Why do we say harvest?

[SNOT]

[stang67]

[MSDawg870]

[bradrussell5]

[RebelYelp]

[SNOT]

[crowder critter]

the word harvest fits well when referring to killing a deer in a management situation (i.e. we need to harvest x amount of does this year or we harvested x amount of mature bucks that scored over xxx). It seems it is the politically correct term to use. Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?

[malligator]

Main Entry: 2harvest
Function: verb
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 a: to gather in (a crop) : 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 from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting.

gotta love online dictionary

[MSDawg870]

I was just messin with you Snot.

I think we say harvest especially these TV hosts because it more PC and frankly it sounds better than shot, killed, busted the hell out of.

Its not for PETA folks but nonhunters that are neutral on the subject and this verbage is used so not to push them one way or another. Same reason when a TV show "harvests" an animal they won't show a big bloody picture of the animal afterwards.

I know its pretty common here in the W&F dept. at MSU to use the word harvest when speaking of managing wildlife populations.

[rbl763]

[Maximum Load]

[tombstone]

[Unkljohn]

I've never harvested a deer, however I have killed a bunch of them!
Yes, I do load my deer that way IF I have to use my 4 wheeler to get the deer to my truck, where else would I put it? I have to leave the tailgate down just to leave enough room for the 4 wheeler.

[duramax]

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