harvest verb harvested; harvesting; harvests Definition of harvest (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb
1a: to gather in (a crop) : REAP harvesting corn b: to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (salmon, oysters, deer, etc.) for human use, sport, or population control
The verb harvest indicates that I am not just killing, but also dressing the game and collecting the hide, fur, skull, antlers, and meat for use. I see people that just "kill" coyotes without harvesting them. They leave them for dead. Gut shoot a deer and have it run away and die days after you gave up looking for it. You killed. You didn't harvest it.
The only things you harvest are dicks at the truck stop.
