In the Realm of Deer
When I first saw @shaka's template for Round #194 of the LMAC Collage Contest, I thought of hunters. However, sites I consulted explained that a stag in heraldic symbolism represents peace and harmony. Nonetheless, the idea of hunters had come to my mind, so I decided to create a collage where stags and other animals were free of hunters. Thus, my image of animals truly in harmony and at peace evolved.
@shaka's Template
According to one study, 78% of humans in the world eat meat. This suggests that, for most humans, hunting is an intrinsic part of nutrition. I am including in the term hunting anything that involves slaying animals. This of course would encompass all the factory farms in the world. And in the U.S., 99% of the meat consumed comes from factory farms, according to several sources.
So, all of us who eat meat are hunters. Still, for me there has always been a distinction between those who find killing an animal distasteful, and those who enjoy hunting. I do not understand how hunting can be a 'hobby'.
Bowmen Honing Their Skills
Credit: NARA. Public domain
While most of us avert our eyes from the tragedy of the kill, many hunters embrace the act of killing. Taking the life of an animal, watching the light go from its eyes, is a source of pleasure for them.
Here is a site dedicated to the art of bow hunting. And here you can find advertised a location that provides deer and other game for the pleasure of hunters to stalk and kill (Here is a quote from the site: "There’s nothing like watching the steam rise off the water as the day begins in hopes of seeing your dream buck walk through").
Some commercial hunting establishments not only confine animals for the hunt, but breed them to be released into hunting grounds. The animals, bred in captivity, lack the instinct to fear and evade hunters. In 2003 US VP Cheney was involved in what was called a canned hunting incident.
Common Pheasant Killed by VP Cheney
Credit: Charles Sharp. Used under CC 4.0 Attribution Share Alike International license. It is reported that Cheney's hunting party that day killed 417 out of 500 pheasants. 70 of these were killed by the vice president himself.
It is the enjoyment of killing and suffering I do not understand. Perhaps some of my readers can explain this to me in the comments below.
My Collage
I had difficulty coming up with an idea. This collage landed in a peaceful place, so it works for me at least😇.
As always I borrowed from the LIL Gallery. Thanks to each of these contributors:
Cat
@yaziris
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/7634
and
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/7633Rock
@muelli
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/6173Mountain
@angeli-b
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/4229Deer
@marcybetancourt
https://www.lmac.gallery/lil-gallery-image/7940
Additionally, two deer in the collage were borrowed from one of my LIL contributions, and several images were borrowed from public domain sites. Thank you to the following contributors:
- Field
Andrey_and_Lesya auf Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/de/photos/wilde-pferde-pferde-feld-5030043/
Tree
Zhao Chen
https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-and-green-bonsai-tree-KCnX0ux2jFoTree
S. Tsuchiyua
https://unsplash.com/s/photos/bonsai
- Owl
Public domain pictures
https://pixabay.com/de/photos/tier-schnabel-vogel-auge-augen-21756/
Here are some progress pictures:
The value of LIL in my efforts is obvious. Anyone on Hive can contribute to the library and everyone can borrow from it. Learn about the procedure here.
We have had some spectacular contests with handsome prizes this season. The contest continues through today, until midnight, UTC. I don't compete, but try to complete a collage every week (at least!) because it is so enjoyable.
As @shaka has said many times, everyone is an artist.
Thank you for reading. Peace and health to all.
Hi A.G. Hope you are keeping well and ready for the rush of Christmas.
Love your peaceful scene where animals can live in peace without worrying about being hunted. The reindeer on the mountain add a nice touch,
No one should be allowed to kill animals or birds for sport. It is terrible to see animals hunted for sport or to get a trophy. Elephants and other majestic animals are killed by greedy people for their tusks. I heard bears were killed for a bone that was suppose to be an aphrodisiac. Don’t get me started…..
Hello my friend @redheadpei,
Your response does not surprise me. How can you love life and love taking life?? It's not logical, and makes no sense in real terms.
Christmas!!The first Christmas we are all together in one place in a very long time. The rush is always last minute for me🦋
I wish you peace this season, which I know is complicated for you. Thinking of you, my dear friend.
Opening the week with controversy? 😄
Like you, I used to think ALL hunting was terrible, when you can just go to the store and just get it nicely packaged. My mind changed when I began to listen to some of the people that hunt and make some good points. Of course, if one is opposed to any killing whatsoever, there is no amount of facts and opinions that can sway you.
One particular well spoken hunter-conservationist is Steven Rinella who has a show on hunting and actually shows it. At first, I reacted with revulsion and horror, but once you start listening to his explanation, then you begin to appreciate hunting a little more. There are many angles to this issue, and once you explore it in depth, then you begin to understand the nuance of this topic. A hunter gets up close and personal with the source of the meat. Closer to the spirit of the animal, a native American might say. You get to know it more intimately, and it's not just an impersonal package from the supermarket, where we are divorced from the reality of that animal as a living being, and the process that ends that life.
There is also a strong relationship between hunting and conservation of the environment, at least in North America. There are good and bad practices in hunting, Steven highlights those good and bad practices in his work. I recommend perusing Steven's Meat Eater podcast if you're interested in environmental conservation from a hunter's perspective.
Oh please! I grew up in a community where every self-respecting farmer had several deer heads mounted. I know all the rationalizations. Your explanation of the 'joy' of hunting reminds me of what a serial killer might say. You have to get up close and appreciate that you are taking a life.
Native hunters truly did hunt for meat. They had to. They didn't make sport of it. They weren't bored. It was life for them, life they shared with the animals they killed.
To get pleasure out of killing, out of seeing something expire...that is a distortion of compassion. It must always cost us to kill. Killing even on a micro level makes killing acceptable.
I've no desire to listen to your hunter. I've heard it all.
Healthcare workers (the good ones) burn out because of the suffering they witness. When you are able to watch suffering, and you don't suffer, you have crossed a threshold that brings you further from compassion.
Please do not mischaracterize my words. I did not use the phrase 'joy of hunting' anywhere in my post, and then to call me a serial killer too boot is ridiculous.
You are mistaken on this. Native Americans also hunted for recreation. It was an important aspect of their culture, and like most cultures, they integrate 'the joy of hunting' into their social activites.
I see. Good to see that you have a well rounded understanding of this complex topic.
I never meant to suggest that you find joy in hunting. But hunters do.
O yes, they do. And they don't mind at all. They enjoy the outdoors. They enjoy the camouflage. They enjoy the guns. They enjoy the culture.
It's not that I'm closed minded. This issue is not new to me. You can't imagine how much I've read, how many videos I've watched. How many news casts I've listened to.
It sounds like you're very passionate about the issue and have done in-depth research that has led to your current viewpoint. So, I can see where you're coming from.
Personally, I'm opposed to some forms of hunting practices but not others. At the end of the day, as you said, we're all hunters if we eat meat. How close we want to be to the final act and procedure is another matter. My grandmother used to raise chickens. I once saw her wring a chicken by the neck and throw it in boiling water to cook. I had the pleasure of defeathering the bird and realized at that moment that I wanted no part of the process. I do think others should have the right, within reason, to get up close to their game, as long they follow the proper laws.
Kind of like religion and politics--issue that people feel passionate about cannot be discussed dispassionately, I guess.
I always value your input, but you're right (my landlord used to chop their heads off, but I never had to defeather😕)
Hope you are having a peaceful day now that we have put this topic aside😆😇
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A tender scene, very good job my friend...Cheers!
Thank you my friend, @inessita.
Cheers to you🦋
amazing collage as always. hunting is common here in my country.
It is quite common here too. As you may know, the U.S. has a gun culture. Hunting is part of that. Apparently hunting people is becoming a tradition here, also.
Thank you for visiting and for your kind words about my collage.
You're welcome 🙂
This is really an amazing collage work been done
Thank you!
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