If the critter you are hunting is by definition in the regs legal to shoot you now have a choice.If the critter is not legal to kill,the choice is simple,don't shoot.
There is no such thing in my books as squeekers.
I would say I’m with Arctic lake on this. I’m not overly successful as a hunter. And that is because of , I think an inner passion and level of ethics that for me seems to supersede the killing of an animal. If it’s not right I don’t shoot.
When I lived in the Edmonton area 1993-2009, I was a fanatical bow hunter from 1993-1999 and spent many of those hunting seasons 10 minutes from home chasing Moose and Deer, opportunities and seasons and bag limits were incredible, In all I took a handful of whitetails does. No monster buck pictures in my hunting portfolio. Then one season on a golf course south of Sherwood park, I had a monster 5x5 in front of me and I buried an arrow what I thought was behind the shoulder, He took off across the field and disappeared into the bush 150 yards away, as I watched him go, I thought he’s gonna drop, he’s gonna drop, there was a bit of blood which I followed, into the bush, it got dark, I called some buddies and family, we looked hard, blood trail stopped, knocked on a few doors asking for permission to go onto private property and search, I took 3 full days off work search. I know I saw that arrow go into the deer, I saw the fletching sticking out of him…… I never recovered the animal, and I never pulled the bow back again. That was September 17th 1999.
I was so upset I did not hunt the rest of the year, or the following year.
RESPECT FOR THE ANIMAL YOU KILL.
For that reason I tend to hunt alone, as I’m not into people that shoot because they saw antlers, or shoot because I heard a noise over there, or guys that use the time away from the wife to get high and drunk, as many people do do that.
I do spend as much time as I can during hunting season, out there hunting, but it is not as much as I’d like.
Ive introduced my step son to hunting, but I think I’ve introduced him more to ethics and respecting the animal you intend to kill.
QUOTE=Arctic Lake;2288074]I’m not as successful at hunting as I would like to be . This is my own fault, as I don’t get out that often and still have lots to learn, but geeez would I just shoot at an animal just to kill it , NO ! I don’t get a high five scream out loud elation from killing an animal ,I get the elation from a combination of feelings when I know the animal is down and the work / study , research has paid off and of course the good luck .
I don’t have time for over inflated egos in people whatever the situation ! Life’s to short for that B.S been around that and don’t miss it at ALL !
Arctic Lake[/QUOTE]
BearValley said: "The CORE coarse is so basic a 10 year old can complete it…"
So BV .... What you are really saying sorta hints that a certain group of guys here are hunting illegally?
Last edited by SeaScene; 10-11-2021 at 10:13 AM.
Simple human nature. Lots of variability in how humans think and react to situations. Calm or excitable, rational or irrational, thoughtful or impulsive, etc. It shows in everything humans do, not just hunting. You could take a large group of people that all love backpacking. Some will litter their garbage in beautiful places, others wouldn’t dream of doing it and will pick up others garbage. Some will steal if low risk of getting caught, others won’t. We’re all wired differently.
Although I think some people do things intentionally in the moment, disregarding the threat of consequences, I want to believe that most of the short sheep, 5 pt elk, whitetail looking mulie’s, etc, etc are not done intentionally, but more because of excitable, irrational, impulsive reactions.
Last edited by mod7rem; 10-11-2021 at 12:37 PM.
We all know of people that like to do things like hunting, fishing, quading, camping, etc, and doesn’t it make you nuts when there are always people involved that consistently have no idea what the rules are? Everybody has different personalities and some people are not interested in learning any details such as rules. They just want to participate in the action. Put enough of these personalities in a group and bad things happen.
Last edited by mod7rem; 10-11-2021 at 01:05 PM.
What a productive thread. Anti hunters must love some of this shit.
Last edited by Ron.C; 10-11-2021 at 12:55 PM.
^^^^Bingo. I've always thought LBM was Chris Darimont under cover, and starting divisive threads like this only furthers my belief
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