Well you have your opinions.
How long does that hamburger you buy "suffer" before you eat it? Are you disturbed by that as well? Considering you are on a hunting site, and from Idaho, I assume you are keenly aware of what has to happen to end up with a steak on your plate. Or in this case, a nice fur coat, and a check in my pocket.
How many elk or deer have you not recovered in your life? How many were not recovered in Idaho this year? How long did those animal live before dying? I don't know; the point is, I am not about to stop hunting because of that, it just doesn't "disturbe" me that much.
It all comes down to your definition I guess. Idaho law requires a 72 hr check. I meet that and then some, because my traps are on the way to work, and I can glass many of them every morning and night. Reguardless, when you start with the "animal suffering" stuff you open up a can of worms, and should reflect on why it is that you hunt you are either fooling yourself, a hypocrite or both.
I can tell you this, many folks have some Disney induced ideal of what happens when an animal is trapped (disturbing, suffering, oh poor kitty etc..). For the most part, they just sit there unitl I either turn them loose or dispatch them. The animals legs are not ripped off, broken or otherwise. If you are getting at: why did you take the time to snap a picture? Well, because I can, but rest assured it was not like I was having a party. For the most part, on a normal day on the line when I am successful in catching an animal, I assess the situation, make a decision and do it. It takes about that long. That particular day, I had my kids along. I took time to explain what was happening and why, what was going to happen, and then how to remake the set to get another one. The pictures will remind me and my kids of that when I am too old to remember. The Picture is not about "that" one cat, it is about every thing I did before and after that cat.
