were 
so far away from the car that we couldn't pack out the meat and he just left 
it laying there. I didn't understand then but I do now.

>What of bow
>and arrow?  These can have the same outcome.

[Dan]
I guess so. Though I am not a hunter I surmize a person would have to be 
quite close to the target with a bow and arrow vs. a gun.


>I know
>this is headed in a vegetarian type avoid killing all
>animals.  Are you a vegetarian Dan?

[Dan]
No though I eat very little meat I do enjoy small (wild caught) fish like 
sardines. And if I am invited to dinner I never complain about what's 
served. But I load up on vegetables and leave the meat alone. I eat this way 
more for health reasons than to avoid killing animals but I don't believe 
one should take a life unnecessarily either.

>
>
>      [Dan]
> > Nature takes care of her own.
>
>
>      Yes, this is why I'm not so sure how much fear,
>pain, and loneliness actually bothered the deer.  The
>deer may have been in a meditative state for all I
>know due to his highly ritualized life.

[Dan]

I've noticed when we die that we go into a kind of fugue state which perhaps 
could be called meditative. If you've ever seen a mouse in the grips of a 
cat you know what I mean.

Thank you for your comments,

Dan