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Hunting with spirit

By James Swan
ESPNOutdoors.com

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Having the right gear and a place to go are essential, but there is something more about hunting that sets it apart from most other outdoor sports — spirit — and the rich heritage of customs and traditions that support it. Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset writes in his classic work Meditations On Hunting, "Hunting submerges man deliberately in that formidable mystery and therefore contains something of a religious rite and emotion in which homage is paid to what is divine, transc ...

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