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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 3:14:14 GMT
I've put down several suffering animals. The hardest one was a squirrel I saw that had been squished in half by a car. There was no way it was going to live, but there was no telling how long it was going to take to die. I lined up my car---including getting out and checking to make sure it was completely aligned with my left front tire---and killed it. That still bothers me. Yeah, it was "just" a squirrel. The world isn't what it should be, and never has been. Same thing here back when I was in middle school. half smashed squirrel near my house on the road, so me and my buddy took it to the grass and took my machete and ended it there for him so he wouldnt have to suffer. Then some guy in a convertible stops and gets out his car and starts freakin out on us askin us why were killing squirrels and stuff threatening to kill us
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 3:58:58 GMT
Well, I grew up in a rural area, but didn't own a farm, never had to depend on wild game to sustain life, so I didn't kill anything. I suppose deep down I'm a hippy at heart. Me and animals always have gotten along. That's not to say I'm against hunting. People that hunt and then eat and use the animal are fine in my book. The ones that hunt for the trophy, well, I just don't see the point.
I'm just glad that I was able to shorten the pain the little guy felt, even if it did nick up my new sword.
And yeah, there wasn't a lot I could do with him. Guts were hanging out his side, he wasn't much bigger then a water bottle, so I was thankful that I managed to hit him in a 'quick death' spot.
My friend said sarcastically, "You should've gotten a lucky rabbit's foot off him" I simply replied, "I don't think it did him any good..."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 4:49:42 GMT
My wife once had a squirrel bounce off the car on her way home from class. It hadn't been crushed and was clearly dazed, so she picked it up and carried it to the animal shelter that was conveniently across the street from where she hit the squirrel, where it promptly died of massive head trauma. She cried for about an hour while I held her trying not to laugh. I had to admit, though, it was a valiant effort.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 19:28:17 GMT
Yeah, if I even thought the rabbit had a chance, I would have tried the animal shelter option. But the little dude looked like he dove onto a rabbit sized hand grenade. Ah well, world keeps on turnin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 19:56:10 GMT
I live out in the country, and grow and hunt food, but I always want a quick and merciful death for the animals, except maybe rats and mice, they are servants of evil and should suffer I have heard a rabbit scream before, but it did not affect me the way a bullfrog screaming did one day, it sounded like a baby, or maybe Snoopy, and put me off frog hunting for good besides, bullfrogs seem to be getting rarer, and they are so beneficial because of eating bugs Less bugs is a good thing. Then there are the skunks, raccoons, bobcats, coyotes, panthers, armadillos, possums, poison snakes, and giant poisonous centipedes. I have no issues at all with killing any of those. Raccoons and rattlesnakes are very tasty too ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 21:34:26 GMT
You did a hard thing, but it was the right thing. +1 Dude.
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Post by sparky on Apr 28, 2010 0:31:04 GMT
I don't know if it's just jack rabbits or if regular bunnies do it too, but years ago hunting jack rabbits in CA. I got one and it cried like a little baby. Seriously, it sounded like a small human baby crying. It's funny.... I have not hunted rabbit since. Though if my kids show an interest in hunting I'll take them......
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 1:11:13 GMT
I started walking my dogs on leash when I took them out at night because I figured the neighbours would get a little upset if KiMar caught one of the local rabbits at 2 AM. She'd jump away as soon as it started screaming and I don't normally carry any tool to kill it at that point. If the dogs didn't finish the job, which they wouldn't, then I'd have no way to do anything about it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 11:47:53 GMT
Huh, I guess I'm unique here, as I've used swords on a number of raccoons and possums. I'd feel bad about it but they will not leave my trash or my outside cat alone. Guns are out as I live in a semi-rural neighborhood and my neighbors would find it disturbing to have me shooting around here. Coons are tough to get close enough to, but possums are no problem. Both animals are nuisances here, no season no limit so are legal to kill. Swords are quiet and efficient if you do your part. I use an el cheap-o mushashi $60 katana, I've dinged the blade up, bent the point on concrete and I think the handle may have cracked this last time (missed a swing and hit a tree...). Sword hunting is not for the squeamish.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 18:50:21 GMT
Huh, I guess I'm unique here, as I've used swords on a number of raccoons and possums. I live inside the city limits of a small town, so no shooting is allowed by city ordinance. I admit to "pushing the edge of that envelope" once or twice when armadillos were tearing up the yard. Even though inside the city, my back yard adjoins woods on two sides so we have loads of raccoons, possums, squirrels, armadillos, etc. My grandkids like the squirrels and raccoons; possums are just ugly - not destructive - so they get a pass. Armadillos are encouraged to leave for a few days, and if they continue to be a problem usually meet with misfortune. I say all that to say this: Next time I have to terminate an armadillo, rather than pushing the edge of the "discharging firearms" envelope I can see my Albrecht II being involved. I tried to use my bow once, but couldn't get a decent sight picture in the dark. And yes - Good job, Greg.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 8:38:30 GMT
Huh, I guess I'm unique here, as I've used swords on a number of raccoons and possums. I'd feel bad about it but they will not leave my trash or my outside cat alone. Guns are out as I live in a semi-rural neighborhood and my neighbors would find it disturbing to have me shooting around here. Coons are tough to get close enough to, but possums are no problem. Both animals are nuisances here, no season no limit so are legal to kill. Swords are quiet and efficient if you do your part. I use an el cheap-o mushashi $60 katana, I've dinged the blade up, bent the point on concrete and I think the handle may have cracked this last time (missed a swing and hit a tree...). Sword hunting is not for the squeamish. Now there is an interesting thread idea. Sword hunting. ;D I have been in the forest many times and had deer walk up to me close enough to kill with a sword. Though hadn't had a sword with me. First time it happened I was quite surprised. Then actually got a bit nervous and scared. I actually bent down and picked up a nice big stick. I am just a little human, and a deer has hard sharp hooves. I know it sounds silly but without weapons a deer has the advantage.
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Post by YlliwCir on Apr 29, 2010 9:01:56 GMT
I have been in the forest many times and had deer walk up to me close enough to kill with a sword. Though hadn't had a sword with me. First time it happened I was quite surprised. Then actually got a bit nervous and scared. I actually bent down and picked up a nice big stick. I am just a little human, and a deer has hard sharp hooves. I know it sounds silly but without weapons a deer has the advantage. Not silly at all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 9:35:54 GMT
Well, I certainly wouldn't have used the sword. It's faster and more humane just to use blunt force at the base of the skull to render unconcience then twist the neck and separate the head from the spinal column. I guess it depends on how tore up the poor thing was and if you really wanted to get your hands on it. Poor little thing. . .
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Post by Dom T. on Apr 29, 2010 13:49:16 GMT
I have been in the forest many times and had deer walk up to me close enough to kill with a sword. Though hadn't had a sword with me. First time it happened I was quite surprised. Then actually got a bit nervous and scared. I actually bent down and picked up a nice big stick. I am just a little human, and a deer has hard sharp hooves. I know it sounds silly but without weapons a deer has the advantage. Not silly at all. PAHAHAHAH, it certainly looks funny though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 14:25:59 GMT
What's funny is that deer attack and seriously maul or kill more people in the USA than any other animal. By a huge margin. Since my deer hunting will be stalking with a bow, I'm carrying a boar spear to defend against exactly what's happening in that video.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Apr 29, 2010 15:38:11 GMT
Is anyone else reminded of the scene where the Duke of Buckingham is deer hunting with a sword from the 1973 production of The Three Musketeers? (I am.) (Right at the end of this clip)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 16:02:40 GMT
"I am only one person. That is a servant." I should probably find that movie and watch it.
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Post by Dom T. on Apr 29, 2010 16:20:28 GMT
Oh, yeah, I know I wouldn't want to be near a deer while it's flailing about like that. Or at all, really. I just find it funny to see people get hurt by what we've been considering "food" for the last few millennia or so. And that video of the deer attack also makes me think of those "America's Funniest Home Videos" for some odd reason. Er, kind of how I find it funny when someone on t.v. gets their hand bitten off for sticking their hand into a gator's mouth or something. It's not that I'd want my hand get bitten off.... Uh... maybe there's something wrong with me. Laughing at others' misfortune.
Hahah, only watched the last few minutes of that video, but the "that is a servant" line was pretty funny.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Apr 29, 2010 17:23:59 GMT
If you haven't seen the Richard Lester/George MacDonald Fraser version of The Three Musketeers (and the follow-on The Four Musketeers), you are missing out. Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Spike frickin' Milligan, Faye Dunaway, Michael York, Joss Ackland, Christopher Lee, Pierre Cassel, Sybil Danning . . . the hits just keep coming.
Fights choreographed by Bill Hobbs!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 19:31:25 GMT
Fights choreographed by Bill Hobbs! Is that the guy who played Bilbo Baggins?
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