ORIGINAL: tsoc
To say I like to kill sounds weird to me,I expect to kill,my goal is to kill,I am very happy when I have killed,not fist pumping,screaming,doing cart wheels kind of idiotic happy,but a sense of satisfaction,I figured this area out or animal out and got it done happy.
Couldn't have said it better.
These made for TV over the top displays of excitement are to much in my opinion,they don't seem real to me.I have been involved in the trailing and tracking of animals for a couple of close friends who are accomplished hunters and i have never witnessed those types of antics.
I have no problem with someone being excited if it is pure and personal and isn't demeaning to the animal.A lot of the TV stuff goes way to far beyond that for my tastes!
I just wish they could elaborate on what they are excited about........because when they are acting like Pete Weber or Mike Ioconelli(sp?).........they are doing it right after a kill. To an outsider this looks like some wild eyed sicko getting all worked up over killing something........the fact that a lot of these animals are not exactly fair chase makes it even worse because now people see a wild eyed whacko celebrating killing an animal in a cage that comes running to a feeder like a family dog.
It's also pretty dumb to complain that people feel this way when all they see on hunting shows is 30 minutes of as many kill shots as possible.