Like Rock, I have seen many "hunters" that have less respect for certain animals than others. I probably have been guilty of the same when it comes to yotes and hogs. Yet even with yotes and hogs, I do my dead level best to make the best shot possible for a clean quick kill. I practice as often as possible for running and long distance shots. I use the absolute best equipment available to me. And I do my best to stay within my abilities. I try to respect ALL life, even those of invasive and destructive species, and in that respect I do my utmost to deliver a quick and as humane as possible kill.

Woodenb14, respect for life and respect for the NEED to take that life in the most efficient and painless way possible is what it's about. Hunters need to take that respect to heart when going after ANY wildlife. There isn't much on this planet that angers me more than when I hear some idiot say "oh well, crows gotta eat too" when they look for a downed animal for a short time and are too damn lazy to do a full and complete search. That is 100% disrespect. There are times I will let a hog lay where I dropped it but it's for other reasons that laziness. That dead hog will many times attract a whole sounder in later that night or the next day and that is what we want! More hogs in to take off the property. Even with pest animals like Groundhogs and P-Dogs I do my utmost to be 100% accurate out of respect for life. I don't like it when ANY animal suffers and I do my dead level best not to be one to cause that suffering.

We are predators by nature. Each and every one of us. It's in our DNA. As is cruelty like every other predator on this planet. What is supposedly different between us and the other predators on this planet is out ability to think and feel about the animals we take. A python has no care about the suffering it is causing an animal by slowly suffocating it to death. We are SUPPOSED to have that care. Some don't. That is the sad part.