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Are we cruel?
HH~:
Yer
Earth Muffins, Bark Biters, Pecka Gnats, Wokarista’s and general uniformed monkees all gonna say that. When a wolf ham strings a cow elk and feeds on her while she’s alive seem cruel?
How about a big cat that brings down big Brahma Bull then moves up to his throat and clamps down on his wind pipe till dead?
Most of us wouldn't be around if we listened to the folks talking that kind nonsense. You get shot with a 25lb selfbow with a 125 Ace on it see how long ya last. Maybe cruel couple mins. Laying on gurney dying of Chine Virus is hella lot worse. Guess it all perspective.
HH~
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: HH~ on June 09, 2021, 02:50:22 pm ---Earth Muffins, Bark Biters, Pecka Gnats, Wokarista’s and general uniformed monkees all gonna say that.
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You forgot the granola munchers, but I agree.
--- Quote from: HH~ on June 09, 2021, 02:50:22 pm ---Most of us wouldn't be around if we listened to the folks talking that kind nonsense.
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Yep. Too much prosperity for too long has made an awful lot of soft, disconnected people who have little idea of the realities of the world and how we got to this standard of living in the first place.
Mark
Fox:
Lots of good point of views here… my first time killing a animal (bigger then an insect) was a few years ago, it was supposed to be with a rifle from about 120 yards… I was well practiced and had been shooting quite a lot before I was taken out hunting. But even still nerves and lack of experience got the better of me and I shot the deer threw both front legs…. That, that is cruel… tracked the deer down the holler and slit its throat…… that was a life changing hunt….. (14 at the time) ….
next year much better luck perfect shot the deer only went 15 yards. That deer was close maybe 30 yards out….. still rifles are truly brutal…. Nothing gentle, just horrific the damage they do.
Now…. Something I feel really really bad about… I was squirrel hunting with a bow, I was using blunts cause that’s what I was told to use on squirrels… I shot this squirrel in the back leg and certainly broke bones…. But I wasn’t fast enough to get another arrow in it before it was gone… I’ll regret that likely forever…. And probably am going to stay away from squirrel hunting from now on…. Or maybe if I do I’ll use broad heads.
But nature is cruel, people are cruel, this world is often cruel. There is no escaping that, if you eat meat, you will be taking a life. Whether you take part in that and give respect to the animal by doing it yourself is your choice. But oh boy when someone tries to tell me how cruel hunting is I just tell them to not forget where that bacon covered in chemicals and wrapped in plastic REALLY comes from.
This fall I hope to hunt with primitive archery tackle, I hope I’ll be able to get my gear and skills up to par in time.
BowEd:
Being raised on the farm knowing all life is precious and death is soon understood as a part of life.Hunting is a part of harvest from a replenishable resource.
boomhowzer:
Fox, I wouldn’t hold on to your mistakes too long. I have done the same thing. Shot a bunny with a blunt, everything I read said shoot them with blunts. I hit him right in the sweet spot, right behind the shoulder and he ran away. Now I only shoot broadheads unless it’s summertime and I’m after red squirrels or 13 striped ground squirrels.
Had a similar experience my first deer hunting season as well (last year). I had a bow but I missed 3 deer over their backs. I call them ‘free lessons’ because I was lucky enough to be so bad I didn’t injure any, but I was clearly unprepared and shooting out of my range.
Next year I also hope to be out there with my own hunting tackle, lots of practice, and a fresh perspective..
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