My First Bow Kill!!!!
 

Yesterday, i was about to leave for the bus stop and i decided to look out my window. There was a chipmunk in my yard!!! i had shot at this animal plenty of times before with my pellet gun, and i kept missing.... Well this time i didnt miss. i opened my window real quietly and slowly, then got the screen open, put my release on, nocked an arrow, put my 15 yard pin on the middle of the chipmunks back, then i let that arrow fly. It took the chipmunk with it across the yard and then when it stopped, it pinned it to the ground. The chipmunk didnt make any noise at all but when i got back there to recover my animal and arrow, it wasnt dead. it was trying to bite the arrow in half. so i stomped on the ground, and got it to turn towards me, then i stepped on its head and crushed its skull. My buddy had just come over from his house so we could leave to the bus stop and he saw me carrying an arrow with a chipmunk on it. he couldnt stop laughin. i put it on ice in the garage. When i got home me and dad skinned it. i will have pictures once the skin dries up and i will take a pic with me and all my squirrel skins and chipmunks also.


-Joe

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What's the season and limits on those?

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Nice, Congrats on the Kill!

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Do you plan to eat that animal?

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First of all, not to burst your bubble but I won't be congradulating you and you taking an animal out of season...if there is a season for them is wrong. If you're not eating it, its wrong. And the way you told the the story, is wrong. No need for the gore. Crushing the chipmunks skull...come on, we didn't need to here that. This is why thos Peta people are all over us. When hunters tell a story, we practice using the word "harvest". Two, we don't laugh about the animals death. Thats just wrong. From the photo, I see you're just a kid and have a lot of growing up to do. Someone needs to show you right from wrong. Next time think about it before you type it.

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there is not enough meat on it to eat. they are classified as varmints and can be shot all year round with no bag limit. and virginia hunter, i am not worried about antis being here. bc if we have to watch what we say and do amongst ourselves, then the anti's have already won.

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It seems to me he is being raised correctly by not bowing to the politically correct crowd by sugar coating his first kill with his bow. Maybe if more people would stand up to that crowd this country wouldn't be in the position it's in now.

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I don't know about anybody else but I just hate the term "harvest". I have never harvested an animal, but I have killed several. In my mind, the word harvest degrades the status and dignity of the animals we hunt to that of a plant.

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North Rockland eh? did you know?

It is illegal to discharge a firearm or bow:

so that the load or arrow passes over any part of a public highway,
within 500 feet of any school, playground, or an occupied factory or church,
within 500 feet of a dwelling, farm building or structure in occupation or use unless you own it, lease it, are an immediate member of the family, an employee, or have the owner's consent.
You may hunt waterfowl over water within 500 feet of a dwelling, public structure, livestock, or person as long as none of these are in the line of fire and within 500 feet of you.


VH, lol. Maybe you do but that word will never pass my lips I kill animals and eat them. I am a hunter.

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Squirrelhunter91 - you little madman!!!!

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Squirrel: You Da Man!!! Don't listen to all of this "You need to say harvest" and in season and out of season crap. I beleive that people need to lighten up and enjoy life a little more and stop worrying about what other people think. Give the kid his props trust me a chipmunk is hard to hit with a bow.;)

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Good job on hitting such a small target. Shows me that you have been practicing and know your equipment.

Charlie P,
It is also illegal to do that where I live yet I shoot in the back yard all the time. I have talked to the neighbors and they are all ok with it. I also use the house as a backstop. Have yet to miss the target, knock on wood. This in NO WAY makes it right but I would be willing to bet there are others on this forum who do the same thing. If not, then I stand corrected.

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I've only harvested one animal ever and that was a chicken that was rased for food much like when we harvest crops for food or feed for animals.

SH91- I kill varmints in my yard all summer. I don't eat them either. It's cool that you skinned him though. Nothing wrong with what you are doing.

Regarding what I do to varmints in my yard....

#1 What's the difference if I kill them with posion, traps or my Jackhammers?
#2 I'm not going to poison them and let the chemicals get into my eco system.
#3 I'm not going to trap them and have my 2.5 year old get his fingers into that.
#4 It's great practice for hunting big game.
#5 They are constantly mocking me!!!!!! LOL

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[>:]i'm sorry i dont see the pride in killing a animal that small. with not even enough meat to eat on it... and i'm only saying congrates on hiting such a small target. other wards hunt biger game.

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Some of you people kill me. Here is this young dude happy about finally hitting a animal with his bow and all you all can do is climb on your moral high horse and post negative crap about if you don't eat it don't kill it. I guess you all eat the mice that get in your cabinets and everything else that you stomp,smash and hit with a swatter. Give me a break it was just a chipmunk. Keep shootin'em Squirrel.

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Then it's not illegal.

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good job kid! i have yet to harvest a chipmunk. smallest thing i think i have shot is a squirrel. Yea don't listen to the negative comments. i will kill pretty much anything that i can legally kill, doesn't matter if i am going to eat it or not. Instead of skinning my squirrel kills with my bow, i just cut the tails off. You learned the harsh reality of bowhunting, finishing shots or kills. It seems like you handled it fine so if you ever have to finish off a deer or other animal, you could do it without a problem and prevent the animal from suffering. If I was out there with you, i would be shooting chipmunks too so anytime you can legally kill something with your bow, do it. Practice shooting at targets is never the same as shooting at game. i could care less if i lost an arrow shooting at any animal but if i lose one target shooting, i get pissed. CONGRATS:D

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hey klondike, atleast i can bowhunt and i have my courses done with. BTW im only 12!!!

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o yea one more thing, charlie p, none of my neighbors care. besides we are more than 500 feet apart. yesterday i shot this chipmunk. it was a female. it had a short tail. males have longer tails. i have shot at its mate twice today and missed. o yea just to clarify this, the eat my garden apart in the summer. so if i get rid of them now, i will have ripe and beautiful tomatoes this summer.

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The moral "High Horse" that I am going to ride into this thread has nothing to do with whether or not it's legal, if they are considered"vermin", or even eating the little thing.
What strikes me is such disregard for life in general........since when is killing FUNNY? I understand the predator instinct, what drives a boy to shoot at live creatures blah blah blah. I at least see a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of pride and "Trophy", But killing an animal, stomping its head and spinning it's crumpled body on an arrow is FUNNY?

Yeah keep encouraging him......:eek:

Joe I realize you are a 12 yr old kid, but please think about your actions a bit as you transition into an adult hunter. A respect for all of nature will go a long way to helping you enjoy hunting as recreation.

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hey squirrel, congrats on the kill. at first i thought it was sick (leave out the gore, im not a sissy but have some respect), but when you said that they were eating your garden, thats ok, i have a garden too, and will kill gophers and such if the eat it. I'll kill coyotes if they are killing calves, and wont eat them, might skin them but wont eat, and i see both sides, but you all probably dont have a problem with killin coyotes for no reason, its the same thing on a smaller scale. but still i agree with virginia about the antis, and they do visit these sites just to catch any little thing.

ps im only fifteen and started bowhunting when i was 12, congrats, try for a deer, and keep up the practice

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who the hell said that i was spinning its "crumpled body" on an arrow? and everyone looks at me a different way bc i am 12 years old. i am a hunter, you are a hunter. nuf said. killing isnt funny unless it is an iraqi terrorist. how the hell was i supposed to kill it? i owe it to the animal to make its death as fast as possible. so i did. i crushed the skull. my buddy was laughing because he calls me a crazy mother (you know the rest). and who said i dont respect nature?dammit it is a varmint, it eats my plants in the summer and it is just a pain in my @$$ all summer long. so are you saying that a farmer that kills gophers or groundhogs on HIS LAND, just like i did, is wrong? matt, when you have YOUR LAND you do what you want to the animals. i dont care. i dont mean to sound cocky but, this was my first bow kill and i am damn proud of it. so you have no say what so ever in what i do, what i shoot, what i eat and anything that involves me.

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Congrads on you first kill. You probablly don't want it from me because I haven't made many freinds on this board. :D

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Joe,
But you must also understand that when you come onto a public forum in any manner, I have every right to question ,criticize or offer any opinion about your actions in any manner I see fit. You don't have to like them any more than I have to like your comments........but expect that not everyone is going to view things through a kid's eyes.

No it's not "nuf said" I am an adult......you are not. THAT is the difference.
First of all, When I was 12 yrs old I had a touch more respect for the people that have been on this earth a little longer than I was. If I didn't, I knew about it in a hurry. Lose the attitude, you're 12yrs old and have basically seen NOTHING yet......try listening a little bit on these forums.

My problem with your story is not in your sense of pride at taking your first animal, I said that at least you are feeling a sense of trophy with regards to your kill. I think it's good that you are so proud of possessing that first bow killed animal. It's the lack of regard in the actual killing. I couldn't care less if you make chipmunk shish-ka-bob out of the little things. Killing is not funny, and you need to seperate killing and target practice.
When you looked at that chipmunk still alive on the end of your arrow, what did you feel?Anything?
It scares me a little bit to think of a young hunter viewing hunting from an "Extermination" angle.
Hunting and being a hunter means more than just feeling like you have the right to kill as you see fit.

Hunting can and does involve killing, but killing isn't always hunting.

Think about it Joe before you go off on a defensive 12 yr old response.

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Very well said Matt / PA. Congrats on your kill but next time take more time to plan your attack.

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ya man chipmunks are fun to kill...whenever im out squirrel hunting, i blast at em with my .22..it's great..ur just usin field tips with em i assume right?

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Does anyone else feel like they might as well be talking to a wall sometimes?

Big........fat.........SIGH.:eek:

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Absolutely Matt. Just about every time I try to give constructive criticism to my 8 year old boy. Hopefully by the time he is 12, it will start to sink in a little. :)

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Although i give my congrats on such a nice shot , i have to agree with some ...

I am 16 , and it may seem funny at the time , but try laying in bed tonight and thinking about the kill , what that animal was thinkin as it saw your foot come down to slay it.. you wont think it is so funny then , as for your friend , try to talk some sense in him , in respecting the animals ..

MATT as a fellow teen , i can see how his adrenaline , or whatever you want to call it has taken over , he feels threatened by your negitiveness , and YES it is wrong to talk to an adult , especially a member of the forum and friend like that , but i have done it , sometimes we kids get carried away , like i have been known to give a referee that is 40 years old a piece of my mind and some pretty harsh vocab when he makes what i think is a BS call , or even an adult that just i feel is tryin to be a hardass ... but when fiving advice or an opinion , Squirrel should realize you are only trying to teach him .....

So congrats on the shot , i think it is perfectly ethical in the sense that it is either let it destroy your food , or kill it , as for the ahrvest issue , yes i say KILL , i dont pick animals as crops so therefore they aretn being harvested... but it is also perfectly legal to fire a weapon on your property , concidering your location... and how your nieghbors feelabout shooting gun off ..

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SH91...congrats on your kill. I'm glad that you are excited about bowhunting. However, I tend to agree with Matt. Theres alot of good advice in what he said.
The other thing I would add....if you were my 12 yr old son, you probalby wouldn't be a very happy camper right now. With a mouth and attitude like that....the last thing you'd be allowed to do would be surf message boards, trying to act like an adult. I know, your almost a teen, that means you just about know it all. Straighten up son, you've got alot of growing up to do.

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Squirrel dude I'm still on your side. Although I do agree that you shouldn't go into a cussing tirade over this. But to me, as an 40 year old adult, Squirrel posted a thread about his first bow kill and instead congrats he's getting a bunch of crap about illeagal killing and not getting spiritual enough about taking a life. I have a dump truck load of animals in my life and I have to admit that I've NEVER laid in bed at night and wondered what the animals were thinking or feeling when I killed them, I'm afraid if I did that it would probably ruin hunting for me. Does this make me immature or a terrible person I don't think so. Give this kid a break he seems to me like a good person.

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I, as you all know agree with what Matt said. This is not about the word kill or harvest (FYI Harvest is the term I use when I take a animal) why you ask??? Well, I eat what I shoot...I don't do it for pleasure....never have and never will....as for it destroying a garden.... whatever, there are other ways of getting rid of the problem rather than using a live animal as TARGET PRACTICE. .....This is a about the difference between right from wrong....whomever you are not just Joe, it just isn't right to take an animal and then laugh about it. Its okay to be happy that you had an oppurtunity to take it...I always am but I also always thank the animal too. Kinda like TED says....whats his saying, something like long live the beast... or something...I don't say that but I do get down and thank the animal....To me, its the right thing to do. Thanking the guy up above for giving you the oppurtunity to be at that place at that time wouldn't hurt either.
VH

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i dont thank the animal, i thank god for giving me the opportunity to kill an animal

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First of all...Congrats on the kill. That is a tough shot. I have trouble hitting them with my .22 sometimes. Secondly I'd have to agree with Matt and some of the others about the way you reacted. I'm just 18 but I can see there is quite a bit of difference in those 6 years. You're a pretty cool kid (form what I've seen on your other posts) and have some growing to do. Take it easy though. This site is for hunters to get together and learn from one another. I'd say all of us that have read this thread have hopefully learned something.
And by the way, god should be the one to get thanks for the hunt...not the animal.

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If it's Ted Nugent your talking about he believes in keeping varmits in check. It's the right thing to do to keep down disease. Stray dogs get shot on sight and the only good coon is a dead coon.

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Squirrel, Congrats on TAKING your first animal with your bow. I know it feels good and you want to share your excitement. As I am sure that we all do, no matter how negative the comments may seem to be. We have all worked very hard to keep the name of hunting in a positive light. We just need to be careful about what we say and to whom. This is a public board. Public meaning that anyone can join no matter what their purpose is. There is alot of good advice here. It would be interesting to see all of the years experience added up. It would be in the hundreds if not thousands. The advice given by these people should not be taken lightly. Yes, there is some crap that needs to be weeded through, but with the amount of posts that you have on here I am sure that you can figure that part out on your own. Some of the people with whom you were very defensive towards have helped you along the way and gave you the advice needed to make that shot, and to get that feeling of success. It would be a shame to turn your back on them. And good job to those who commented on right from wrong. The fact that you did ,what you did to keep the animal from suffering was good. To tell it on a public forum probably wasn't the best. It is stuff like this that keeps the environmentalists going. Keep practicing buddy and your day will come...............................

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HOW MANY TURKEYS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY STOMPING THEIR HEADS IN THE GROUND AFTER THE SHOT, EVEN WITH A SHOTGUN. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BIRD HUNTING WITH A BB GUN AND EVERY KILL WAS TONS OF FUN. MAYBE I WAS LACKING OF RESPECT FOR THE BIRDS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I PROMISE I DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT IT, AND I LEARNED ALOT OF GOOD HUNTING SKILLS. HUNTING SMALL GAME OR VARMENTS IS PART OF OUR OBLIGATION OF BEING ON TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN. I CAN SAY I HAVE GAINED RESPECT FOR ANIMALS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN MY ADULT YEARS, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHOS RESPONSABILITY IT IS TO KEEP ANIMALS IN CHECK ESPEICALLY VARMINTS THAT PROBRALY DON'T HAVE MANY PEDATERS IN SUBURBAN AMERICA. I KILL SEVERAL SQUIRRELS EVERY YEAR THAT CHEW ON MY OUTSIDE DECK. JUST REMEMBER YOUNG MAN, THERE IS A PLACE IN THE WOODS FOR ALL VARMINTS. BY KILLING THOSE GOPHERS YOU PROBRALY DONE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY SOME GOOD. JUST BE SAFE.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

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Squirrel..................congrats on the kill......but i also agree with matt and a few others.....;)

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good job i hate those i kill chipmunks all the time thay get me up in the morn i havent hit it with my bow but i have try :)

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wow man where did that come from??? so what if i havent got my cource done with. u want to know why. cuz i just started to bow hunt so screw off. i was not making fun of u for what u did. i was just expressing my opinion. so calm down