I'm a terrible person. (sortof)

[Mr. Google]

So in our backyard we have rabbits that will eat out plants. We have decided to shoot them more than a few years back to stop them from destroying all the hard work we did on our yard which became incredibly frustrating might I add. Today after dinner my brother saw one in the bushes so we grabbed some low powered guns (Lead air rifles) but enough to kill...well a rabbit. So he shot it at first and it went jumping around and spazzing out. My brother was laughing very hard because he is horrible (Not at it's death but at it's jumping around. Not saying it's much better still might have to get his head checked out) while I just sort of looked on indifferently. After a bit we had to go pick it up and when I got near it it was breathing very hard and i knew it wasn't going to die soon. So I got the gun and I decided to shoot it again to put it out of its misery. When I put the gun up to its small body and it looked at me and started to whimper. I started freaking out because it was so terrible. I thought this is for the better! I finally shot it and it was more or less screaming. I don't care for animals too much but it was really really bad! I'm (obviously) recovering and it's fine now but still. Question: Have you ever killed something at close range? It's very strange...and I dislike it highly.

Edit: To add we would use a powerful and 100% surefire gun if we didn't live in a place with many neighbors. The only reason why it didn't die right away though as they usually do is because it was hit in a strange spot near it's spine. I didn't do an autopsy nor would I know what I was looking for but still I shot it the second time because I felt bad for it. My brother wasn't laughing when he shot it nor when I shot it. So he is only slightly crazy but hopefully not a sociopath. Also If you dislike that I kill them in the first place I'm sorry. There are probably some things that you do that I dislike to and life goes on.

 

[Worgen]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

 

[Kryzantine]

I have not killed something at close range. I've killed animals at medium and long range, but by the time the hunting dog gets to the body, it's dead. I imagine that if by some miracle, I stumbled upon a dying animal and I knew I couldn't or wouldn't help it, I would probably put it out of its misery, but I wouldn't think too much of it.

After all, what's the alternative? Leave it to suffer? That rabbit would have gone through a lot more pain had you not shot it again.

Though I will be honest about this, this is why it's better to use higher powered ammunition. Shoot to kill. Ease their passage for them, it's the least you can do.

 

[Woodsey]

Nope. The thought of killing shit for no reason doesn't exactly give me a hard-on; especially not the thought of having to euthanise something because a somewhat sociopathic relative couldn't even get it done properly the first time.

 

[Rawne1980]

I've put family pets down when they have come to the end and are starting to suffer as in can't feed themselves or are in pain.

Wouldn't shoot a rabbit thats just bobbing around my garden though but I think that has something to do with me not being a dick.

 

[Daveman]

I'm a pretty rational guy. While I see mammals like rabbits as cute and cuddly to me, when I go fishing I have no problem smashing a fish over the head even though they go into convulsions and occasionally shit themselves. I see it as only fair that I show the same lack of compassion. That said, it still gets to you. tbh I wanted to do it to my sisters rabbit when it got flystrike. I sat with my mum for hours picking maggots out of it and it was clear it wasn't going to survive. It died a couple of days later but it seemed like it would've been a better idea to have just killed it immediately. Would've saved me and the rabbit a lot of grief.

 

[KeyMaster45]

I'm certain there's a more humane way to deal with your rabbit problem, and uh, I think you might want to get your brother checked out. I don't think laughing gleefully at something like that is considered healthy.

 

[Mr. Google]

I've put family pets down when they have come to the end and are starting to suffer as in can't feed themselves or are in pain.

Wouldn't shoot a rabbit thats just bobbing around my garden though but I think that has something to do with me not being a dick.

They destroy everything in my backyard. After hours of hard work you kinda get ticked off with that. And its funny how you say you aren't a dick but then have a total dick comment.

 

[Shockolate]

No, but this one time my friend found a dead rabbit and was poking it with a stick.

He broke it's neck and twisted it backwards like an owl.

He was 10 years old, at the time, and still feels bad about it to this day.

 

[Rawne1980]

I've put family pets down when they have come to the end and are starting to suffer as in can't feed themselves or are in pain.

Wouldn't shoot a rabbit thats just bobbing around my garden though but I think that has something to do with me not being a dick.

They destroy everything in my backyard. After hours of hard work you kinda get ticked off with that. And its funny how you say you aren't a dick but then have a total dick comment.

Not a dick when it comes to slaughtering animals but when it comes to people it's a matter of opinion.

I don't agree with what you did and think it's slightly sick. I've got no problem with shooting them IF you are going to do it right but using an underpowered gun in the first place and then letting someone shoot that sounds like he has all the aim of Stevie Wonder trying to throw a peanut at a whale is a bit dodgy.

I'd advise getting a more poweful weapon and trying a bit of target practice on something that isn't going to fly into a blind panic when lead pellets hit it.

 

[Mr. Google]

I'm certain there's a more humane way to deal with your rabbit problem, and uh, I think you might want to get your brother checked out. I don't think laughing gleefully at something like that is considered healthy.

It wasn't it's death that was funny to him it was the heights that it was jumping. Which Ill admit were crazy...He's not a sociopath I swear (hope)

 

[Mr. Google]

I've put family pets down when they have come to the end and are starting to suffer as in can't feed themselves or are in pain.

Wouldn't shoot a rabbit thats just bobbing around my garden though but I think that has something to do with me not being a dick.

They destroy everything in my backyard. After hours of hard work you kinda get ticked off with that. And its funny how you say you aren't a dick but then have a total dick comment.

Not a dick when it comes to slaughtering animals but when it comes to people it's a matter of opinion.

I don't agree with what you did and think it's slightly sick. I've got no problem with shooting them IF you are going to do it right but using an underpowered gun in the first place and then letting someone shoot that sounds like he has all the aim of Stevie Wonder trying to throw a peanut at a whale is a bit dodgy.

I'd advise getting a more poweful weapon and trying a bit of target practice on something that isn't going to fly into a blind panic when lead pellets hit it.

They usually die on impact. The only reason this one didnt is because he shot it at a strange angle and hit it near the spine. Sorry we dont buy hundred dollar weapons to take care of something as small as rabbits. We don't feel like scaring the neighborhood when we shoot off. We don't live in a rural area.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

I'm going to be honest:

Killing a animal without it actually trying to kill somone is a sure fire way to get me to hate you.

No offensive aganist anybody personally, but yeah.

 

[Rawne1980]

They usually die on impact. The only reason this one didnt is because he shot it at a strange angle and hit it near the spine. Sorry we dont buy hundred dollar weapons to take care of something as small as rabbits. We don't feel like scaring the neighborhood when we shoot off. We don't live in a rural area.

Then I apologise for being a dick.

I don't expect someone to whip out an Uzi everytime a rabbit flops into your garden but you did word your post a bit on the dodgy side.

You put your brother across as a gleeful murderer of things small and fluffy after shooting it with something that sounds like it has the power of a water pistol.

I apologise for reading too much into it.

 

[Mr. Google]

They usually die on impact. The only reason this one didnt is because he shot it at a strange angle and hit it near the spine. Sorry we dont buy hundred dollar weapons to take care of something as small as rabbits. We don't feel like scaring the neighborhood when we shoot off. We don't live in a rural area.

Then I apologise for being a dick.

I don't expect someone to whip out an Uzi everytime a rabbit flops into your garden but you did word your post a bit on the dodgy side.

You put your brother across as a gleeful murderer of things small and fluffy after shooting it with something that sounds like it has the power of a water pistol.

I apologise for reading too much into it.

You're forgiven and I take at the very least partial blame for that. Ill reword it as best as I can now.

 

[KaWaiiTSuKI]

Yeah speaking as a vegetarian animal rights activist who can't stand this sort of shit, all I can say is that this thread is making me ill.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Today after dinner my brother saw one in the bushes so we grabbed some very low powered guns but enough to kill...well a rabbit. So he shot it at first and it went jumping around and spazzing out. My brother was laughing very hard because he is horrible while I just sort of looked on indifferently.

Are you sure it wasn't just nervous laughter? Believe it or not, laughing is sometimes a coping mechanism for a traumatic experience.

Anyway, I've killed plenty of animals at very close range. I can't tell you how many mosquitos I've killed with my bare hands, and my flyswatter has reaped a heavy toll of flies. I've also whipped out the Raid a few times to blast an ant colony or wasp nest. I've even killed a few fishes while camping and proceeded to cook and eat its flesh afterwards.

I realize it can be hard to kill a creature that has sympathetic features, but if the rabbits really are a pest and are destroying your yard then I don't see the problem in killing them. Rabbits are far from an endangered species, after all.

 

[Mr. Google]

I realize it can be hard to kill a creature that has sympathetic features, but if the rabbits really are a pest and are destroying your yard then I don't see the problem in killing them. Rabbits are far from an endangered species, after all.

Coulda been nervous laughter...he didnt shoot it up close like I did though. And yeah I bet people in Australia would applaud me hahhaa

 

[jovack22]

what the hell is wrong with your family, shooting and killing little animals for no reason.

hunting animals for sport is barbaric enough, but what you people did just sounds sadistic.

 

[smearyllama]

You know, you could put in some chicken wire to keep them out. That's what we have.
...or it might be to keep the vegetables in.


OT: I've never killed an animal of a higher level than an insect before, really.
If I were in the position to put down a suffering animal, I would do it, but only if there were no other way.