When I felt remorse about hunting of a dove!! (Video)

[Greyfox]

I think for most people it's natural to feel a touch remorse after the kill...

"Hunting is the noblest sport yet devised by the hand of man. There were mighty hunters in the Bible, and all the caves where the cave men lived are full of carvings of assorted game the head of the house drug home. If you hunt to eat, or hunt for sport for something fine, something that will make you proud, and make you remember every single detail of the day you found him and shot him, that is good too. But if there's one thing I despise it's a killer, some blood-crazy idiot that just goes around bam-bamming at everything he sees. A man who takes pleasure in death just for death's sake is rotten somewhere inside, and you'll find him doing things later on in life that'll prove it."
-Robert Ruark (The Old Man and the Boy)

 

[crkckr]

Having some remorse for taking a life you harvest for food is as natural as hunting the food in the first place. Dove, while generally stupid compared to other birds, are still beautiful to watch, which tends to make us have some feelings for them. The problem comes when we give the animal human feelings. Of course they have feelings, they hurt and bleed as do most creatures, but they do not accuse, nor do they weep for a lost life. They will get away if possible but when seriously wounded and unable to escape, they usually just go into a catatonic state while the end comes. In nature, birds are usually killed by larger, faster flying hawks in the air and by animals such as cats on the ground. I'm certain that just about everyone has seen a cat beginning to eat a bird that is still alive. I'm going guess a relatively swift death via a pellet versus being eaten alive by a cat would be the choice a bird would choose, if they had the capacity to do so. They don't, so they will always struggle to survive whatever situation they find themselves in. It is just the way nature works. Having appreciation for the beauty and grace of our game animals is natural and appropriate. It helps us to prevent the savage within us from taking them without cause or need. Besides, they really are delicious!
Cheers,
crkckr

 

[KyCarl]

That's why I prefer to blast paper or steel! I can just laugh and walk away.
I missed or made a bad hit? OH Well no big deal..I'll get it next time!

 

[Wedgy]

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I like this , Looks like a poem !

I like this , Looks like a poem !

It's an old 80' song.... LOL

 

[johnnyk]

"Prince and Egyptian Snipers dove have something in common now"

Yup, they're both dead!