The Ethical Carnivore

[Silent Earth]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...kills-Ethical-Carnivore-Year-Killing-Eat.html

 

[user 6493]

well taking game is messy but not all can or will hunt,to kill is just not in them,if the SHTF those people will either learn quickly or die slowly,,

 

[Undertaker]

Like the article....I love how she stresses the humane way to kill and lessen suffering on the animal.

 

[Maverick]

Allowing an animal to suffer and wasting meat pisses me off more than anything and I seen enough of it when I was a Game Warden. I've enjoyed the hunts and very appreciative of the meat I obtained but I was and am never happy about the kill including my live stock! In my belief God put the animals here to serve man and I am thankful but I am also sadden when I dispatch the animal's life.

I remember as kids we were punished if we lost the animal after shooting it and wasting the meat from the kills, he would take our firearms and ground us from hunting the remaining year and following year so we learned real quick 'waste not'

 

[lonewolf]

most of the people in the UK could not face killing "Bambi" or a fluffy bunny rabbit!

 

[Mountain trapper]

I've never met anyone who purposuly wants to waste an animal or let it suffer. Some people do take risky shots and end up doing both though. Always be sure of your shot. If the animal is too far away, hold your fire until you can get closer or wait for another opportunity. It's important to know your, and your guns capabilities. Animals are here for our use, but wasting anything is wrong.

 

[Brent S]

I never liked the dispatching part either, but once the animal is dead it's dinner. I've never looked at a nicely cooked medium steak on my plate with remorse.

 

[Maverick]

I've never met anyone who purposuly wants to waste an animal or let it suffer. Some people do take risky shots and end up doing both though. Always be sure of your shot. If the animal is too far away, hold your fire until you can get closer or wait for another opportunity. It's important to know your, and your guns capabilities. Animals are here for our use, but wasting anything is wrong.

We busted several people that would drop elks just for the heads (trophy hunters), we put down many game animals with leg wounds that more likely resulted from the lack of shooting skills as you say risky shots. We busted a group of young adults shooting from the cliffs edge down into the canyon killing 5 doe's with no intention of retrieving the animals (thrill killing) I have a book full of my notes 10 years worth thats absolutely mind numbing.

This is not uncommon here;
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/herd-of-elk-shot-up-near-ellensburg-tips-needed/

One of the biggest issue we encountered was the lack of tracking skills once the wounded animal taken flight. Unintentionally wounding is going to happen even with the best shooters that's a given but shooting and killing is just a small part of hunting but tracking skills is the most important aspect to a hunter.

 

[Silent Earth]

This is not uncommon here;
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/herd-of-elk-shot-up-near-ellensburg-tips-needed/

Dammit no Ifs or Buts If I came across some ******** doing that for fun I would open fire on them.

 

[DrHenley]

Gray keeps a vegetarian diet most of the time - a natural consequence of eating only the meat she killed

Vegetarian: Indian word meaning "Bad Hunter". LOL

 

[Mountain trapper]

We busted several people that would drop elks just for the heads (trophy hunters), we put down many game animals with leg wounds that more likely resulted from the lack of shooting skills as you say risky shots. We busted a group of young adults shooting from the cliffs edge down into the canyon killing 5 doe's with no intention of retrieving the animals (thrill killing) I have a book full of my notes 10 years worth thats absolutely mind numbing.

This is not uncommon here;
http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/herd-of-elk-shot-up-near-ellensburg-tips-needed/

One of the biggest issue we encountered was the lack of tracking skills once the wounded animal taken flight. Unintentionally wounding is going to happen even with the best shooters that's a given but shooting and killing is just a small part of hunting but tracking skills is the most important aspect to a hunter.

I realize these people are out there. I was just meaning that I personally don't know anyone like that. The State record elk was killed on a ranch I owned a couple hundred miles from where I am now. The idiot killed it using a light so it didn't go in the record book. Plus the a&$hole only took the head. In Alaska there was a couple of punk's with AR15's who shot 40 caribou and just left them. This does go on every day, but the vast majority of hunters are very ethical. I've never been a "trophy" hunter nor do I try for extremely long shots just so I can brag about it. I don't pull the trigger on anything unless I'm sure I can make a clean kill. I learned my tracking skills at an early age while trapping and being out in the woods everyday. And I'm still honing those skills to this day.

 

[Maverick]

I realize these people are out there. I was just meaning that I personally don't know anyone like that. The State record elk was killed on a ranch I owned a couple hundred miles from where I am now. The idiot killed it using a light so it didn't go in the record book. Plus the a&$hole only took the head. In Alaska there was a couple of punk's with AR15's who shot 40 caribou and just left them. This does go on every day, but the vast majority of hunters are very ethical. I've never been a "trophy" hunter nor do I try for extremely long shots just so I can brag about it. I don't pull the trigger on anything unless I'm sure I can make a clean kill. I learned my tracking skills at an early age while trapping and being out in the woods everyday. And I'm still honing those skills to this day.

I don't know anyone personally either...thankfully, it's generally done by outsiders at least been the case here in Washington. I do believe it is far less than 1% and generally committed by the same group of so-called hunters.