05-15-2007, 07:34 PM
I think I fall into the majority here as well. Growing up a country boy, I was exposed to the gory side of things since I can remember.
When I was six or seven, it was my job to fetch the ducks and geese my dad shot, including breaking the necks of those that crash landed still alive. (It was around this time I learned where the name for a 'Goose Egg' realy came from).
After watching the fish cleaning process for various fish for some years, also around six or seven, my dad handed me the knife, and told me to give it a try. After he coached me through a few, the "You catch it, you clean it" policy took hold.
I don't ever remember it being overly tramatic. Just a part of the food chain. Oh, I also always remember watching those shows about nature, where they videotape coyotes catching rabbits, lions killing antelopes, wolves brining down caribo, and other such things. It always seemed to me that even the cruelest of methods of converting live animals into dinner were much more humane then cranky ol'Mother Nature.
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When I was six or seven, it was my job to fetch the ducks and geese my dad shot, including breaking the necks of those that crash landed still alive. (It was around this time I learned where the name for a 'Goose Egg' realy came from).
After watching the fish cleaning process for various fish for some years, also around six or seven, my dad handed me the knife, and told me to give it a try. After he coached me through a few, the "You catch it, you clean it" policy took hold.
I don't ever remember it being overly tramatic. Just a part of the food chain. Oh, I also always remember watching those shows about nature, where they videotape coyotes catching rabbits, lions killing antelopes, wolves brining down caribo, and other such things. It always seemed to me that even the cruelest of methods of converting live animals into dinner were much more humane then cranky ol'Mother Nature.
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