http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/ - art musings, reviews, everyday happenings Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-578 balm Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:09:49 +0000 http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-578 thank you judy! i appreciate your blog! darin thank you judy! i appreciate your blog! darin

]]> http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-572 judy24 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:35:41 +0000 http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-572 thanks for the correction and also another perspective on hunting! This is why I love blogging. I learn something new. I respect your hunting etiquette. thanks for the correction and also another perspective on hunting! This is why I love blogging. I learn something new. I respect your hunting etiquette.

]]> http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-570 balm Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:08:40 +0000 http://judykitsune.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-different-mindset/#comment-570 fyi, this looks like an elk rather than a deer. in our part of the country overpopulation of deer are a huge issue as well. i in fact hunt deer as well. i am what is considered a meat hunter, as i am more interested in the meat than the antlers. although i do love the antlers, that is not the reason i would kill a deer. i use many, many parts of any deer that i kill including the hide, which i tan, the hair which i use to tie flies for fly fishing, the nails and hooves which i use for art, and of course the meat. i love the whole process from the hunt all the way to the butchering and of course the amazing meat. some of the best steaks are venison backstrap. you can learn a lot by handling the whole process. in fact if you are a meat eater i think you owe it to yourself to realize the work this whole process is. you will regard the animal with more respect, the butcher as an artist and the chef as amazing once you have taken on this process. this is not an inexpensive experience either, and this raises money for habitat for animals of all sorts, not just deer and other game. hunters are the original land lovers. unfortunately there are people that disregard life, and make a bad name for other hunters. maybe this is a deep part of my ethnic roots talking, as i have a very little heritage of native american. my two cents. :) http://darinwhite.wordpress.com fyi, this looks like an elk rather than a deer. in our part of the country overpopulation of deer are a huge issue as well. i in fact hunt deer as well. i am what is considered a meat hunter, as i am more interested in the meat than the antlers. although i do love the antlers, that is not the reason i would kill a deer. i use many, many parts of any deer that i kill including the hide, which i tan, the hair which i use to tie flies for fly fishing, the nails and hooves which i use for art, and of course the meat. i love the whole process from the hunt all the way to the butchering and of course the amazing meat. some of the best steaks are venison backstrap. you can learn a lot by handling the whole process. in fact if you are a meat eater i think you owe it to yourself to realize the work this whole process is. you will regard the animal with more respect, the butcher as an artist and the chef as amazing once you have taken on this process. this is not an inexpensive experience either, and this raises money for habitat for animals of all sorts, not just deer and other game. hunters are the original land lovers. unfortunately there are people that disregard life, and make a bad name for other hunters. maybe this is a deep part of my ethnic roots talking, as i have a very little heritage of native american. my two cents. http://darinwhite.wordpress.com

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