To The Bone

To The Bone

Killing How I'd Like to Be Killed

No one wants to be killed. But hunting makes me think a lot about how I do (and don't) want to die - and also how I kill.

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Holly Heyser
Dec 29, 2021
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I have never really understood the allure of hunting big game over hounds. I think my reaction to it is pretty similar to the non-hunting public’s reaction: You put yourself in the prey’s shoes, feel your racing heart, experience the terror of a pack of baying hounds coming closer, closer, closer until you’re out of options and you make your (inevitably…

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