Yeah all these macho cat haters need to understand that animals (just like humans) are a product of their environment. Probably some little dickhead sadistic kids (about 90% of all male youth) already worked their "magic" on the cat. I'm a cat lover. Also realise animals can't say "stay away from me" in the human language just like we don't bite people we don't want in our presence. Just cause an animal doesn't communicate in the human language doesn't mean they're just "stupid" animals, it means you (animal haters) are the ones who are stupid and don't understand.
I've been an animal lover all my life (30years) Steve Irwin had zero influence in that (though I like(d) him alot.) I'm not making a "big deal" I'm just trying to inject a little intelligence rather than "Dude let's ****in kill all these stupid animals" mentality.
Is there a practical reason for doing that? I understand that many people (not me) have no qualms about killing animals that interfere with their activities (such as various critters eating/destroying crops, livestock, etc, Or to eat (squirrel pie, deer etc). But to kill just for "fun or kicks" is wrong and sick.
There is a bit of a difference between tieing two domestic animals by their tails and throwing them over a close line to watch themselves claw each other to death, and going into the woods with a rifle or bow and trying to FIND an animal that can smell you from a mile away, hear you from what seems like just as far, see you from as far, and knows the terrain and can run 50 times faster than you.Mmmm, like I said killing without a practical reason is wrong. Hunting deer is different than plinking oblivious squirrels who have no clue or natural instinct to stay miles away from humans at all times. Like I said if you're going to eat the squirrel (make a hat) or it's destroying/invading human surroundings fine, but "just for kicks" isn't justifiable to me and seems like the exact same mentality that alot of the aforementioned ****head youths have ("let's go kill some ****").To you it is, but to me it is what I do. I also hunt deer and eat their meat, O I'm a savage.
Hey buddy, newsflash, the squirrels that live in real forests are a lot different from your suburban, hand fed, nearly domesticated ones. I've seen urbanized squirrels bold enough to steal from people. Real squirrels can be sort of dumb sometimes, but when they know you are after them they are a PITA to shoot. First off they are a small target and there are branches and obstructions everywhere if you were to use a .17 or a .22, and with a shotgun you gotta get in close. 2nd, they are fast, 3rd when they are in a tree hiding from you, they are gone. Now add to that, that I use .17 bolt action which limits me to one aimed shot and a .17 easily redirects off anything, and sometimes I use a .410 single shot which has just a few bb's in it. Killing squirrels certainly isn't as easy as you would like to think it is. O yeah I don't personally eat the squirrels but we give them to various people we know.
Alright.. I'm convinced that you're not just sadistically killing them for amusement but for "the sport" of it and also using the meat/body and not wasting it (which is the whole premise behind hunting, respecting and using what you kill.)
