Help me figure out this possible reference in TOS...

[T'Girl]

Cory: "Archer. Jonathan Archer. A former Starship Captain.

Kirk: " When I was a cadet at the Academy, his story of watching the birth of a gazelle was required reading.
He was one of my heroes."

 

[Green Shirt]

Cory: "Archer. Jonathan Archer. A former Starship Captain.

Kirk: " When I was a cadet at the Academy, his story of watching the birth of a gazelle was required reading.
He was one of my heroes."

I wonder what Kirk would have done with the gazelle?

Either ate it, or dated it.