BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 5, 2025
For most of her life, the idea of shooting a deer was unthinkable to Amy Rush. An animal lover who once believed hunting was cruel, she grew up watching her uncle bring home “beautiful, free animals” and couldn’t understand why anyone would kill a deer instead of buying meat at the store. Her perspective began to shift when she got her hunting license so she could join her son, Jenek, in the woods and provide food for her family. “I cannot say enough about what hunting is to me now,” Rush said. “Crazy, since I was so against it in the past.”