and well informed. Helped clarify some issues I've been having regarding the ethics of hunting, as a formerly PETAindoctrinated kid who now wants to kill the animals I eat.
Was unimpressed with author's take on certain topics like gender and domesticated livestock, but on the whole I found myself agreeing with what he had to say.
Pub.Just finished reading this on my kindle app, middle of the night, after changing a diaper so give me some latitude in this review, please.
So far, this is the best of the hunting ethics/worldview books I've read,
Peterson manages to present his case hunting, when done in a healthy way, is necessary for humans and animals, essentially without being sanctimonious or maudlin.
He elevates his own style of hunting traditional archery without needlessly putting down those who choose different tools, He tells personal stories to give context to his arguments without the jump between being too jarring as Kerasote does, sorry Kerasote it had to be said.
He also intellectually attacks extremists on both sides of the argument, clearly and undauntingly, Animal Rights groups are separated clearly from Animal Welfare groups, and Doministic/Trophy hunters are separated from Nature Hunters, This is an enormous coup and I really appreciate it,
I'm reading all of these books to inform and place my own writings and musings on hunting and nature and our modern human place in it all.
This one is the best of the pack,
The writing style is leaves a lot to be desired, Each chapter is further broken into small sections that seem to have been written separately, Almost as though each was an editorial piece gathered together to make this book,
Otherwise the author does just as others have said, he praises what he agrees with while bashing what he doesn't.
Almost to the point of being offputting,
I did enjoy the tails and stories of the hunts, Some of those hunts were quite remarkable,
Perhaps if I was just starting out this book would have been more to my liking, In Heartsblood, nationally acclaimed nature writer and veteran outdoorsman David Petersen draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior, praising what's right about the former and damning what's wrong with the latter, as he seeks to render the terms "hunter" and "antihunter" palpable.
As someone who knows nothing about hunting but was very strongly in the antihunting camp prior to reading this book, I certainly learned a lot.
Petersen dives into the role of hunting in wildlife conservation, in species evolution, and in humans connecting with nature, He differentiated ethical from nonethical hunting which is where most of my stereotyping came from and covered many other topics, and I left the book with a newfound understanding and respect for hunting.
While Im certainly not someone who would hunt myself and cant say Im definitively prohunting, I can at least say that I have a better grasp on how it can benefit people and animals and wilderness all at the
same time.
Im giving this book astar rating only because of Petersens hardtofollow writing style lots of run on sentences, Contentwise Id give itstars, There is than one author with this name, .