You started your March “From the Editor” column by stating that words matter and you know this due to your job as an editor. Why, then, would you immediately go on to suggest that people who use the word “harvest” when referring to the taking of game in the wild are either riddled with guilt about their actions or feel a need to apologize to the anti-hunting factions with kinder words? I am neither guilty, ashamed, nor, frankly, could give a damn what the anti-hunting factions think. While I will absolutely concede that the word “harvest” is most closely associated with crops and agriculture, I found at least 15 or so definitions for the word, including to catch, shoot, trap, etc., fish or game.
Normally, I would just keep turning…
