I put the life of animals over the life of any human, so regardless of what the animal was doing I couldn't bring myself to do that.
I'm a terrible person. (sortof)
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yeah, pretty much this. it's a sad story that you didn't get a clean kill - but those are ALWAYS sad stories. You're not terrible because you felt bad that it had to suffer. If you were terrible, you would have intentionally caused it to suffer. Noone has an unclean kill story where they had to hunt down and kill an animal they're hunting in close quarters because they screwed up that ends with a smile. It's just part of responsibly dealing with either prey animals or pests. Don't cause undue pain if you can help it, and put it out of its misery if you accidentally do.dj Facchiano said:so much self-righteous bull shit in this thread... Rabbits, like rats and mice and bugs are pests. Nobody here has a problem if I squash a tarantula with my foot, or squeeze a rat in half with a rat trap. But if its a cute fluffy adorable rabbit, and I do what we all do with ugly non cute, non fluffy pests then I guess that makes me a baby murdering lunatic. Oh double standards and there shenanigans
It's really all you need to worry about.
failing that, you could always upgrade to hollow point bullets
Funny thing about that, they only make noise when they are dying. It is a terrible high pitched scream.camsha said:
@op: you are fine. You did the right thing AND you feel bad.
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wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmlessFernandoV said:
I don't want to be insensitive to anyone who likes rabbits so consider yourself warned.
Personally I see rabbits as white,fluffy pests that are hard to get rid of and ruin crops. If you have to kill a few to scare the others away by all means go ahead. I think your little brother's fine because as you said as soon as he saw it was in a great amount of pain he stopped laughing. Rabbits are like cute rats and you cant let them get the better of you. And I'm glad you see it as more of a chore than sport.
Personally I see rabbits as white,fluffy pests that are hard to get rid of and ruin crops. If you have to kill a few to scare the others away by all means go ahead. I think your little brother's fine because as you said as soon as he saw it was in a great amount of pain he stopped laughing. Rabbits are like cute rats and you cant let them get the better of you. And I'm glad you see it as more of a chore than sport.
There are enough non-lethal ways to prevent rabbits from eating your plants, if your first thought was 'let's shoot them', you and your brother have a problem.
Ehh... a 22 with shorts is quiet, and cheap, and has minimal prisk of killing neighbors... But even with that taken into account, if you're going to shoot it, whatever the reason, shoot it clean and/or be willing to give it the coup de grace.
OT: As a hunter, I've gotten a couple shots that weren't clean, and if they weren't I took out the knife and dealt with it. Hunting/fishing/getting rid of rodents is an act of predation, and you have to be able to accept that.
OT: As a hunter, I've gotten a couple shots that weren't clean, and if they weren't I took out the knife and dealt with it. Hunting/fishing/getting rid of rodents is an act of predation, and you have to be able to accept that.
I ran over a toad with a riding lawn-mower and I watched it in the brief seconds as it scrabbled for a handhold on the grass before getting sucked into the blades. Of course, this was a bit before I was about to unload the grass, so some of the grass on the top was stained red. It also smelled quite awful. I still feel bad about it to this day, but there wasn't anything I could do about it.
I am completely complacent with killing animals if need be. In our country a disease was released which blinds rabbits in order to kill them, I've forgotten the name. Once I stumbled across one and was only walking so I picked it up, put it on my lap and waited until it had calmed down, and had it in a petting like manor, then quickly broke its neck. All you can do is leave it to starve or kill it.Mr. Google said:
I don't get creeped out by killing but it all depends on the circumstances on which you should in good conscience decide to kill an animal.
The first thing I would have done if I found rabbits down at the end of my garden would be to see how it got in... and block the hole. This way, your stuff can go unmolested and the rabbit can live.
If you can't close the gap... why the hell not? If its all open then your asking for it to be had by animals
Now if they are literally breaking into your garden the all you can do is to kill the ones that enter your garden, although one should be enough to keep them away for two or three generations.
I haven't actually tried this but... maybe a warning shot? If you shoot above the rabbit, it may fear for its life so much that it won't come back! Which is a win too.
Killing, no matter what should be a resort only when everything else has been tried first. Does help to keep you guilt free in the situation you described.
I've killed a large bird at close range when I was young. It sucks balls man, especially when you try to put it out of its misery, but it won't die.
Spent the whole day crying.
Spent the whole day crying.
Never personally killed an animal at close range but I have seen a couple die.
I sat with my family's last dog when the vet came to put her down. She had lived a full life in the countryside by the lake, but was now arthritic, deaf, half blind, and just not enjoying life any more. The vet was kind enough to make a house call so the dog could go in friendly surroundings. My mother and I sat and pet the dog until she was gone. Peaceful but sad.
I went moose hunting once with my grandfather, father, uncle, and a friend of theirs. I was carrying my grandfather's 12 gauge, which was loaded and ready, but by prior arrangement I was not to shoot. My grandfather had the privilege of first shot, as he was getting frail and would not go on another hunt. My uncle would fire the kill shot with an enormous rifle. I didn't personally kill the moose but I was right there when it died. I helped gut, clean, and move the carcass onto our trailer. Moose meat tastes nasty -- like someone mixed hamburger and pine needles.
Driving home from work one night, the car in front of me hit a deer pretty hard, more or less crushing its pelvis. I stopped to see if the driver was okay. He was fine but the deer was done. It was alive but couldn't walk, sort of thrashing, trying to get away from us. He had a twelve gauge in the back of his vehicle. I decided not to watch him shoot it.
I sat with my family's last dog when the vet came to put her down. She had lived a full life in the countryside by the lake, but was now arthritic, deaf, half blind, and just not enjoying life any more. The vet was kind enough to make a house call so the dog could go in friendly surroundings. My mother and I sat and pet the dog until she was gone. Peaceful but sad.
I went moose hunting once with my grandfather, father, uncle, and a friend of theirs. I was carrying my grandfather's 12 gauge, which was loaded and ready, but by prior arrangement I was not to shoot. My grandfather had the privilege of first shot, as he was getting frail and would not go on another hunt. My uncle would fire the kill shot with an enormous rifle. I didn't personally kill the moose but I was right there when it died. I helped gut, clean, and move the carcass onto our trailer. Moose meat tastes nasty -- like someone mixed hamburger and pine needles.
Driving home from work one night, the car in front of me hit a deer pretty hard, more or less crushing its pelvis. I stopped to see if the driver was okay. He was fine but the deer was done. It was alive but couldn't walk, sort of thrashing, trying to get away from us. He had a twelve gauge in the back of his vehicle. I decided not to watch him shoot it.
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What you describe is a lot like something that Abraham Lincoln talked about, when he went out hunting for his family. I feel he was a better war time president for it.
All life is worth something. I just feel that most people don't think about it, over valuing or under valuing life. Right now I think you probably understand the value of life better than 90% of the people on this website.
Just remember, that all life does come to an end. It's what we do with the time we'er given that matters.
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What you describe is a lot like something that Abraham Lincoln talked about, when he went out hunting for his family. I feel he was a better war time president for it.
All life is worth something. I just feel that most people don't think about it, over valuing or under valuing life. Right now I think you probably understand the value of life better than 90% of the people on this website.
Just remember, that all life does come to an end. It's what we do with the time we'er given that matters.
[quote="Mr. Google" post="18.304899.12236113" I'm (obviously) recovering. /quote]
What you describe is a lot like something that Abraham Lincoln talked about, when he went out hunting for his family. I feel he was a better war time president for it.
All life is worth something. I just feel that most people don't think about it, over valuing or under valuing life. Right now I think you probably understand the value of life better than 90% of the people on this website.
Just remember, that all life does come to an end. It's what we do with the time we'er given that matters.
What you describe is a lot like something that Abraham Lincoln talked about, when he went out hunting for his family. I feel he was a better war time president for it.
All life is worth something. I just feel that most people don't think about it, over valuing or under valuing life. Right now I think you probably understand the value of life better than 90% of the people on this website.
Just remember, that all life does come to an end. It's what we do with the time we'er given that matters.