I like to sit for a couple minutes and admire the beauty of an animal.
Same here. A moment of silence standing beside it, appreciating the challenge that it presented to me in tracking it down to harvest it; and the beauty of the animal. Organs are bagged first, if that counts as a "ritual."
I also have a nice couple of fingers of chilled single-malt Islay scotch before I start butchering.
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"This Brittany is my most cherished possession — the darndest bird-finder I have ever seen, a tough and wiry little dog with a choke-bored nose and the ability to read birds’ minds." -Jack O'Connor
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