cognitivefun said:
1. Can I be comfortable (enough) injuring and/or killing an animal?
2. Can I field dress the animal?
Only you can answer the first question. It's much the same thing as, "Could I kill or injure a human being in my self defense?"
And you're not killing Bambi or other defensless animal.
If you are hunting right most often getting your shot is the results of weeks of planning and hard work, for most folks that is.
When it comes time for you too actually squeeze the trigger your mouth will be dry, you will be shaking all inside with excitement, and scared shltless that something will go wrong, that you won't know what you're doing, but then everything will come into focus, you squeeze the trigger and then look at what you've killed, and yes, you will feel bad if you've any heart at all.
And hunting each type of game will bring differences. Rabbit hunting can be face paced and exciting as well with being
especially concerned and careful of where your bullet is going downrange! The first time you pick up Thumper you're going too feel like a real ass picking on such a small defenseless animal. See above.
Anyone that can read can learn too field dress an animal. I wish I could recommend some good books but I can't. I learned from family and friends and although I wasn't allowed too kill the tame rabbits I raised when I was six and half I was not only allowed too clean them but encouraged.
It wasn't because of my age that I wasn't allowed too kill my rabbits but from fear I wouldn't do it right or have the strength to hit them in the back of the neck correctly so as too make a clean kill.
A clean kill means everything too me no matter the method used, learned at an early age. One of the few good things my old man taught me.
