I have to admit that I'm one of those Americans who, if I had to kill my own meat, I'd probably become a vegetarian. The farthest I've ever gone was stick a lobster in a boiling pot of water (and even that got me a bit unnerved). But seeing as how I'm into preparing myself, should I fight back my queasiness and learn to kill? Would it be enough just to learn how to set snares, track animals, and shoot, and hope that if I was starving, I could do it?

I hope I'm not insulting all the hunters out there, believe me I know all about the overpopulation of deer and the necessity to thin the herd. I'm just not sure if I could do it.