Why such a need to kill animals.

[Bubbacanuck]

Social Media has a big play in hunting now
Peer Pressure - pressure to kill something from friends, family, social media, other hunters
Elitist - Sheep hunters are some of the worst, almost like fly fisherman in their elites mentality. Not all, but there is some out there that have a different mentality when it comes to sheep. I have met a few that acted like they had killed the holly grail; not knowing that people have been killing sheep before their mommas lost their virginity. It's funny that I have not met any goat killers that think the same way. Yet I think Goats are the ultimate animal to hunt and to kill a 10"+ billy is damn hard!!
The "I spent all this money to come up here, I am going home with something" thought process. Who ever thinks that spending money justifies having to kill something is missing a lot of reasons why they are hunting.

I am sure there are many more, but killing undersize animals is a choice that a hunter makes when they squeeze the trigger. No excuses, no rational reason.

Cheers

SS

worse than fly fisherman or sheep hunters are bow hunters. The bow hunters that believe only bows they agree with should be considered a bow. Cross bows are frowned upon, as these bow hunters are so elitist. Utter bullshit.

[xlcc]

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.

[Leveraction]

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]

[SeaScene]

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?

[bearvalley]

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?

How do you come to that conclusion?
What I suggested was that new hunters are out in the field with very little training.

[mod7rem]

Quit simple really why such a need by so many hunters to kill something.
Why are short underage sheep shot, why are elk in a 6 point area being shot when they are under that size
why are mule deer being shot as whitetails or vs versa why in a 4 point mule deer area are bucks being shot
under that size, why are moose over the 2 point size limit being shot in the GOs
Why is a person on a quad being shot in a moose season , why is person being shot well bugling. Why does someone
cross a fence onto posted land to shoot something.
Want me to give more reasons or do you understand the question now, Why such a need by so many hunters to kill something.

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.

[mod7rem]

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.

[Rackmastr]

worse than fly fisherman or sheep hunters are bow hunters. The bow hunters that believe only bows they agree with should be considered a bow. Cross bows are frowned upon, as these bow hunters are so elitist. Utter bullshit.

And worse than all 3 are comments like this that continue to divide.....lol

[Ron.C]

What a productive thread. Anti hunters must love some of this shit.

[Harvest the Land]

^^^^Bingo. I've always thought LBM was Chris Darimont under cover, and starting divisive threads like this only furthers my belief