janesy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:01 am
PaulSpain wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:40 am
janesy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:59 am
Funny, around here it's Coyotes. Lots of hunters refuse to shoot pregnant dogs. How would they know tho during the winter months if the dog was pregnant or not?
But the part I laugh at is every single coyote hunter I know does it for "population control". So wouldn't shooting the preggers make the most viable sense?
I don't mind admitting it. I know I can't control their population, science says that not how it works. I just like hunting and shooting them. That's all.
I'm new to this, I still have to define myself and know what kind of hunter I want to be. I don't intend to judge anyone or give morality lessons, I'm just learning.
I didn't mean to offend either.
I appreciate your point of view, but I think you have misunderstood me.
I guess I expressed myself badly.
No offense taken, or intended at all
I understand the moral dilemma, I just don't understand why it's a moral dilemma. I assumed the species of hog you have is similar to the coyote population we have here. Highly intelligent and nearly impossible to control by predation. But we hunt them anyway, under the guise of population control.
I'm glad, as I write badly I thought I could have been misinterpreted.
I also love the adrenaline of killing and I enjoy killing with a crossbow, because for my taste it combines a perfect balance of safety and closeness with the animal, I do not deny it and I respect people who are consistent with their actions and ethics.
I had never hunted before and I have to discover myself in this "killer" facet, ALL your comments are very useful, valid because I like them more or less, first, I respect them, second, they give me a vision of what it could be worth to me or not me.
My dilemma is very clear to what it is due to, it comes from the education my parents gave me and the society in which I live. That I have to be honest with myself? Yes, sure.
I slaughter sheep and cows with my hands to eat at home and I don't feel sorry for it, but when I slaughter a pregnant female without knowing it I get a lump in my throat, I can't help it, educational...
Thanks for your sincerity.