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RE: The Kill
The word "successful" as it applies to hunting means only one thing to me. You've succeeded in your objective. If your objective is to hold out for bucks only, 150" or better and you only take one deer on, say, 15 December but it meets that requirement, then you're successful. But what about the days you hunted before that? Were you successful? It's just my opinion here, but each day I hunt and don't take one, I didn't succeed on that particular day. I may have had a great time, and I may still be a "successful" hunter, but on that day, I didn't succeed in accomplishing what I set out to do.
I know the term is relative. A hunt for a specific buck can run weeks, months or even years, but in the end, what defines success in relation to deer hunting? |
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ORIGINAL: valor10 Valor....I don't need for you to understand how I'm wired. I just don't enjoy killing. If thats the case, then hunt with arrows with suction cups on the tip ... or use one of those things that will throw a paint ball at the animal ...... Bottom .line .... you KILL the animal, jump up and down, hoot and holler, then grab those nasty horns and take a picture and pass it all over the net and to family ...... prolly drive it around, stopping at peeps houses ....... the kill part feeds our ego ... we have dominated the animal by taking it's life ... and we will make sure everyone knows about it .... Does the man who slaughters cattle for a living enjoy the killing? Or....does he recognize it as part of the process that puts meat on the table? Pets? I held my old German Shepard in my arms while they stuck the needle in him. I watched the light extinguish in his eyes. I cried like a baby. When a deer drops off, I'm thinking "GET THE GRILL READY BABY! |
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Somehow the taking of another warm-blooded mammal (deer) for our sustinenceis for a moment like living and beingthe true image and likeness of God......It is "supremely" DIVINE!!!!
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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony ORIGINAL: BigJ71 I really don't see how difficult it is for some to understand that some of us can absolutely love to hunt (and kill) but not take so much glee in the killing part of it. Yes I know it's part of the way I hunt, and I would not want to hunt any other way or I'd have a camera in my hands instead of a bow/gun. It's just that I don't see where the kill has to be so joyfully exalted for the hunt to be a success or worthy of our pursuit. Oh...you spelled sentence wrong.:) Sorry...couldn't resist.;) |
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Killing is part of the hunt. I don't mind it but I don't live to kill either. It is a huge rush to be that close to such a great animal and to know that I fooled it for just long enough to put a clean ethical kill shot on it is what I love!! When I walk up to an animal that I have killed I always take the time to admire and honor the great animal.
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ORIGINAL: LittleChief The word "successful" as it applies to hunting means only one thing to me. You've succeeded in your objective. If your objective is to hold out for bucks only, 150" or better and you only take one deer on, say, 15 December but it meets that requirement, then you're successful. But what about the days you hunted before that? Were you successful? It's just my opinion here, but each day I hunt and don't take one, I didn't succeed on that particular day. I may have had a great time, and I may still be a "successful" hunter, but on that day, I didn't succeed in accomplishing what I set out to do. I know the term is relative. A hunt for a specific buck can run weeks, months or even years, but in the end, what defines success in relation to deer hunting? How long do you think anyone would keep hunting if they havenever killed anything?? Without the kill, the exclamation point of all our efforts, it loses it's luster ..... |
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ORIGINAL: BigJ71 ORIGINAL: PreacherTony ORIGINAL: BigJ71 I really don't see how difficult it is for some to understand that some of us can absolutely love to hunt (and kill) but not take so much glee in the killing part of it. Yes I know it's part of the way I hunt, and I would not want to hunt any other way or I'd have a camera in my hands instead of a bow/gun. It's just that I don't see where the kill has to be so joyfully exalted for the hunt to be a success or worthy of our pursuit. I don't think anyone is saying it HAS to be .... for most it seems it is ....... Yeah, I know. I guess I just can't get into the actual joy of killing as others do. Doesn't make it wrong or right, just not my thing. Don't get me wrong, it's something I have no problem doing, it's just not the "highlight" of the hunt for me. Oh...you spelled sentence wrong.:) Sorry...couldn't resist.;) |
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Hey Tony.....
I thought about something this morning... I used to flyfish a LOT (more than I hunt). To my knowledge....I never killed a trout. The end of a 1/2 day in a stream....in which I caught a few fish....was extremely enjoyable...."successful", even. All that.....and (again, to my knowledge)....I never killed a fish. I was also an avid saltwater fisherman when I lived in Charleston, SC....and I killed a bunch of fish! (no problem doing so, either) The 8 pointer I took last year.....who now is on my wall.....I wish, somehow (in a strange way)....he was still out there. Do I regret killing him? Do I have remorse (now)? No way. But did I take "pleasure" in killing him? No. I just didn't. I respect yours and others views on the kill aspect. I just don't have a drive to do the actual act. It's "a" part of the hunt I am fine with, internally, though. I don't think we're ever going to understand how the other is wired. I fall in lock step, it seems, with BigJ. Have a great week. |
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ORIGINAL: GMMAT I would not have any bad feelings about putting a bullet in a child molersters head, does that make me bad? Nobody said anythig about feeling bad (afterwards). Would you "enjoy" it whie you were doing it? I don't need to know the answer to that. |
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