Well, I did pick up a copy of Heartsblood, from Dave, actually a few month’s ago and FINALLY got a chance to sit down and indulge into reading it over the Holidays and absorbing the printed words. I knew it would happen since I read “A Hunter’s Heart” quite a few years back, and I found “Heartsblood” to be compelling to point of being one of those books you start reading that you just can’t put down. I had used a good portion of the “messages” from “A Hunter’s Heart” in communicating my own personal Agenda in Hunter Ed classes over time, no doubt with “Heartsblood” I am fueled with even more perspectives and greater depth of knowledge in explaining “why we hunt?”. Again the three type of hunters, my hope is that the number of growing hunters is leaning toward the Nature / Spiritual hunter. I think this is what I was searching for in my earlier post query on “What is the thing you like most about bowhunting?”. I believe “Heartsblood” explains those answers very well.
Interestingly, side note.. I had a father and son take one of our Hunter Safety courses earlier this fall, and as I always ask, as a matter of discussion regarding ethics and behaviour, “Should a hunter expect a 100% gaurantee on a guided hunt? This father was adamant – oh yes, If I am paying thousands of dollars for an animal, I expect to come home with an animal”. I slightly tried reasoning with him, but a classroom with me as the instructor is no platform for debate, my conscience wanted me to throw him out of the class, but all I could do was think how sad. Maybe he’ll remember something I said an mature into a better hunter.
Great work by Dave Petersen. Highly recommend reading this one. Especially if you are involved in Hunter Education.
