Thread: Is Hunting for me?

No one is the same , some people have no compunction about killing ,others are more thoughtful , ask yourself this question ,If you have shot a deer and it needs its throat cut ,and when the blood starts gushing and draining away ,and you can feel the deers life ebbing away as it struggles one last time until it is there lying limp with glazed eyes where once they were sparkling and alive .and when you have to cut up the deer and you see the terrific damage the hunting bullet has done , with the warm blood an guts on you hands . ask yourself , do want do be a hunter , if the answer is hell yeah , then you SHOULDN'T take up the sport

By that argument, there is alot of people in nz that should never be allowed near a rifle, bow or knife

Originally Posted by kidmac42

By that argument, there is alot of people in nz that should never be allowed near a rifle, bow or knife

I know plenty of people who are hunters that should never have been allowed a firearm....

Dont give up Frosty you are dead right, maybe Im getting soft with age . like I said no one is the same and have no worries taking out an animal ect, hey I'm one of them .I just wanted to ask ENP the question as he is the one thinking about taking up the hunt , He just might be a sensitive soul and may be sickened by the whole thing, I have been a slaughter man for 35yrs ,I should be pretty well immune to killing but I still have a pang in my gut when an animal is wounded and needs to be finished off .

Originally Posted by hokonui

No one is the same , some people have no compunction about killing ,others are more thoughtful , ask yourself this question ,If you have shot a deer and it needs its throat cut ,and when the blood starts gushing and draining away ,and you can feel the deers life ebbing away as it struggles one last time until it is there lying limp with glazed eyes where once they were sparkling and alive .and when you have to cut up the deer and you see the terrific damage the hunting bullet has done , with the warm blood an guts on you hands . ask yourself , do want do be a hunter , if the answer is hell yeah , then you SHOULDN'T take up the sport

Isnt this a description of what hunting entails only written in an emotive way? I may have to give up hunting now

Ill re word it for the OP, Ask yourself this question, If you spend the day crawling around the bush and come across a deer which you shoot. Then get to it as quick as you can so you can cut its throat to ensure there is no unnecessary suffering and after its bleed out you carry out that task of preparing the meat for the walk out. Finally get home a process the meat whilst reliving the hunt over and over in your head with a sense of satisfaction and achievement.Then pass said meat on to family and friends sharing the memories of how you got it. And seeing the appreciation. Ask yourself. do you want to be a hunter? If the answer is hell yeh, then you should take up the sport.

Originally Posted by Frosty

Isnt this a description of what hunting entails only written in an emotive way? I may have to give up hunting now

I think you missed the point

Originally Posted by res

I think you missed the point

What was the point you took from it?


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Originally Posted by Frosty

What was the point you took from it?


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That people who hunt due to an enjoyment of killing shouldn't hunt.

Going by your post, you like myself hunt for other motivations

Originally Posted by res

That people who hunt due to an enjoyment of killing shouldn't hunt.

Going by your post, you like myself hunt for other motivations

Oh yes i can see you could read it that way.
I read it and thought " shit i sometimes do finish them off with the throat and wait till the blood drains, then inspect the terminal ballistics of my chosen projectile. Then get covered in blood after butchering( the part i hate the most) " and still after all that im planning my next hunt as im still walking out of the bush.
Thats why i may have read it the way it wasnt meant to be read.


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