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Most guys on here are as ethical as it gets. Nobody wants an animal to suffer at all. The idea is to put food on the family table. Post a few pics of feed lots as there is a lot more suffering going on there than in the woods. My wife is a big proponent of bow hunting, and asks me why I don’t do it. “Because I’m more adept with a rifle, and that makes it better for the animal” is what I tell her. No matter what your tool, go for the cleanest shot possible...
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Is their a cow season in the area where the picture was taken
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Piperdown
Is their a cow season in the area where the picture was taken
No there is not.
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I shot a bear in the head by accident once. Same reason it happened is the same reason I wouldn't do it intentionally. Animals move their heads around a lot and it happens quickly. I had a perfect broadside double lung lined up. As I squeezed the trigger, he swung his head around my direction. Luckily through the eye and out the back of the skull vs something non fatal like jaw or snout.
I did intentionally take a neck shot once, but only because it bed down and after a half hour of laying prone waiting with it in my cross hairs I was 100% confident and there was zero risk of it moving around. Or maybe I'm not a saint after all? :)
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Walksalot
No there is not.
So poacher or FN is most likely
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Redthies
Most guys on here are as ethical as it gets. Nobody wants an animal to suffer at all. The idea is to put food on the family table. Post a few pics of feed lots as there is a lot more suffering going on there than in the woods. My wife is a big proponent of bow hunting, and asks me why I don’t do it. “Because I’m more adept with a rifle, and that makes it better for the animal” is what I tell her. No matter what your tool, go for the cleanest shot possible...
Any hunting scenario gone sideways is a mess. Lets face it, killing an animal is nasty business no matter how you cut the cheese.
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Walksalot
Any hunting scenario gone sideways is a mess. Lets face it, killing an animal is nasty business no matter how you cut the cheese.
most definitely but there is no sense playing "Russian Roulette" wit 5 loaded chambers. Why take the chance.
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Wild one
So poacher or FN is most likely
Or incidental damage by a stray bullet when a hunter is taking a legal shot at the bull of his dreams
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rocksteady
Or incidental damage by a stray bullet when a hunter is taking a legal shot at the bull of his dreams
True could have been someone not paying attention to what is behind their target.
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358mag
Is there a LEH for cow elk in that region ? or is that the result of a missed headlight shot from a ............. or .. ?
Think we both know the answer to that one...