Harvest vs Kill, The Language That We Use

[Welding Teach]

Even TPWD can't make up their mind on which word to use.

The hunter must:
• use the specific type of deer tag (for example, buck tags must be used only on buck deer, antlerless tags on antlerless deer, etc.).
• have the month and date of kill clearly cut out on the tag by notching the respective month and day. Do not “ink out.”
• immediately complete, date and cut out the appropriate hunting license tag after a deer is harvested but before the deer is field dressed, moved or tagged.
• after a deer is harvested, but before the deer is field-dressed immediately before moving carcass, complete the log, in ink, on the back of the hunting license. Asterisks in the log indicate bucks with an inside main beam spread of at least 13 inches.
• after a deer is harvested and tagged, but before the deer is field-dressed or moved, complete the log (in ink) on the back of the hunting license. Boxes with asterisks in the log must be checked for harvest in antler restricted counties for bucks with an inside main beam spread of at least 13″.
• complete the mandatory harvest reporting for wild turkey in all counties with a 1-bird bag limit or for white-tailed deer in applicable counties using the My Texas Hunt Harvest app.

[Walker]

Looks like they've made up their minds to me.

[HogHunter34]

If it’s brown it’s down
Bust em in the ole pump house
Thwack em
Smoke em
Bust em in the pork chops

I’m multi lingual

[Chance Love]

I have never harvested a deer or any other animal. But I’ve killed lots of them. I have never understood why folks use the word “harvest” when they kill a deer.

[Hills of Texas]

What if you kill a deer while driving a Combine harvesting corn?

That’s called multitasking

[txtimetravler]

Deer are a renewable resource thus the term harvest

[kcmarullo]

I will never apologize !

[sotx]

I’ve never harvested an animal, but then again I don’t have a vajayjay and tend not to mince my words. When a heart stops, you killed the body that holds it. When you pluck a leaf or fruit you harvested. I refuse to change my language because someone got their feewings hurt

Exactly!!

[Zjesse22]

Kill. I don’t harvest an animal. I’m not really fond of the phrase “ I just smoked him” when they let an arrow fly on tv shows either

[Raleigh]

My daughters blind is named “C&G Killers Inc. Open 24x7”.
That should tell ya how I feel about it.

[TexOddball]

Didn’t we already kick this horse?

Yeah, I scrolled back up reading the dates, thinking “who the hell bumped this old ****?”

This old horse is well-dead and thoroughly flogged.

[BowhunterB]

Gumbo, you have a way with words.

So does Playa

[Geezy Rider]

Didn’t we already kick this horse?

Yeah, I scrolled back up reading the dates, thinking “who the hell bumped this old ****?”

This old horse is well-dead and thoroughly flogged.

Oh I’ve seen this subject brought up from time to time and have been a part of those discussions. This was just a recent article that I received and thought the author made some really good points for those who maybe could use the talking points when dealing with naysayers. Most of us agree that we don’t mince words when talking about what we do but there are still members around here that will use the term harvest. Just wanted to give them something to think about.

Now, let’s move on to the other ten thousand threads that get repeated on a daily basis around here.

[Bucknaked]

Weak, woke links started that harvesting crap! You took a life, you killed it! And I don’t care whether you care whether I or we care or not!

[Gumbo Man]

Weak, woke links started that harvesting crap! You took a life, you killed it! And I don’t care whether you care whether I or we care or not!

I care Wick. I really do.