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Originally Posted by Squirtit
I hear you. I understand the mentality of seeing a package of meat with a picture of a cow on it so you know you're eating a cow.
I've been to homes with different game heads mounted on the wall. What's that about? I killed something beautiful? I killed something big? Surely it's not to remind strangers of meat they once ate?
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I have trophies too. I think the word explains it. It's purpose is kinda same than with photos. Why you take photos?
"something that you keep or take to show that you were successful in hunting, war, etc."
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trophy
"a. A prize or memento, such as a cup or plaque, received as a symbol of victory, especially in sports.
b. A specimen or part, such as a lion's head, preserved as a token of a successful hunt.
c. A memento, as of one's personal achievements.
d. The spoils of war, dedicated in classical antiquity with an inscription to a deity and set up as a temporary monument on or near a battlefield, placed in an existing temple, or housed in a permanent, new structure."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trophy
I don't hunt for meat, although I use it. Neither do I fish for meat, although I have once or two used passive methods to catch fish (like nets) and that is pretty much fishing for meat, but there is the thrill too, but way lessen. I hunt and fish because I like to hunt and fish.