Short YouTube monologue by Ben Greenfield ("Awaken The Hunter") in which he states that he hunts to feed his family, eats what he hunts, and frames hunting as an essential, ancestral, and respectful connection to nature. He emphasizes gratitude toward animals and the Earth when taking a life and describes hunting as part of surviving and honoring the natural world.
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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