Remorse?
#31
RE: Remorse?
Compassion is a good term. Respectful. I know when I harvest a deer being doe or buck a will plop down right beside it and comb all of its ruffled hair back in place. I know a lot of thoughts go through my head and I just sit there and think. Maybe even humbled could be the term.
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: Remorse?
Arthur P--as you can plainly see, I was absolutely kidding. I am WAY over that thread. I have been talking with davidmil on here lately and have had some good discussions. I have no problem with you at all and I am sorry if I offended you in any way. I was having a good time and laughing ( I am part of that laughing because I do get silly at times as well). Again, nothing personal, just having some fun. Best of luck this season Arthur.
Brett
Brett
#35
RE: Remorse?
I'll kill a doe with fawns. I'll kill a fawn with a doe.
When I realized the animal I'm killing is incapable of feeling emotion......I began to have "different" feelings, myself, when killing them.
Compassion is a good word. Admiration and respect are two others. How something that size is able to peruse the woods, most times undetected by humans, demands respect. I give it when I'm lucky enough to take one of them.
How another of the herd "feels" when I take out one of their bretheren, though.....I don't give a second thought to.
When I realized the animal I'm killing is incapable of feeling emotion......I began to have "different" feelings, myself, when killing them.
Compassion is a good word. Admiration and respect are two others. How something that size is able to peruse the woods, most times undetected by humans, demands respect. I give it when I'm lucky enough to take one of them.
How another of the herd "feels" when I take out one of their bretheren, though.....I don't give a second thought to.
#37
RE: Remorse?
No sadness, remorse or compassion unless I make a bad shot and things don't go as cleanly as they should.
I do not take any enjoyment innor do I feel bad for the actual act of killing an animal. It is just part of the hunt.
I do feel bad if I see them suffering or maimed.
I do not take any enjoyment innor do I feel bad for the actual act of killing an animal. It is just part of the hunt.
I do feel bad if I see them suffering or maimed.
#38
RE: Remorse?
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
How soon after a kill do you begin to feel a twinge of remorse for the animal, if at all?
Do you find yourself feeling this at all while watching hunting shows or reading articles on hunting?
How soon after a kill do you begin to feel a twinge of remorse for the animal, if at all?
Do you find yourself feeling this at all while watching hunting shows or reading articles on hunting?