ORIGINAL: my7pointmonster
Yesterday morning around 735 I shot a monster doe with my rifle. Well that's all fine and dandy but you know I wasn't happy or proud of it in any way granted it was a great shot and a monster doe but after I shot it I diddnt feel any excitement. I feel ashamed right now to call myself a hunter. I shot this doe and walked down with my friend gave him a high five and that was it. Maybe it was the fact that I wanted to see him shoot one more than I wanted to see myself shoot one and its scary to say it but I felt like since I shot it with my rifle I was "less" of a hunter because of it. Nothing was done illegally or anything of that nature but last night into this mornig I diddnt sleep so good. Its 20 after 6 right now and I can't sleep. I think its time for me to quit rifle hunting all together because if I'm gonna feel like this after I shoot a big doe than forget that I was happier when I went to my friends house and his 10 year old son shot his first doe I was happier for him than I was all day for myself. I've never experienced this when I shoot something with my bow. Sorry guys I just needed to vent I guess.
Ryan
Well, if you really want to get up close and personal try using a knife? Just kidding man, it's perfectly fine either method you use to put some meat in the freezer and to get back in touch with our true nature of this world. I get you though, I won't want to kill another young buck or doe again. Since I began hunting a few years ago my only deer taken to date is a button buck that I thought was a doe. I used to call it a spike here on the forums because I thought that it would makeme feel better about myself but it doesn't. I took that one with a rifle. Last year was my first time bow hunting and I passed on a button buck, it kinda made me feel better but I then caught crap from my two hunting buddies later on back at deer camp although I know that if I did take it I would have caught some ribbing for taking a baby deer, LOL. From now on it's only mature deer for me.