XLMiguel
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1. Law of the Jungle: To eat or to keep from being eaten.
2. Critters that are seriously destructive or a source of pestulence.
2. Critters that are seriously destructive or a source of pestulence.
Targets of opportunity
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When I was very young, my desire to kill animals was only exceeded by my desire to copulate. When I killed a deer and brought home the meat, the satisfaction was indescribable.
When I killed a cardinal or a bluejay, I enjoyed making the shot, but there was a tiny voice telling me that it was wrong.
So tiny, it hardly bothered me at all.
As I grew older, the thrill of bringing home meat increased, as I began to appreciate the effort involved in feeding a family. The tiny voice grew louder, as I began to value life. One day, my conscience simply would not be denied.
I made a living for 20 years as a professional fishing guide, and 5 years before that as a hunting guide, part time. When I ran my charter boat in the Gulf, we killed fish wholesale, but we stayed within legal limits and size restrictions, and I filetted every single fish back at the dock.
Some days, that would be 56 Red Snapper, 16 King Mackerel, and all the dorados we could slaughter!
Now, I'm just a salesman.
But since I own no livestock, I don't shoot predators. No cats, dogs, coyotes, bears, foxes, or any other animal that possesses two eyes that look due North at the same time.
I figure, they're just trying to make a living and raise some young'uns.
Just like me.
When I killed a cardinal or a bluejay, I enjoyed making the shot, but there was a tiny voice telling me that it was wrong.
So tiny, it hardly bothered me at all.
As I grew older, the thrill of bringing home meat increased, as I began to appreciate the effort involved in feeding a family. The tiny voice grew louder, as I began to value life. One day, my conscience simply would not be denied.
I made a living for 20 years as a professional fishing guide, and 5 years before that as a hunting guide, part time. When I ran my charter boat in the Gulf, we killed fish wholesale, but we stayed within legal limits and size restrictions, and I filetted every single fish back at the dock.
Some days, that would be 56 Red Snapper, 16 King Mackerel, and all the dorados we could slaughter!
Now, I'm just a salesman.
But since I own no livestock, I don't shoot predators. No cats, dogs, coyotes, bears, foxes, or any other animal that possesses two eyes that look due North at the same time.
I figure, they're just trying to make a living and raise some young'uns.
Just like me.
WilderBill
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Since I live in the city, there isn't much call for pest control outside of the occasional rat.
I did consider offing some dogs that the neighbors kept letting out, then I noticed they were trying to eat the south end of some northbound crackheads that were near my car and let 'em be.
Anyone trying to shoot a cat is a definate target of oppertunity, unless it's one of my cats, then I'd track 'em down. I decided long ago I'd rather have stray cats that rats.
I did consider offing some dogs that the neighbors kept letting out, then I noticed they were trying to eat the south end of some northbound crackheads that were near my car and let 'em be.
Anyone trying to shoot a cat is a definate target of oppertunity, unless it's one of my cats, then I'd track 'em down. I decided long ago I'd rather have stray cats that rats.
If it's not your land, the animals are not bothering you, and they're not game animals you're going to eat, then YOU have NO targets of opportunity among the animals you may encounter.
Sometimes it just amazes me at how some gun owners can't understand why some people are antis. They act like little boys with hammers in a world they think is filled with nails or untrained dogs that think everything that moves needs to be chased.
Sometimes it just amazes me at how some gun owners can't understand why some people are antis. They act like little boys with hammers in a world they think is filled with nails or untrained dogs that think everything that moves needs to be chased.
TallPine
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I don't shoot any living targets just for sport. There are plenty of wicked tin cans out there that need killin'
Don't have a problem with hunting for meat or thinning down the pests.
I like to hear the coyotes sing, but I know they are a problem with sheep. The ones who shoot them up here, it is not so much for sport as for survival.
Prairie dogs shoot be killed early and often, not for sport but because they are so destructive to the land. I suppose God made them to feed the eagles, hawks, and ferrets, but those three need to do their job better IMO.
Don't have a problem with hunting for meat or thinning down the pests.
I like to hear the coyotes sing, but I know they are a problem with sheep. The ones who shoot them up here, it is not so much for sport as for survival.
Prairie dogs shoot be killed early and often, not for sport but because they are so destructive to the land. I suppose God made them to feed the eagles, hawks, and ferrets, but those three need to do their job better IMO.
BigJake_old
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To cover my butt as the one who started the thread, i aint bloodthirsty, mean or any of the above, and i'd like to point out all the critters i pop deserve it, most of my reasons coming from the farmer's point of view, since i'm one myself.
dude
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"1. Law of the Jungle: To eat or to keep from being eaten.
2. Critters that are seriously destructive or a source of pestulence."
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At the risk of sounding like a tree-hugger.......... I think the snakes, small critters and coyotes (in most places) who were here long before us would have some intresting views on #2!
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"1. Law of the Jungle: To eat or to keep from being eaten.
2. Critters that are seriously destructive or a source of pestulence."
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At the risk of sounding like a tree-hugger.......... I think the snakes, small critters and coyotes (in most places) who were here long before us would have some intresting views on #2!
XLMiguel
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Generally, if it isn't bothering me, I leave it be, but allow me to clarify #2. Seriously destructive ro a source of pestulence -
Seriously destructive, i.e. if I were a farmer and something was threatening my livelihood (I'm not talking the odd chicken here) or wrecking my dwelling, it's gone. I do crows becauses they're annoying , destructive, carry West Nile virus, and hell on the songbird population. Things that are dangerous to my family (which includes pets) are similarly gone.
A source of pestulence, i.e. rabid 'coons, coyotes, dogs, cats, etc., or rats will be dealt with without quarter. Critters just passing thru, minding their own business don't have anything to worry about from me.
Seriously destructive, i.e. if I were a farmer and something was threatening my livelihood (I'm not talking the odd chicken here) or wrecking my dwelling, it's gone. I do crows becauses they're annoying , destructive, carry West Nile virus, and hell on the songbird population. Things that are dangerous to my family (which includes pets) are similarly gone.
A source of pestulence, i.e. rabid 'coons, coyotes, dogs, cats, etc., or rats will be dealt with without quarter. Critters just passing thru, minding their own business don't have anything to worry about from me.
cratz2
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Coyote, racoons and crows. Nasty worthless creatures, all.
It's hard to say that I kill them for no reason because when I kill them, it IS pest control.
It's hard to say that I kill them for no reason because when I kill them, it IS pest control.
Rickstir
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There should not be a closed season on Whitetail deer in Missouri. We are overrun with the damn things. It's reallly bad now as the "yard up" in the winter. I saw a pack of 12 last night bolting across the road just in front of my car.
Coyotes and wild dogs go too. I have 4 dogs and 5 cats. That's the limit. Any newcomers are goners.
My wife has put a bounty on rabbits. There are okay out on the property, but the flower-munchers are toast.
Coyotes and wild dogs go too. I have 4 dogs and 5 cats. That's the limit. Any newcomers are goners.
My wife has put a bounty on rabbits. There are okay out on the property, but the flower-munchers are toast.
spacemanspiff
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i'm not a hunter (yet); but i do enjoy watching other animals hunt prey. sometimes thats watching it on the animal planet, or in my own home when my spiders hunt their food, be that crickets, mice, or lizards.
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