I’m interested in hearing what Lemmings think about hunting. I started hunting deer years ago because I wanted to be a part of the process, like if I couldn’t handle killing and gutting an animal I shouldn’t be eating meat. IMO, it’s much more humane than what factory farmed animals endure. Less suffering overall than most natural deaths. Overpopulation causes disease and starvation and we killed off their predators, so we kind of owe it to nature to fill the ecological gap.
Also, I fucking love it. I watch the sun rise, think, record birds I’ve seen, think, watch squirrels play, think a bit more, and sometimes, I get some food.
Idk. I’m not looking for approval or trying to change your mind, just wondering what people think.
I get a lot of down votes for this but it’s important since we wiped out natural predators. One of my favorite days was cooking up some venison my students; we had a field day or whatever and no the meat came from another hunter.
I almost died when a a bunch crossed over the highway in the middle of the night. Tokyo drift instincts kicked in lol. Thankfully a buddy bought a Jeep XJ and it saved his ass.
Then there’s this ongoing argument against firearms; do you shoot the deer that ran into your car or beat it to it’s death with a blunt object? And I mean this in a humane question, otherwise you leave it die suffering in pain.
I only go for kill shots. None of this trophy bullshit. I’m not going to make a game of chasing around a wounded animal.
I’m confused what you mean by only going for kill shots. Which hunters aren’t going for kill shots? Is there an animal I’m not aware of that is a better trophy or meat by maiming it and letting it bleed out?
Disconnecting the spinal column for minimal suffering. It’s not popular because you don’t a “trophy” kill. I get a lot of hate for this ironically.
That’s not an ethical shot. Whoever taught you that is an idiot.
Shooting for heart/lungs has nothing to do with trophies. It’s a big target, so if your shot is off it’s still fatal within seconds. Anywhere else and a miss can leave the animal severely wounded but very much alive. And even if you hit the spine, they’ll be fully conscious until you finish them off. Minimal suffering my ass.
I was trying to say skull/spine shot. Sorry I’m bad with words but I don’t like bad mouthing a seal.
Edit: also there’s nothing ethical about killing. You bear that burden for the rest of your life.
You shoot for the spine? How do you dispatch them after?
back of the head, then slice the innards out and get em weighted. at least that was it how it’s done.