"harvest"

[almostthere!]

Why does professionals and most of the hunting community use the word "harvest" when they describe the taking of game animals? The only situation where the word "harvest" should ever be use is where the hunter is actually shooting planted game animals in enclosed game farms.

[Sarge]

almostthere,

what word would/do you use?

And please expound on this statement-
"The only situation where the word "harvest" should ever be use is where the hunter is actually shooting planted game animals in enclosed game farms."

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm guilty... I use the word harvest.

In Websters Dictionary is has..

Harvest noun.
The art of gathering in a crop.

To gather in a natural product as if by harvesting.

The product or reward of exertion...

In my opinion I think the word harvest works for hunting often times. I also think its a more politically correct term. Any time we as sportsmen don't fuel the fire of the anti, we are doing ourselves a favor...

[barebackjack]

I personally dont use the word however I can honestly say I have never debated the use of it in reference to taking an animal. I think the statement about less fuel on the fire hits home on the matter.

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[metrojoe]

Merriam-Webster Online

Main Entry: 2harvest
Function: verb
transitive senses
1 a : to gather in (a crop) : 1. REAP b : to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control c : to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture or a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting
2 a : to accumulate a store of <has now harvested this new generation's scholarly labors -- M. J. Wiener> b : to win by achievement <the team harvested several awards>
intransitive senses : to gather in a crop especially for food

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