Slow Death

Aceman · Jan 16, 2017

I like most of you enjoy viewing videos of hunter's success but those videos do not always show an instant death of the animal. Granted it is part of the sport but is it really necessary to show that part of the kill in the video? I personally have taken my share of animals but to me there is no thrill in seeing the animal suffer before death. I would rather see the stalk, shot, and the animal after it has died. Just my preference, would curious to know what you think.

DeerMadness · Jan 16, 2017

I think most would agree. That's not a pretty sight. My wife sure doesn't like it.

Elkduds · Jan 16, 2017

I only take shots that will kill right now or very fast. Pass on iffy shots and have more unfilled tags than some others. That's OK, I'd rather have tag soup than torture or lose an animal.

Don't watch the hunting shows. TV is never reality, no matter what they call it.

Soj51hopeful · Jan 16, 2017

That's a part of hunting. I don't want to see an edited fairy tale story hunt. Anybody that hasn't had an animal not expire right away hasn't taken many. It's not pretty but have you ever watched a nature show? Would you prefer to see wolves tracking an elk heard then all of a sudden cut to the feast? No you want to see the whole hunt. I don't want to see lots of agonizing time showing the animal gut shot but if done right you can show a bad shot and a hunters remorse.

Soj51hopeful · Jan 16, 2017

Realizing and improving upon mistakes (even someone else's ) is what makes us better people / hunters.

pufftuffly · Jan 16, 2017

Personally I like the videos where hunter and crew starts screaming with joy like school girls then break out the tape measure and start taping the antlers before the animal is even dead.

elkassassin · Jan 16, 2017

How Bout the Shows where it's 80+ Degree's & They Video/Take Pictures/Score the Animal while the Meat is Spoiling in the Heat?

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Homer · Jan 16, 2017

so.....I take it you don't haze the ones with broken spines back towards the truck??

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Founder · Jan 17, 2017

I agree, I don't like to see suffering. I know it's part of the game and we all see it from time to time on the mountain, but on the mountain after we shoot is one thing, to share it in a video is another. I personally don't like it. That's not the part of the hunt I want to remember either.

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Vanilla · Jan 17, 2017

I like to see kill shots included. It's not because I'm sick in the mind and get great joy out of seeing an animal die on camera, but it is part of the hunt.

Most of the non-hunting public goes to the grocery store, buys a package of beef, pork, or chicken, and thinks these things magically appeared here with no killing. Hunters are different. We know this is a blood sport. We know the end game is to take a life. I don't need the blood part edited out.

Stonefly · Jan 17, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-17 AT 06:56PM (MST)[p] I was watching some hunting videos on youtube the other night. Littlebuck called me to dinner and I left the video running, When I came back there was a video of Lions hunting Buffalo ( how it got there from Archery Elk hunting I don't know). Anyway this young Lion had caught a Calf Buffalo, and couldn't kill it. Soon 2 more Lions came over and started chewing on the Calf. All the while the narrator explained that the Lions had been raised in captivity, and were recently released into the wild.And didnt know how to kill it. The Lions were EATING the calf during about a 5 minuet justification/explanation while the calf kept lifting its head and watched them eat. I have to say I did not care much to watch it. Then I thought what would the narrator have to say if I shot an Elk with my bow, and filmed it running off with the blood loss a good hit can produce.... Ya think there would be any "justification". I dont really enjoy wathing any animal suffer, and I think showing it can fuel the anti's IMO.

Soj51hopeful · Jan 17, 2017

If there is narration in a hunting video it would explain a fatal hit still has a lot of fleeting adrenaline. The shows I watch occasionally have a bad shot, but they don't show the animal suffering for 5 minutes. Eastmans hunting just had a mule deer episode archery 1 lung hit that didn't expire quickly and they didn't recover for a couple days. I commend them for airing that show. It sucks but it happens, even to pros.