So, if you saw a Sasquatch….would you shoot it?

[MapleSugar]

If you happened to be out hunting with your favourite big game rifle, and you suddenly found yourself with a clear, unobstructed shot at a Sasquatch….would you shoot it?

All this talk in the other thread has got me curious.

 

[lineofsight]

mmm, have to check the regs first, do you need a tag, is there a bag limit, how much beer is he carrying?

 

[Gatehouse]

If you are unlucky enough to see a sasquatch,the last thing you would be thinking is to shoot it...

 

[Camo tung]

Isn't the Sasquatch the uglier sister to the Amazon?

 

[BWANA]

By the time I decided,he'd be gone and I'd spend a lot less time in Court and writing checques for my Lawyer...

 

[Grizzlypeg]

No, I'd have to believe that in all probability I didn't know what in hell I was looking at therefor, I have no right to shoot at it.

 

[shoshin]

The last time I saw a sasquatch, I was in such poor shape that I was fortunate not to have a rubber ball, let alone a loaded weapon...

 

[mandarb11]

Nope, can't eat it so I won't shoot it! Well maybe......

 

[streetsweeper]

i doubt it would still be around after waiting for me to change my underwear!!

 

[stuckon308]

Nope, it could be some poor sap in a costume. That would make me a murderer.

 

[OldRanger]

No, taking good pictures instead, tracking etc would be more profitable...

If it was attacking, of course. But I would attempt to wound to capture, to mend and release again.

 

[lone-wolf]

I think I would shoot it. Whether or not I would report it to the press would be another matter. I would have to weigh the pro and cons about people knowing for sure that it exists.

 

[lone-wolf]

I think it's illegal to shoot bigfoot in some places. Anyone confirm that for me?

 

[MapleSugar]

I think it's illegal to shoot bigfoot in some places. Anyone confirm that for me?

I think it is in BC and Washington State.

I can't find it written anywhere though.

 

[sjemac]

Yep. I'd drop him. Without the shoulder mount on my wall people would just say I'm crazy.

 

[liberty]

Would I shoot a sasquatch?...........Umm, dunno, what do they taste like?

Besides I only shoot a 30.06, probably not big enough.

 

[D_w_A]

I don't see a point in shooting it except in self-defence. Shooting something for the sake of shooting something or for bragging rights is not a very good reason to kill something.

Even if the creatures do exist (I am completley on the fence, although I do find the subject fascinating) they have no reason to fear humanity. Lets try to keep it that way.

 

[H4831]

Ten years or so ago there was a lot of "Sasquatch" talk and the BC government put the mythical beast under protection, ie, against the law to shoot.
As Stuckon308 said, it would likely be a man in made up suit. Or maybe a bear, moose, evergreen tree in fading light, a morning after blurry vision or just plain figment of the imagination. Take your pick.

 

[Mr. Friendly]

I wouldn't shoot a Sasquatch. it no doubt has a level of sentience, making it murder if I was to shoot it and if I were to try eating it, heck, that's not much better then cannibalism. so no...I wouldn't shoot it, unless I had a camera

 

[KDX]

Just think of it being like a really big gopher. Kapow.