buzz mcmanus said:
MUP said:
I have the utmost respect for the game I hunt, and am indeed saddened when I kill an animal. But, I like those terms like BBD, and the like for the most part. It's exciteing to take/kill/harvest a deer to me and I've sent those messages before and like getting them in return. It shows genuine excitement to me.
I agree. I always send my dad the same text after every buck I shoot; "Need cameraman, BBD". It seams to me that some folks want to take all the fun out of hunting these days. They want to put a deer up on a pedestal and only those that speak, dress, and act like them are worthy of harvesting one.
Look man, I don't think anyone is saying that you can't have fun hunting. Different phrases bother different people. I am not picking on any one particular phrase. Think about it this way: As a man, I am sure you have heard and participated in various conversations men have about women over the course of your life. Based on this, would you agree that there is a direct connection between the way men think about women and the language that men use to talk about women? Some men respect women, some do not. This is often apparent by the language they use to describe and talk about women.
I'm not making a case for a women studies program here, I am simply making the point that linguistics directly effect what we think about a subject. Hunting shows are full of hunter specific slang and euphemisms because they are attempting to de-emphasize the realities of hunting in order to sell you products produced by the hunting industry. I am of the opinion the the hunting industry is presently driving hunting culture and not the other way around, therefore, hunting culture has adopted this lexicon and is subconsciously buying into what the hunting industry is selling us. A brand such as Wildgame Nation is essentially the same as
2 Live Crew was in the late 80s.
The contemporary culture of hunting is essentially an adolescent kid with money to burn. My personal philosophy of hunting, and the underlying philosophy that I pick upon out there in the hunting world is rapidly moving in the opposite direction of that, where hunters are disenfranchised by this state of hunting and, as a result, the way in which we talk about hunting; Where the aesthetic of hunting is something more in line with what it has always been up until very recently in history.
Step 1 is recognizing that there is a problem with this type of lexicon and being aware of the implications at large.
Step 2 is talking about hunting using language that reflects how we feel and what we think (as opposed to the way that the infomercials want you to think and speak and buy into their culture of hunting as consumerism).
