ORIGINAL: MountainHunter
iamyourhuckleberry, I have read (and admired) your posts on here about your hunts. And I think I would rather have you culling the herds of these elephants, when that is necessary, than most anyone I can think of (not that I have any input or expertise on such matters).
And, based on your success and the experiences you have shared, I am sure that you have many more facts on elephants and many other animals than most of these forums. I am equally sure that you do not know any better than anyone else here, as to whether or not an elephant has a conscience or possesses consciousness. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it’s just a matter of definition of what consciousness is or what level of awareness constitutes the critical threshold to meet each of our individual definitions of consciousness.
Personally, I think this is a personal issue. I think each of us will have our own reckoning with whatever intelligence (I call it God) that created the world and we each need to be at peace with the decisions we individually have made.
I started this thread because I think elephants are amazing animals and thought that bowhunters would appreciate the beauty and intelligence of these animals, whether or not they decided to hunt one. Also, my sister has had some interaction with them (she works at the National Zoo in DC), and some of her stories are really thought-provoking (and while she loves nature, she’s not a PETA-type...she wants me to hunt the deer that feed in her garden). And she knows that elephants sometimes need to be culled. Some people have interpreted this thread as an attempt to stop people from legally hunting elephants. It isn’t. It needs to be done in some circumstances. Based on your articulate and thoughtfully written posts about your hunts, I hope it is someone like you who is doing it, iamyourhuckleberry.
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Me personally no , but i do agree if anybody can ... Its Will . If there is one thing i have learn't from Will's experiences , its that it is done proper and no corners cut . 100% commitment .