A Successful Colorado Hunter and a Hard Won Elk Hindquarter
Photograph by Michael Patrick McCarty
Tis' the Season, For A Man Meat of Meat! Oh Joy To The World!
Man in all his forms has been dragging something along behind him since he first stood upright and made his first staggering steps toward the horizon. Sometimes, it was a big hunk of life sustaining meat just like this.
They say that modern man hunts to fulfill some relentless though mysterious primordial need. Perhaps it is a way to reconnect with mother nature, to feel the wind on our face and remember our true place in the world.
I have another idea.
Perhaps we are just hungry!
Should We Get The Grill Ready?
By Michael Patrick McCarty
"The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information". - Edward Abbey
“One does not hunt in order to kill, on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted…”.
From “Meditations on Hunting”, By Ortega y Gasset
This photo first appeared on our blog at http://throughahunterseyes.com/man-made-meat/