RE: The suffering of animals
 

I've killed a few hundred squirrels in my life and the first rule of squirrel hunting is don't pick the dang thing up unless he is dead as he will bite the cr@p out of you...

How did you manage to wring his neck without getting bit???

RE: The suffering of animals
 

no joke, how did you do that?

RE: The suffering of animals
 

try a 7mm mag less suffering for the squirrel also good on ground hogs

RE: The suffering of animals
 

I've never seen a really clean kill on a squirrel with broadheads and body shots. I've seen them run up trees with the arrow still in them. The best combo for squirrel and other tiny critters is a blunt tip arrow (like a judo point) and head shots. They're very tough little critters.

RE: The suffering of animals
 

lmao

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DO NOT USE A BOW!!! I WOULD SUGGEST USING A .22 OR A SHOTGUN

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Animal suffering is an issue I have thought about a lot since I took my first squirrle. I can vividly remember the split second after my single shot 410 went off and the squirrle hit the ground. My first emotion was excitement because this was my first squirrle and this is what I was there for. Then I had the biggest feeling of sadness. It hit me that I had just taken a life. This is a realization that I think every hunter has to come to grips with. For myself I remind myself after every kill that, pardon the Disney reference, life is a circle. Yes we may cause suffering but you have to learn from this, make better shots and decissions next time. Do not hang your head low for long. Make it a point to go into the woods to do better next time.

RE: The suffering of animals
 

If you didn't hate that an animal suffered I'd worry about you. Yes we kill animals. But we, or most of us, hunt for meat primarily. But most of us love these animals. I've killed several deer that had to suffer after being hit by a car. I never like to see any animal suffer. I will always take a second shot on an animal if it means less suffering for it. Not running shots etc though. My 2007 buck for instance. I hit high an broke his back. The shot was leathal for the deer. Hoe long would he have laid there and suffered? Probably a long while. I didn't want to loose him but also hated that he suffered one second longer than necicary. I spent the extra rounds gladly to end it.

If you can come to terms with what happened and feel like not hunting, by all means take a break. But don't give it up unless your sure.

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Your not human if u dont feel a little bit of sensitivity it is a sad thing to see a animal suffer it happens and as all the guys said try to make the best shot you can and being upset is a natural thing when u kill a animal i think u need a reason like to eat it i for one hunt mostly for the meat but it happens man just move on just think about it this way without us the woods would be out of wack normaly when u shoot aanimal in the spine it will suffer so try not to shoot there it happens to the best of us all Kybuckhunter "We still care alot for the animals we hunt but killing and death is still part of it. You just have to decide if you can do it and still live with yourself." wise words kybuckhunter im sry u had to experience that man but it happens when u hunt u have to move on

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for small game hunting you should use the Judo points. they transfer alot of shock to the animal instead of passing through cleanly. I know someone who has been getting rid of some wild cats around his house and they always go down quickly. Here's a good one

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