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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

1243.0. "Hunting ethic and the "Mohican way"" by GLDOA::ROGERS () Thu Jan 14 1993 10:50

    For those who saw the "Last of the Mohican's":  Wasn't the opening
    scene just great?  For me it represented what hunting was all about.  I
    had not hunted from 1978 to 1991 and was successful on the 2nd day of
    that first season.  When I came upon the downed and dead deer, I felt
    some powerful emotions all mixed together (pride, shame, grief, wonder,
    accomplishment) that were hard to deal with.  
    
    The "Mohican way" was perfect.  It represents getting in touch with why
    you are there.  My hunting ethic is still forming (after all this time)
    and I believe that this scene was a tremendous help.  
    
    /bob
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1243.1soooo, tell us moreKNGBUD::LAFOSSEThu Jan 14 1993 13:3511
Bob,

would you care to elaborate on what the scene was??? ;^)


>   The "Mohican way" was perfect.  It represents getting in touch with why
>   you are there.  My hunting ethic is still forming (after all this time)
>   and I believe that this scene was a tremendous help.  
    
>   /bob
1243.2GLDOA::ROGERSThu Jan 14 1993 14:4723
    No way I could tell it and not diminish it.  Go see the movie. I know
    it was just a movie, but someone "UNDERSTOOD" when they wrote that
    scene.
    
    Could be it was in the original (1932) film, but I never saw that one. 
    This takes place in upstate NY in 1757.  Total wilderness.  The scenery
    is great as is the story line.  My wife said it was the best she has
    seen.
    
    I'll set the stage, but you must see the movie.  The last of the
    Mohican tribe is father and son with an adopted whiteman as a second
    son.  They are hunting whitetail in upstate new york.  The methodology
    seems to be to run up trail (for miles) until the quarry, in this case
    a huge buck still in velvet (no seasons in 1757) is closed on.  Then
    still hunting to get in range ( of a flintlock of course)
    
    The buck spooks and runs.  Nathanial (Hawkeye) swings the flintlock to
    follow and takes the buck as it leaps a stream.  It drops where hit. 
    Father and both sons approach with reverence.  The father has a few
    words to say to his sons and the magnificent buck.  NOW see the movie.
    
    The rest is very good as well.
1243.3TFSO TodayBTOVT::MOULTROUPFri Jan 15 1993 06:427
    
    This is a fantastic movie a must see. Everything looks very authentic
    and realalistic and it keeps you glued to the screen the entire movie.
    Good luck to everyone in the coming seasons. This is my last day at
    digital and i will miss this notes file.
    
    Bruce
1243.4Happy hunting!KNGBUD::LAFOSSEFri Jan 15 1993 10:007
Bruce,

Good luck to you in your future endeavors...  Good health and hunting...
Gonna miss those big buck entries  in #270 next season... Keep me posted 
should you ever need extra guys to help you dog deer in VT... ;^)

Take care, Fra
1243.5SALEM::PAPPALARDOFri Jan 15 1993 10:359
    
    Bruce,
    
              Good Luck in forms, Hunting especially.
    
    
                                            Guy
1243.6poppin a top for youODIXIE::RHARRISwork to live, not live to work!Fri Jan 15 1993 10:579
    Good luck in all you do.  This bud's for you.
    
    i saw last of the mohicans.  Damn good movie.  Love the scene in the
    begininng.  a must see.  a little slow at points, but a good movie.
    Filmed in North Carolina.
    
    bob
    time to fish
1243.7Hoka-HeyKIDVAX::DMICHAELSONFri Jan 15 1993 12:2618
    I have not seen the movie, but will when its released for video tape.
    It may be now just haven't been to the store for a while.
    
    Its kinda funny, the way you describe the scene. Specifically the
    running part because of a spoof I saw on the comedy show "In Living
    Color". If you remember the advertisements for the movie they showed
    the hero (I presume Hawkeye) doing a lot of running. Well the spoof was
    just that, a guy in deerskins running, and running and running. It was
    kinda funny, guess  you had to be there!   :^)
    
    Anyway, I have often felt a strong feeling of envy towards our Native
    Americans. Especially the woodland tribes. Before we came along and
    ruined things for them. They lived tough lives, but respected the
    important things in life, and even worshiped them. If hunters, check
    that, if everyone had just a hint of their respect for the land and
    animals the world would be a much better place.
    
    Don
1243.8GLDOA::ROGERSFri Jan 15 1993 14:087
    As Sachem, leader of the Huron (allied with the French), says near the
    end, "The coming of the whiteman brings the darkness of night to the
    future of the Huron.  We do not know what to do."  They could not
    decide as people.  They split up and some submitted and some went to
    war.  In the end they all lost.  Lesson in this perhaps?
    
    /bob
1243.9DNEAST::GOULD_RYANTue Feb 09 1993 13:2312
    
    
     I too thought that this was an excellent movie. Can't really understand 
    why it is rated R.
     I agree that the opening scene was one of the most memorable in the 
    entire picture. The Mohican father (played by Russell Means) asks the deer's
    forgiveness as he (the deer) dies and pays tribute to his strength, speed, 
    endurance and courage.
    
     A definite "must see" !!
    
     RG
1243.10violance=RODIXIE::RHARRISwork to live, not live to work!Wed Feb 10 1993 08:254
    The reason it was rated R is because of the violance, and the graphics.
    
    bob