[.308 rabbit]

I'm tempted to walk around my office and test your theory but I am very confident it would just court bad publicity from both males & females. I have been in this game too long to have ever witnessed any other sort of reaction.

 

If you feel this is doing the cause good then carry on, somehow I feel that this just gives further ammunition to the anti's.

[.308 rabbit]

Mate, if you're put off by pictures of dead quarry, you're on the wrong site. We've nothing to be ashamed off or to hide, our detractors will always find a way of having a go at us, whether we post pictures or not.

 

Have seen thousands of carcasses and all caused by my hand. It doesn't put me off. I am not a detractor, I am a supporter but it doesn't help the cause when we (and I say we) glorify the damage caused by the shot. Dignity and respect for the carcass used to matter when I hunted. Like I say, not trying to annoy anyone but having been in this game for over 35 years you get to understand how the other side thinks & works.

I take your point. BUT the Antis would tell me how to live my life, they would tell me that I shouldn't shoot things, and should lose my personal freedoms. They will, sadly, win in the end I fear.

 

in the meantime, we owe it to ourselves to post gory stories, pictures of dead animals and other such things that piss them off because we CAN. I will not tolerate animals suffering needlessly, and any desire to remove suffering I agree with. But a rabbit blown to smithereens by a 243 or 308 is rather humanely killed.

 

So long as the shot was safe and no law broken (my previous post establishes that all is well there) then We the Shooting Community have complied with all current laws and done nothing to offend anyone of sensible moral standing.

 

Given that, if a picture of a splattered rabbit offends an anti, well, quite frankly f**k 'em, I don't care. Their viewpoints offend me, and I have to endure it, so they can endure some of mine!

 

It is not the anti's that we need to worry about, it's those that have no opinion as yet either way that are likely to get peed off with this behaviour and suddenly you have enough anti's to make a difference. We owe it to fellow hunters not to bring the game into disrepute, put our own personal emotions aside otherwise the sport will be gone faster than a 243.

[.308 rabbit]

Mate, if you're put off by pictures of dead quarry, you're on the wrong site. We've nothing to be ashamed off or to hide, our detractors will always find a way of having a go at us, whether we post pictures or not.

 

Have seen thousands of carcasses and all caused by my hand. It doesn't put me off. I am not a detractor, I am a supporter but it doesn't help the cause when we (and I say we) glorify the damage caused by the shot. Dignity and respect for the carcass used to matter when I hunted. Like I say, not trying to annoy anyone but having been in this game for over 35 years you get to understand how the other side thinks & works.

[.308 rabbit]

I think the lack of control is around posting pictures of the carcass. What did you expect a 308 to do to a rabbit? not like it needs much imagination.

 

Haven't been here long granted but posts like this hardly portray anything sporting. Not trying to rain on the shooters parade but a little restraint is called for here.

why it dosnt really matter what its shot with dead is dead

 

With that logic we might as well start posting pictures of road-kill, after all, dead is dead.

[.308 rabbit]

I think the lack of control is around posting pictures of the carcass. What did you expect a 308 to do to a rabbit? not like it needs much imagination.

 

Haven't been here long granted but posts like this hardly portray anything sporting. Not trying to rain on the shooters parade but a little restraint is called for here.

[Ex hunter saying hello]

Hi all, stumbled across this site and thought I would join up as there's some very good info and some very experienced hunters in the ranks.

 

I used to hunt/shoot/fish for 35 years but stopped about 10 years ago. Recently I started up again but this time with a camera. Still love to hunt but now it's a case of getting even closer so the heartrate gets an even better workout than it ever did. I shot Geese over Solway & the Wash, shot deer all over the country, hunted with dogs/ferretts for years, bred captive BOP's and really enjoyed my time doing them all. So why did I stop? not completely sure but it did all become a bit easy over time. Camera changed that somewhat though!!

 

Some great info here and nice to see a photography section. Hope I can offer some advice to someone at some stage.

 

Regards