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Originally Posted by woodsltc
I see the common usage of words and terms being "changed" all the time to reflect PC values....sadly I don't think the Oxford English Dictionary is imune to that trend.  35 years or so ago the #1 definition of Gay was as an adjective meaning light hearted and carefree...that's not the #1 definition today.
I detest political correctness run amok ...... we hunt and kill animals, we catch fish, & we harvest crops IMO. 
Don |
A quick look at Google Books finds the phrase "deer harvest" used as early as 1913 in an old California Fish and Game bulletin:
Game Bulletin - Google Books
Here's a "turkey harvest" discussed in 1920:
The Breeder's Gazette: A Weekly Publication Devoted ... to the Interests of ... - Google Books
A search for "trout harvest", "squirrel harvest", etc. harvests (see what I did there?
) similar results dating long prior to the PC era.