What does hunting teach one about life?

[Grouse]

All of these things.

[CharlieNY]

And this of course.     valoroutdoors.com

[Gobbler Chaser]

How to get away from it all. People mostly 

[UpStateRedNeck]

Death is a part of life.

[TACC]

Survivability

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[cynthiafu]

That death can be at anytime and anywhere. So live life . Live every day . And tell your love ones everyday that you love them . And your friends . So I love you guys . Now give me that bud light lololol jk I like Jack Daniels

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[heavuser]

How easy it is to take it away. 

[skully]

nothing

[phantom]

How to walk in the woods.  how to live off the land if you had to .

[DoubleDose]

I'll add:

Planning

Strategy

Tactics

Attention to detail

Hope

[Lucky118]

Don't  get shot in the guts. It will take a long time to die lol

[First-light]

Had to put down my daughters doe she shot this morning. It looked dead to me the first time finding it. It got up and went off. Kind of freaked me out. Second time she was still alive had to put an arrow in her. That doe had so much survival instinct. Kind of taught me a lesson. It was overcast snow falling and she stoped breathing. First time in a real long time I sat there and reflected and shed a tear.

[Doc]

There is a strong connection between my hunting and our American culture and heritage. Yes, among all the categories of people, even we have such things as heritage and culture. We began this nation as a land of hunters, and it was the thoughts of that sort of thing that first interested me in all the outdoor activities that I have been into all through my life.

There is also an element of independence even though if we had to count on my game harvests for our food, we likely would starve to death.....lol.

Hunting also teaches the participants that meat does not come from trees or originate in cellophane wrapped Styrofoam packages.

 

[nyantler]

4 hours ago, Doc said:

There is a strong connection between my hunting and our American culture and heritage. Yes, among all the categories of people, even we have such things as heritage and culture. We began this nation as a land of hunters, and it was the thoughts of that sort of thing that first interested me in all the outdoor activities that I have been into all through my life.

There is also an element of independence even though if we had to count on my game harvests for our food, we likely would starve to death.....lol.

Hunting also teaches the participants that meat does not come from trees or originate in cellophane wrapped Styrofoam packages.

 

Okay.... I'm going with what you said  I don't think it is necessarilly as deep as some get about it... it is just something that seems to be in our blood.

 

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by nyantler

[bruno1]

Also teaches you who your friends really are

[wolc123]

How to eat good:

[Doc]

Hunting does kind of indicate that a part of us are in the category of predators doesn't it? That feeling of excitement and anticipation when a deer steps into range isn't quite the same as when I am out in the garden bout to pull a carrot. There definitely is something that mentally goes through our mind when we see fresh deer sign that is not really that different than when a wolf picks up the fresh scent of its prey. The chase is on. There is excitement and anticipation and need to secure that deer for food. It is our predatory instinct that comes from somewhere deep in our genetic make-up. We don't often think of it that way, and perhaps many do not want to admit it exists in humans, but it is something to be learned from the hunting experience.