Hunting is a part of us, a part of our ancestry, a part of our history, and because of the hunter it can be part of our future.
It’s because of this we know there is so much more to what we do. It’s a deep passionate connection to the animal, the earth, and our past. These are some of the best hunting quotes that put what we all feel and have a hard time explaining into perspective.
Now then, get your equipment–your quiver and bow–and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
-Genesis 27:3
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.
-Aristotle
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-Henry David Thoreau
Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation, – these are the normal endings of the stately and beautiful creatures of the wilderness. The sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize its utter mercilessness; Life is hard and cruel for all the lower creatures, and for man also in what the sentimentalists call a “state of nature.”
-Theodore Roosevelt :African Game Trails
Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation, – these are the normal endings of the stately and beautiful creatures of the wilderness. The sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize its utter mercilessness; Life is hard and cruel for all the lower creatures, and for man also in what the sentimentalists call a “state of nature.”
-Theodore Roosevelt :African Game Trails
A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be . . . time to commune with your inner soul as you share the outdoors with the birds, animals, and fish that live there.
-Fred Bear
A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than that of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.
-Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac
Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.
-Fred Bear
The true trophy hunter is a self-disciplined perfectionist seeking a single animal, the ancient patriarch well past his prime that is often an outcast from his own kind… If successful, he will enshrine the trophy in a place of honor. This is a more noble and fitting end than dying on some lost and lonely ledge where the scavengers will pick his bones, and his magnificent horns will weather away and be lost forever.
-Elgin Gates: Trophy Hunter In Asia
