[Terry L Smith]

two things in response to Is Hunting Ritual too Extreme?

1. It’s New Zealand, not California, so since we have no business sticking our nose in it, as the original article author did, lay off!

2. No. The eating of the heart by the first time hunter is something that transcends time. It is a Native American rite of passage. I am not speaking of Kevin Costner here, i mean the real deal. It is a spiritual thing.

Now posting it to rub the world’s nose in it, is a bit much, but nevertheless, it is THEIR business, not our’s.

[Oztrich Boy]

Eating the heart of your kill is old tradition in New Zealand

Of course they didn't always have deer available. If fact there was originally only one species of mammal there.