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Flint and feathers 2008
El Destructo:
Yeah I sure agree...I would never put myself in a Position where I would accept a Poor Shot on any Animal...I would rather do without.....than to wound an Animal...I have heard the Cries of Deer and Hare....and Antelope when they are hit poorly.....Make Me sick inside....But I think if we are going to Hammer Ole R.S. for shooting 8 times at the as He put it ...Stinking Bird....then the Gentleman that shot a Half dozen times at a poor Cottontail should be reprimanded too...and all I heard on that Post was ....Atta Boys...aint fair to Spoil one and Punish the Other.........JMO......Yankee
P,S.....don't take this as I Condone what He did by any means....I wholeheartedly agree with the HAWK....just think if it's good for one....it goes for all.........
hawkbow:
El Destructo... I normally agree with you an most matters ;D We share the same beliefs and hunting ethics.. But shooting at a cottontail with a bow is far from the same thing as blasting at a winged warrior with a gun.. I have shot hundreds of cottontail with a bow and can say that for every one I hit I miss many more.. I shoot 150 arrows every day and stay on top of my game in the shooting department..However cottontails have a way of dodging even the best of arrows and often require several shots in order to make a harvest..because of their size and agility.. Whereas a turkey rarely (in my limited knowlege) requires or offers a second chance with a bow... You have killed far more turkeys than I so I will not begin to think I could understand them as well as you. just my opinion brother.. Hawk a/ho
El Destructo:
I shoot my Bows Daily also....and I would never go out on a Hunt with out being Proficient with the Bow that I was taking.... I understand that little Fuzzy Bunnies are hard little Targets....but R.S was shooting his"Rifle" and missing the Old Warrior of the Land.....but the Kid shooting the Rabbit was wounding ...and then wounding again and again..to me there would be no Pride in this Hunt ....only Shame....and if I was to go Home and Tell that Story to my Father...He would have put the Bow to my Backside for making one of Gods Creations .....suffer like it did.....One Shot ...One Kill....if there is a Doubt in Your Mind....you don't take the Shot.this is How I was raised.....You thank God and thank you Quarry for the Privilege of hunting it and making a Meal and tools from it..you Show it Honor.............I have not one Trophy on My Walls....I was not brought up that way.... My Trophy's lie in all of my Days and Nights spent walking with Nature and coexisting with it....not hanging it from My Walls and Flaunting it....I feel Shame and remorse when I hear People Bragging about their Hunts...and the Animals that they Shot and Crippled....and some that were never recovered...because it was too cold or too late....this is Crap...it is never too late or too bad of Weather to try your best to recover what you messed up in the first place...........Man ....I need a Prozac...............I am sorry I got off on a Rant here....but Abuse of Nature....really get to me..
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Michael "Yankee" Roberts
Sparrow:
One guy's "warrior of the forest" is another guy's "turkey" I eat alot of clams up here and also crabs.I guess I could start calling them warriors of the beach gravel and warriors of the ocean bottom. We got an organization up here called P.E.T.A. (People eat tasty animals) I respect my fellow creatures as well,but I don't bond with them before I kill and eat them.Yeah,kinda cold and unfeeling I know, but I ain't too sophisticated. Definitely not a poet of the great outdoors.Just a hunter. Frank
hawkbow:
Without respect for your prey you are not a hunter only a killer, we all choose our path, the one we choose to walk defines who we are in our indeavors, I choose to hunt with respect , honor and integrity, and refuse to budge from that path.. I am so tired of hearing about the so called hunters out there who enter into the wild places with the attitude, kill, kill, kill.. and will do anything to achieve their goal of a harvest, forgetting about the rules of fair chase and more important not thinking about their impact on all of us and our sport.. I have several friends who are anti hunters.. they respect me and my way of hunting because they see that we share the same respect for the land and wild creatures who share it with us. They all say the same thing, they do not dislike or hate the hunter or the hunt only the disrespect and carnage portrayed by so many of the killers who are hunting to feed their egos. Frank i am sure you are correct about ... One guy's "warrior of the forest" is another guy's "turkey"....I agree, but we all have a responsability to respect the hunt as well as respect the animals we hunt through our deeds.. your P.E.T.A. statement is a prime example of the reason we are constantly under attack as hunters by the real peta and other animal rights activists. Disrespect! I like to eat what i shoot and am aware of the culinary delights associated with wild game meat. my opinion is just that .. my personal opinion, but I feel a need to make a stand concerning this issue and refuse to move from my position as an archer, hunter and outdoor enthusiast.. Hawk a/ho
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