Originally Posted by
jszymczyk
I keep fish whenever I want to eat them and it is legal. I love to eat fish of nearly every type and I am not ashamed of it. I do NOT "HARVEST" fish and game animals. I KILL them and EAT them. It is a deeply emotional event to take the life of an animal and I do it with respect every single time. HARVEST is what a person does to plants. If someone can't come to grips with the fact that they are killing things, then no touchy-feely word such as harvest can change that. Get over it, I say.
I also release a hell of a lot of fish, and I occasionally pass up game animals while hunting. If we were not meant to eat fish, they would not taste as good as they do. I do not get to spend very much time on the water or in the woods, and when I cook and eat a meal of fish I caught, I give thanks and it takes me back to the time and place where I got them. It reinforces memories, I LIKE IT, and that's all the justification a person needs.