why not show the kill shot???
 

I was just watching an african safari where the took several animals antelope warthog etc. when they took the shot at the animal they either blurred the animal or showed the shooter then you see the dead animal.
this seems to be happening alot. you see less and less of the bullet/arrow hitting the animal. i dont quite understand the reasoning behind this are they trying to make hunting less bloody less violent or what??
if you shoot an animal its going to be bloody and messy if you hit it perfect. the worse the shot the bigger the mess and the more violent and less humain the kill.
so i say show how to make the perfect shot show how the animal reacts show the blood and alot of it. Its part of hunting and you cant make it go away. if i watched these hunting shows and decided to go out hunting and shot a deer i wouldnt know what to do after i pulled the trigger.
give me your opinion show it/dont show it and why??
thanks in adv.

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RE: why not show the kill shot???
 

I think it's so the "Animal Rights Activists" won't obtain more ammo to attack us. It's like when on some of these hunting showes, they say they harvested a certian game animal. If I killed an animal I don't candy-coat it, I say I killed the animal, and am very proud to have done so. Good luck.

Edited by - handloader1 on 01/28/2003 23:58:41

RE: why not show the kill shot???
 

I guess the bottom line is that some people are upset by killing and it really isn't necessary to show it on tv. Some people don't like thier children watching things like that, not just the anti's .You and I as a hunter understand ,but not everyone hunts and some could be upset by it. We don't need more anti's ,we already have enough .JMHO Halcon

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Think of this:

A mother and child that up to now are not anti hunting, but not all for it are channel surfing looking for something good to watch. They come across an image of a deer peacfully grazing along a trail. Then the arrow hits it with all the blood guts and gore that goes with it as the animal runs off with the arrow dangling from it's side. Then the deer with blood comming from it's mouth laying on the ground. The hunter steps in laughing and celebrating, straddling the deer whipping it's head up by the antlers. Talking about how his Patriot (or whatever) bow made all the difference

What is this person's view of hunting going to be after that? Not very good for folk "sitting on the fence" of animal rights. I personaly like to see everything. But there is no need for it on normal tv. They should however put it on the videos IMOP.

"Hey ya'll, watch this"

RE: why not show the kill shot???
 

I also would like to see what happens when the shot is taken but I think Halcon & Kodiakhuntmaster summed it up.

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I was watching that last night too! It was on "northwest hunter" or something like that. Thye were in africa and when he shot the first wildebeast and they blurred the shot out, I TURNED IT OFF AND WENT TO BED. Furthermore, I will, from now on, REFUSE to watch that show. iT IS A HUNTING CHANNEL, if you dont like it MOVE ON. I wonder how all of the NH sponsors will like it if EVERYONE quits watching or using their products because the hosts are "politically correct?" I never did really like that show anyhow, the "head man" always treated his cohost Rick, about like ole Marlin Perkins treated Jim on Mutual of Omaha!

RE: why not show the kill shot???
 

halcon,kodiakhuntmaster
i understand the point you are making. however if the same mother and kid were channel surfing and turned to er. doctors or maternity ward there would be all the blood and guts of real life. these shows become more bloody each time i see them the only thing they censor in mat. ward is the mothers genitals and they dont do it all that well sometimes. If you ask if it should be censored people say it is a real life event and a beutiful thing.
when i kill an animal it is real life and a beutiful thing.
I belive we are sugar coating the truth and all it does is give the antis more amunition against us

RE: why not show the kill shot???
 

Kodiak hits the nail right on the head. We all know what happens, why show it,its not always pretty.