A short spoken monologue by Ben Greenfield presented as a YouTube video transcript. Greenfield states that he eats what he hunts and hunts to feed his family, framing hunting as part of living and surviving. He emphasizes a deep connection to nature, ancestral continuity, and the importance of honoring animals and the Earth when taking a life.
I eat what I hunt.
I hunt to feed my family.
It's just part of living, part of surviving.
Hunting connects us to an entirely different part of the Earth.
If you take an animal's life, you also say thank you to that animal, thank you to the Earth for providing.
What would my ancestors have done if they were in the same position as me? Out in the middle of the forest, surrounded by animals and needing to eat meat?
They would have gone out and harvested an animal.
If I'm going to shoot something, it's a very.
Religious isn't the right word, but I honor anything that I would take the life of.
Doran also have this deep connection with nature.
I have the same relationship with the animals that I hunt.
But it's how I feed my family.
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