Deer music, land music, sky music: A first drum
Months ago, I was going to write about making my first drum.
wildlife
Dietary fundamentalism impairs sight and hearing
Too often, conversations about diet get short-circuited by the certainty and intolerance characteristic of fundamentalism.
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?
“Natural causes”: Life and death, food and fantasy
What is so compelling about the idea of life lasting until an organism gives up the ghost of its own accord?
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?”
Eating strangers, Eating friends
Emotionally speaking, what are the differences between hunting wild animals and slaughtering domestic ones?
Hunting philosophies in ten words or less
I’d like a bumper sticker that tells the world why I hunt and how I feel about the wild creatures whose world I share.