"sinful"

Both, I've killed predators, ie:coyotes, fox,hogs,coons,possums,
bobcats,mountain lion,prairie dogs, ect...don't eat much of any.
I've also killed large hogs that I knew I couldn't eat that tore
up crops, fields, fences, and quail nest...Mostly I kill deer,pig,quail, dove and eat them all...I've also cull shot old or injured and wounded animals unfit to eat..Same deal..I don't
get a charge out of killing just to kill...but I raised cows for
more than 50 yrs, and don't consider shooting predators sport
hunting...but a necessity...DD

yep, but thats how I feel.

My son who is 11 still hunts to kill. He would shoot everything moving if I allowed. But he is not an experienced hunter. He has killed 5 deer with a rifle, and has a couple of bow kills. He still gets that adrenaline rush. I on the other hand have been hunting for 30+ years and do not kill just to kill, unless it is a coyote or hog. I guess in someways it just depends on your maturity as a hunter, and I do not mean this negatively. I have been on doe hunts on high fence and been asked to kill as many mature does as I could. Did I have fun, YES. Did I butcher every animal yes. Depends on the situation.

I hunt to hunt. Sometimes it is with a camera and sometimes it is with a gun. If I shoot, I shoot to kill. I kill for meat and I kill for antlers. There are certain animals that I kill to kill, because I felt they needed killing. PETA be damned.

The PC movement and all the extra efforts that people take to avoid offending anyone irritate me. I don't go out of my way to make a point, but I am not going to go out of my way or change my ways because some hippy doesn't like my reason for it.

No one does more for conservation and no organizations give more towards the environment and animals than those created and driven by the hunters and outdoors men. I will take those other organizations seriously when they actually do something besides running their mouth. My

I kill coyotes & sometimes bobcats if it's time to do some predator control. Besides that, every deer/pig/bird etc gets eaten if it's killed. I kill if an animal is a problem, or if I'm going to eat it. Besides that my safety stays on & I enjoy watching the wildlife. I only kill poisonous snakes, all others get to live. Oh, and I kill every freakin' spider I see. All spiders must die!

The only animal I just flat out kill are hogs. Are there any of you with hogs problems that wouldn't do this?

You would never make it as a rancher

We have tons of hogs, I have no idea how many we have killed as a group. Just on the place I'm on right now I've killed somewhere between 60 & 70 so far & that's taking it easy on them. But, big or small every single one of them gets hung up/skinned/gutted/quartered & eaten. Either bbq or sausage meat, we even de-bone all of the ribs-neck for sausage if we're not gonna smoke'em. Just made a bunch of breakfast sausage, chorizo, & tamales. We do have a hog problem, that's for sure. But we never waste anything, there's always somebody out there who could use some free meat...that's just me though. But, on this place also wasting meat will get you kicked off the place. The LO even gets upset when somebody breasts out a dove rather than clean it like a quail lol. My buddy's hog dogs are also usually fed fresh pig meat.

My first year hunting on a lease I saw a baby raccoon in Oct/Nov in the camp area. I could have shot it but didn't. Big mistake buy spring it was getting into our trash and supplies. After 3 days of picking up trash and cleaning up his mess we baited him and shot him. No more problem.

I will shot all nuisance animals.

that is why i am not. I understand killing to protect assets, never really thought about that so i stand corrected.

When wild animals have plenty to eat they thrive, and increase in numbers, and then they have to be dealt with, and usually the most humane method is to hunt them.

If left alone nature will takes it's course and nature isn't always very gentle dealing with an over population or lack of food and water due to reasons like our recent drought.

Getting into the religion side of it, man was given domain over the animals and the earth by our Creator, and we are obligated to not abuse that given blessing.

Like mentioned above farmers and ranchers know this and deal with it on a daily basis.

There are those that might take pleasure in just killing for fun, but if that is the case then that is a serious issue that must be dealt with in a hurry by professionals.

i shot my mouflon purely for the hunt. meat was so bad i literally couldn't give it away. shooting something just to shoot it and throw it away is one thing, but nothing wrong hunting for a trophy.

Racoons are fun to shoot

Noting like hearing a big coin fall out of te tree

I have no problem with it, when I live in west Texas we killed over 100 jack rabbits a night, 2 or 3 nights a week, on the same place/roads week after week. I also don't feel bad about killing coons, skunks or coyotes.