ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter

While reading an article in last month's issue of EBJ, I found myself actually feeling a bit sorry for the animal harvested. The author was discribing a bachelor group of Mule deer that he and his grandson had been watching for some time before season. He noted how two of the deer seemed to be identical twins, though one year apart. Just about every scouting session he and his grandson went on he would find at least these two bucks together. The article ended with the author killing the bigger of the two bucks, while the smaller ran a few yards and thenstopped to inspect his fallen comrade.

Odd though it may be, I find this happens every so often while reading certain articles or seeing certain things on hunting shows. I can't help but feel a bit sorry for the animals being killed. I know it goes against our nature as hunters to feel this way frequently, so it had me wondering...

How soon after a kill do you begin to feel a twinge of remorse for the animal, if at all?

Do you find yourself feeling this at all while watching hunting shows or reading articles on hunting?