Coney 3 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Just an hour ago, I was out on my ground and just stood there, watching the birds busying themselves. Thinking of the nests I'd found lately. Loving it. I thought then; I really do Love this time of year. Everything's so active and getting on about it's business. I can observe more wildlife in these times than at any other period of the year. Soft? I don't think so. I lost the need to capture or kill Everything so long ago I don't really remember its passing. I think it's just a natural part of ones developement. I stopped egg collecting before I was fifteen. Stopped trapping song birds before I was twenty much. So on and so forth. Now I've got to the point where I simply kill what needs to be killed and I feel nothing in the doing. I can become excited and pleased with the result of a successful stalk, sure. But wether that results in me shooting something dead or simply getting a cracking view of something hard to observe, it's the fact that I accomplished the difficult which gives me the joy. That's why I'll post a long and detailed account of how it all went off, yet don't bother flashing up pictures of stuff I kill. What's the point? These days? I'd far sooner show a rarer or difficult to find birds nest than show a dead thing. Any dick with a rifle can shoot something dead. Finding small, ground nesting birds nests, when out with that rifle, takes a more total awareness of ones surroundings. The likes of JD and P&G have inspired me so much since I found this place. Both capable and constant killers. Yet both able to prove themselves true Naturalist / Hunters. Capable of observing the minutae of what's around them. Now I'm just beggining to be able to make a tiny emmulation of their example and am showing more and more nests of my own. That gives me more satisfaction than all the kill tallys ever recorded Some real food for thought there Ditch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danny boi 0 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 im only 20 and feel the same way if we catch and kill all the half grown rabbits with easy kills there will be no sport for the coming season! with exception of specific pest control were theres a job that needs doing i think everyone should do the same and let the animals that give there life for us recouperate after the season and then ready for the sport next year! cheers dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T78 4 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 well,i had every intention of ferreting all year through but now i've decided against it(and i seem to be aquiring permission left right and centre in the last few wks! )i think patience and the knowledge to leave it for now and you'll get more in return later in the yr are valuable lessons to learn! saying that,i will still take the odd bunny etc with the dogs on the grasses...mainly to feed the ferts though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dog on Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 well fcuk me i have got one thing in common with most people \\and its not work or tax // Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,594 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 When you get over 50, you do look at things a bit diffrent. BIRD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Cooney. 1 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm an angler too and I once heard a saying about the 4 stages in an anglers life.......... 1. To catch the most fish, 2. To catch the biggest fish, 3. To catch the fish no one else has caught, 4. To just fish. Often wondered does it apply to proper hunters too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Whatever you hunt it needs to breed. You must leave some for RON LATER ON Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,100 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Getting a bit soft happens to us all (well apart from the girls), the old blue pill does the trick haven't found the need to use them on a regular basis. Joking a side the older you get the wiser you become and it makes sense to respect many things in life and it give you a chance to appreciate the world you live in. Many good things have been said prior to my post and it just goes to show there are some good people on here. All the best love Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pegleg 0 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 It's a difficult question to answer there are obivous reasons to hunt. But you still have to decide why YOU do it and where you draw the line in seasons,age,type,sex ,number ,method,result of a hunt. Generaly if man is persistent enough and willing to use any avaliable method any animal can be mastered or defeated with minimal danger and effort. But then the feeling of acomplishment is minimized or lost altogether. So I think it's impossible for someone to decide why someone else does it and if they are doing it correctly. With the the larger predators we have,the questions are magnified. A rat doesn't really endear itself to people the way a young moutain lion does yet if it's mother is killing one head of beef cattle a week. It will have to be dispatched as a mercy killing following the mother's death or left to starve. Who feels any pride in killing a defensles cub? Many will condemn you for the act with out thought to the fact that this act saved a entire family of humans their lively hood and saved a additional 50 + beeves for human consumtion. therefore making it unneccasary for the larger population to hunt for their meat supply. Possibly saving 300 deer or their equivilant from being a required food source. And the question goes on and on. So if your happy with your reasons go ahead and enjoy your time afield otherwise go to the market either way something died for you to eat. and it's true for the damn vegeterians also. Be your line the life of a fish or a head of wheat, a life was altered for yours to continue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest timeout Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Well put@pegleg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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