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I've gone out twice for a deer hunt, and never shot anything - even though one walked right in front of me. It just wasn't really my cup of tea. However, I've had no trouble with fishing for barracuda and marlin in Jamaica. Maybe I have a subconscious hierarchy, and I see mammals as above fish? My only concern is that if I'm going to kill something, it has to be done as quickly as possible, and every hunter I've talked to shares that sentiment. As long as there is overall control on the numbers taken, in order to ensure that our great-great-grandchildren and beyond can enjoy the challenge, then I don't really have a problem.
My father was the same way. He shot one deer in his life and couldn't do it again. And that's fair, its not everyone.
I passed on a beautiful big 8 point this years because I didn't feel comfortable with the shot. My worst fear as a hunter is wounding an animal and or not being able to find it after that shot. I want them to die quickly, so they are dead before they hit the ground.
I took a good doe a few weeks later that dropped in place from a clean double lung. And 99% of the deer I have taken have been that way.
The only animals that rarely drop in place for me are bear. I've had them run for 30 - 60 meters.
This exactly. All of it. That's /thread right there.
Couldn't say it in better or fewer words.
But.
@Lumber What in the honey boo boo coffee crisp sunny sunday with a cherry on top is this take? Now, I knew you were left-wing but Jeeeeesus Christ on a bike. This is LEFT left.
Others have already exposed how wrong your perspective on hunting is by contrasting it with theirs, so I'll just add this: Mens rea does not apply to the actions of others, so nothing to do with opposing others' hunting activities. You feeling bad about hunting is not the hunter's problem. I know bringing up legal principles is always tempting when factual arguments are lacking but... they've actually got to be applied properly.
I don't think @Lumber was expressing his opinion on hunting, I think he was expressing why he thought anti hunters who eat meat feel the way they do.
But I stand to be corrected.