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[xoxoGOATSxoxo]

I really hate how some people find it funny when an animal dies painfully. I have no problem with hunting. I like hunting. I like venison. But I do have a problem when people don't care how they shoot and animal, like a gut shot, and then the animal struggles untill death. Some people I know (and highly dislike) even shoot them badly on purpose, so they can see them struggle.

Show some repect! Geeze. I always try to kill my animals neatly, and not have them in prolonged pain. I'm sure (hopefully) most of ya feel the same.

Every hunting season we have to suffer hearing how the "mighty hunter" shot the animal, and watched it die slowly. And how they enjoyed the dying slowly part.

Hunting is good, but I think this is the wrong mentality...

[shadowwalker]

I have lost friends I have had for many years, and people I know little of. Because of hunting ethics. If you know someone that is like this, why let them come around? One of the bad hunters was my own brother. We are still brothers and that. We just don't hunt together.

[KesWindhunter]

Gads I know what you mean! Some kind of (pittiful) ego trip...I dont go there with anyone. And I'm SO quiet about it, too...uh huh, riiiight!

My daughter (barely 15) just made her first sh*tty kill yesterday, her 10th deer. We got to the deer as quickly and quietly as we could and she mercy shot it in the head...she cried because of the poor shot and how the deer musta suffered (for maybe 2 minutes at most), but I consoled her by letting her know that she did the right/stand-up thing by being merciful and humane by the quick finish she made...And reinforced that its gotta be done! And reminded her that sh*t happens, just dont make a habit of it.

I'd rather see the quick follow-up and tears of recrimination of a poor shot any day than the boastful bizarre glory of??? boy flippin' howdy. Makes my hackles stand up!

[jross]

Deer have ten times the pain endorphines we humans have. I have seen deer with bones sticking out of their hides after being struck by cars, feeding with the other deer in our field. Last year I had a huge 10 point buck 15 yards from my stand chasing a doe. His left front leg was dangling, obviously broken. I let him pass because I couldn't get a clean shot. My buddy had the same broken leg buck the week before chasing does, close but not a good shot so he let him pass. I was talking with my neighbor across our swamp and he said his neighbor had been feeding that buck with the broken leg for 7 years, so we felt better for passing on it. I do not think any of us would be chasing our mates with a broken leg. Your daughter made ten good shots so her time had come and she finished it properly, so she has my admiration and congrats. Anyone who doesn't feel bad in that situation has something very wrong with them.

[KesWindhunter]

Originally Posted by jross

Your daughter made ten good shots so her time had come and she finished it properly, so she has my admiration and congrats. Anyone who doesn't feel bad in that situation has something very wrong with them.

Agreed! I am VERY proud of her...and I told her so.

I'll pass on your remarks, she will appreciate them.