Respect of quarry

cockerdog

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How do we all feel about what we do........

Tonight I just listened to a dog fox calling for his vixen, his crys in vein for they would be unanswered due to me and it made me think with pangs of regret.
Every shot I take is taken with the ultimate goal of producing a humane kill which produces no suffering, but no matter what the quarry full respect for producing that goal is always there.
I wont bull myself up because there are those on this site who have many more years at the game than me with my meagre 22 years but I still feel for every deer,fox etc which falls to my hand.
I dont think im wrong in admiring the beauty of a Roe buck in full summer coat or a vixen in winter pelage and to be honest I think I would be just as happy spending my days just observing them.
So I guess what im trying to say is that anyone out there who has no respect or remorse for what we do, think is this right for you.
 
I often look at animals I've shot and think what the F*** have I shot that for!??:(
Especially on the most glorious day when it is just a joy to be out in the countryside and everything seems just perfect, then, one shot later it all comes crashing down to reality, and why you are part of it!:confused:
It is difficult to get your head around at times I must admit.
But, I know that the job of wildlife management needs to be done, and if the likes of myself and youself didn't do it in the most humane and respectful way possible, then some other **** would do it with a lamp and a shotgun!:mad:
It is good that you feel the passion that you do for wildlife! Never let go of it!!
You are doing a fine job.
MS;)
 
cockerdog i think you are doing yourself an injustice, With 3 foxes bagged last night i bet the local fox population wishes you rather just observed as well !
But when you have a job to do that comes first - i bet the fox wished he had :lol:
 
Always want a clean kill but could never feel sorry for charlie or any predators for that matter (stoat mink etc.)
Shot so many pigeons and crows rabbits etc, never feel bad.
Numb now I guess.
Culling does and kids gets me.
 
Its funny I hardly ever shoot a fox unless its bothering my chickens or a mate's geese or whatever- I often see them and I can't bring myself to do it- seems a waste unless I'm going to eat it, so without very good reason, I don't. Call me a wuss or whatever but there it is.
 
I always feel a pang of regret when I have to pop an urban fox that Ive trapped, its very personal at near as make no odds point blank...But when out today I sat and watched 2 foxes about 4ish, I didnt shoot either as the farmer likes seeing them around, I do if asked (or paid). Saying that I feel no regret when popping rats, grey squirrels or mink caught in cage traps, that said I always make sure its done correctly.....My wife when asked "How can he bring himself to kill them?" by a friend I was trapping foxes for that were ****ing on her patio every night replied she would rather I was doing it as she knew it would be done properly than some monkey wannabe pestie
 
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Sorry about this but have had alovley afternoon at the theater royle watching the st. petersburge ballet do sleeping buety and then done a bottle of port. There is nothing pretty about a dead animal. I take the camara as often as the rifle now. However there is nothing wrong with one either its nature and we are part of it. If we do not care then we should stop. You have to look at the bigger picture. You can not be worried unduly about "an" animal but you should worry about the speicies as a whole. This is real conservation not the picture book stuff.

You have to be cruel to be kind is the truest saying. You know whats right and thats what you have to make your diccitions on. I dont think I spelt that right.

Mark
 
Couldnt agree more,whatever you shoot you have taken its life to provide you with sport,I Bollocked ayoung man the other day for just throwing some pheasants into the back of the game cart,NO respect, bet he doesnt do it again,
 
I personally feel that we should all respect the quarry we shoot what ever it is. Shooters I know on the whole show more respect and appreciation for the wildlife around them than non shooting members of the public.

regards Jon
 
"The Hunter. It is he who loves the foe who quarries out his forces. And every arrow is feathered soft, with wishes to atone, that every sword, in sorrow, bleeds for it's spoiling blow..."

I don't know who wrote this -I believe it was Edna St Vincent Millay- but my dad made me memorize it and understand it before he would let me hunt game.~Muir
 
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I have learnt more about british wildlife through shooting. I have sat and watched britains beauties through binos and scopes and with my own eyes un til dark got up and walked off only to get to my wagon unload the gun and think oh i went shooting!
Dont get me wrong i have taken many lifes of animals some of which i am not proud (young,tin of pellets new air rifle my fathers farm). But now adays i cant get enogh of the fresh air wild fauna and animals and birds. i still shoot and still enjoy but there are times when i take the dog and gun and wether or not i fire a shot or just walk 5 miles i am still smiling.My freind who allows me to stalk with him always apoligises if we dont shoot anything saying he has wasted my time nothing could be further from the truth.
Whats better than a walk on a nice summers evening or a freezing cold december morning with frost still on the ground? appriciate what you have now for itll be gone tommorow! (my fathers favourite saying!)
 
Last season I had a batch of iffy ammo and had several missfires whilst park culling, when you hear a click and find that you are still looking into the deers eyes initially you think, you lucky barsteward, reload and shoot again if the shots still on, but the fact that the animal had a second chance and, if it was sensible enough to bugger off whilst you worked the bolt, may go on to live a long and happy life does make you think? JC
 
Mr fox is lovely to look at but when you get up in the morning and find your pet duck and hens laying on the lawn minus there heads, he aint so nice, time to load up the .223, charge the lamp, fill your flask and send him a 50 grain pill from the rooster n his girls.
 
I feel it is the duty of every sportsman, to kill his intended quarry as humanely as possible ( be it fur or feather ).
I do feel guilty at times of taking a liiving creature, and do have certain admiration fox foxes.
All that said, if you did not do it, there are plenty out there who would.

Rgds Buck.
 
I shoot my fair share but every time I drop something I say my little sorry and thank you to the poor thing, but I try to make sure other people don't hear me.... they might think i'm soft or something
 
When the first one gose down i always say well thats the fuel paid :lol:

its a very sorry situation to think that , but its true in the currant financial climate !

i think the same :( but i always say a blessing , sort of last rights if you like .

cheers lee
 
respect yes, remorse no, if asked how do you decide which one to shoot I usually say it has a cross on it.
 
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