Conscience

Have you ever felt bad about something you did while hunting?

  • yes

    Votes: 71 71.0%

  • no

    Votes: 29 29.0%
  • Total voters
    100
I took a really long shot at a buck broadside. I guessed 200 yards. I walked across the field, followed the blood trail forever to find the buck with both the front legs hit. I took a look at where I was standing when I took the shot and were I shot him and it was more like 300+ so the bullet drop hit but didn't kill him. He drug himself on his stubs for a 100 yards or so thru a valley until he found a good hiding place. I put a couple in his neck to finish him off but it was a very poor kill and I can't imagine the misery he was in until I finished him off. That sucked.
 
regrets, I've had a few

while moose hunting and returning to camp I came upon a suicial black bear, who according to the CO who saw the bear was born the previous spring. this depressed bruin would not go awayl; I whisled, I clucked and yelled and I waved my arms and every thing I did caused him to come closer . And when at 10 yards he got up on his hind legs and poped his jaws I shot him, with a 308. 180gr. nosler partition through his left shoulder. He dropped down and scrambled even closer. Finally, at 3 steps from my toes I shot him again, at the base of his skull.
Afterwards I felt like */*///, I had been scared and the bear was very close and possibly I was at rsik of harm but I still haven't got opver the feeling that it was simply a stupid- inexperianced bear that did not have the sense to be afraid.
But then again it is possible that I was simply serving my part in the graet plan and removing from the gene pool a black bear who did not know enough to be afraid of a pumpkin coloured being with a rifle before he had a chance to breed.:confused:
 
Shot a cat at a landfill when I was 19. Wounded it. Had 10 rds of .22 in the rifle and hit him again on the run. Ran out of ammo but cat still running. Had to run him down and beat him to death with the rifle butt and a rock. ####ING UGLY (and I've killed a LOT of cats).
 
sjemac said:
Shot a cat at a landfill when I was 19. Wounded it. Had 10 rds of .22 in the rifle and hit him again on the run. Ran out of ammo but cat still running. Had to run him down and beat him to death with the rifle butt and a rock. f**kING UGLY (and I've killed a LOT of cats).
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I've always felt bad for killing any animal whether hunting or mercy kills on wounded animals to end their suffering. If we don't kill them though, the alternative could be a whole lot worse with overpopulation issues, etc.. The feeling of regret is quickly overcome with reason and the fact of the little critters being so damn tasty.
The people that don't feel a little bit bad are the ones that worry me. Animals in their natural habitat really are beautiful to behold and a good day hunting doesn't necessarily end with a trophy or meal coming home with you.
 
theDuck said:
I've felt bad and kicked my self for NOT taking a shot when I should have. Or not being ready an alert when I should have been.
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Me too. I've had a couple of early morning #2 emergencies that left me in tears, and smelling worse than a gut pile in the sun. Really, I think if you don't feel a bit sad for taking a life you, need help. The point is we hunt the animals ourselves and feed our families, we don't ignore where food comes from, we celebrate it and the kill for the right reasons. And we can be all in your face organic when talking to hippie/ lefty types.:D
 
Shot a doe with a muzzle loader right through the heart at 15 yards.

She ran a half loop, layed down dying not more than about 40 yards away.

I didnt reload and shoot again, cause I knew the shot was lethal and I thought the motions of reloading would not let the deer rest in peace.

An emotional moment, for sure.!...but as always, thanked the hunt gods for what was given to me.
 
Im not a huge fan of watching any animal suffer before it dies. I shot a doe last year in the spine, and it did the whole bawling thing as it tried to crawl away. My grandpa was 3 or 400 yards away and said he could hear it as clear as day. So, shot her in the head. The feeling sorry part didnt last too long - hey it was a running shot and filled the freezer again, cmon. :dancingbanana:
 
7.62mm said:
I spine shot a deer three years ago with my crossbow. Was up in my climbing deer stand, about 25 feet. I only took up one bolt. That deer got about 100 feet away from my stand, bawling it's head off the entire time, with just it's front legs,while I tried to get down as fast as I could. Not an easy task in a climber! I now always carry an extra bolt up with me, and I practice from up in the climber in the summer months.
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Only diff was I was using a compound, and she ran into a dugout....had to haul her out bleating before I could finish her off...........
still feel like a SACK F S**T :(
 
When I was 5 I shot a squirrel out of a tree with a bb gun.

It was hit but didnt die and I remember dad hitting the squirrel with a stick to kill it.

To this day, if I can't get a near perfect line on the animal's vitals, I don't shoot. Missed a lot of opportunities due to that, but never a regret.

Funny how shooting a little squirrel can make a lasting impression
 
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