Trident wrote:Ah, if they don't shoot at it that's weird... I shoot at 3d targets all the time, its not the same as a real animal, it's that superstitious Buddhist thinking which I am aware of but don't agree with. There is nothing wrong with hunting and killing an animal as long as it's consumed and not left for dead. I dont get their attitudes about sustenance. You can't live on rice and kimchee alone. Its like people who eat fish and not meat and say they are vegetarian, or my Indian friend who fancies leather wallets and shoes but won't eat beef, jeez guys cut the BS. Seriously...
Trident, well put. Respect should be given the animal, and we should perceive it as a privilege. To sustain ourselves.
For indigenous people all over the world, hunting had and has a very spiritual component to it, and respect of the animal was a priority.
Hunting has gotten a very bad name, and for good reason in some cases. I won't rant on about the so called "hunting" that takes place on the TV shows, or the minimizing of an animals life just because it does not have huge antlers.
Hunting has become a source of vanity for the vast majority of hunters. By minimizing the animal, a person minimizes them self.
This is why I posed the question, in an effort to become as accurate as possible at a close range using the Korean bow and thumb ring. To insure, as much as we can, good shot placement that minimizes any pain and suffering.
To just go out and not put the "work" into it would be a disrespect to the animal, and from which it is we come.