View Poll Results: Does it bother you to watch other hunters kill deer?
No, I enjoy vicariously experiencing other people's hunts
21
37.50%
No, I learn how to be a better hunter by watching hunting videos
29
51.79%
Somewhat, but I occasionally watch to both learn and see great deer being taken
5
8.93%
Yes, seeing deer killed by a third party bothers me.
1
1.79%
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Does watching videos of other hunters killing deer bother you?
02-18-2010, 01:43 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sulphur,Indiana
Posts: 1,350
Watching Others
I must admit I like to watch hoping I might really learn a trick or two for my next season. But I saw to guys crying after shooting some very large bucks which I may or may not ever get a shot at. I'm very into Deer hunting but crying because you shot a big Buck? I was pumped when I got my first Deer in my first season this year but the emotion of tears of joy seems a bit much. I'll wait and see if I cry when and if I ever get a once in a lifetime Buck down. I'll admit it if I do but it's hard to picture "tears over deers". If you take one in memory of a loved one who is no longer alive or able to hunt then I could see this emotion swelling up. So I mean no disrespect in such cases. I will admit I felt pitty for my Buck while watching him bleed out,I thought to myself"What have you done"? But I found some comfort in the fact that I hit him good and he died quickly. And sharing the meat with family and friends was a treat as well. They are beautiful creatures and I have great respect for thier abilities and stealth.
02-18-2010, 05:03 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,304
iSnipe
02-20-2010, 05:46 PM
#25
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 221
I've done enough kill shots that I am not really excited to see another one in video even by myself.
To me although the kill is the ultimate goal of the hunt it is also the anti climax of the whole experience. I realize an animal had died to feed my ambition and I somehow tend not to overly glorify that exact moment, in video.
To me although the kill is the ultimate goal of the hunt it is also the anti climax of the whole experience. I realize an animal had died to feed my ambition and I somehow tend not to overly glorify that exact moment, in video.
