Q&A: Hunters & Killing

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October 15, 2008 at 2:16 pm

(1) Hans says:

Hi Russ,
I am quite amazed by the calmness and ease with which you answered to the non-hunting crowd. I myself could hardly keep my head in the face of such people; I tend to argue back rationally but always seems to end up trying to make them look like fools, especially (read: usually) if they don’t know much at all about the animals they “love and sympathize with” so much. Bravo pardner!
Your Fellow Hunter

October 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm

(2) hunting says:

Thanks, Hans. I know what you mean. Most of the hard-core antis aren’t rational at all. If they were then they’d bow to the facts when presented with them. Nothing we can do to change the minds of folks like those, but we can try anyhow. Keep up the good work!

Russ

October 15, 2008 at 4:08 pm

(3) Hans says:

“My father once advised me, wisely, I think, not to waste time trying to change folk’s opinion on religion, sports, baseball or redheaded women. That’s good advice for this book. If you are an ardent hunter hater, you’re likely to stay that way. If, however, you are simply a nonhunter and don’t have too much of an opinion one way or another, let me try to explain the sportsman’s thinking in the face of the negativism so popular these days.”
Excerpt from Death in the Long Grass, by Peter Hathaway Capstick, 1977.
A former Wall Street stockbroker who followed his dream to become a Professional Hunter, how cool is that!

October 15, 2008 at 4:17 pm

(4) hunting says:

I know the book, it’s a great one. I’ve read it more than once. Ol’ Chapstick, as Dad used to call him, certainly was an interesting fellow.

“The Last Ivory Hunter” is another good one from Capstick.

Russ