Dietary fundamentalism impairs sight and hearing
Too often, conversations about diet get short-circuited by the certainty and intolerance characteristic of fundamentalism.
unintended harm
The not-so-clean kill: Intent gone wrong
Had I, he asked, ever wounded an animal but failed to kill and recover it? If so, how did I deal with that?
Animals through a hunter’s eyes: Not just meat
The second part of the question was more focused: “Now, when you see deer, do you see meat on the hoof?”
Where a book leads
There is something about following an animal. Or a book.
Eating and caring: The lines we draw
I think everyone holds some version of the same conceptual category: “Fellow creatures about whom I care too much to eat.”
Wounded animals, Uncomfortable hunters
Back in November, a fellow hunter and I talked about an essay he’d written. In it, he described stumbling onto a deer that had been wounded by someone else. When the piece was published, he heard from some disgruntled hunters. They didn’t like seeing that kind of story in print. A couple months later, I … Read more
Deer: Part of every stew, every salad, every stir-fry
Venison, a forester friend tells me, is the best way he knows to eat trees. He points out that whitetails do a dandy job of converting cellulose into protein. When Cath and I sit down to a bowl of venison stew, we are eating more than potato, carrot, and deer. We are also eating maple … Read more