Originally posted by KentuckyTJ:
I agree that we shouldn't post the wounding threads and believe me I have wanted to in the past as most of us have. Especially if it was on a nice buck.
On the blood threads my thoughts are I don't like the super gory threads. Not because of the anti's but because of the men, ladies and kids that haven't grown up around the hunting lifestyle who see that for the first time may form an opinion that hunting is bad before they even know what it's all about lasting their entire lives. My daughter has her friends over all the time that haven't been exposed to hunting and some of those kids questions and thoughts on hunting would amaze you. I would hate to think a beautiful deer in a a pile of blood was there first experience with our sport.
A little story on this note. A buddy's 10 year old son killed his first deer (with a wheely bow) this year and I was the photographer and dragger helper on the extraction. The excitement was at a really high level with grandad showing up as well. We loaded the deer in his truck and he called grandma and his wife to meet at grandparents house so they could come see his deer.
First off I had cleaned the deer up for the photos and after we loaded it and after he got off the phone I said "Hold On we need to flip this deer over so the ladies don't see the ripped open side and all the blood where he had been gutted. He gave me a Who Cares stare but did it. Anyway his grandparents lived in a neighborhood with lots of houses all very close to one another. When we pulled up kids from all over and neighbors from all directions flocked down to the tailgate. Most of which this was their first encounter with hunting. They were all very inquisitive and most even rubbed on the deer. My buddy turned to me later and said I thought you were nuts when you made us turn that deer over but now I get it, thank you.
I can't imagine what most would have thought if we would have rolled up with blood dripping everywhere. I understand that blood is part of the hunting experience and not shocking at all to us, but please do think of how it portrays hunters to the outside world.
Sorry to be so long winded, but great thread Bill.
good post, bill. i agree.
the wounding no-recover threads will no longer be tolerated at trad gang, they will be removed from public view. we don't need to be part of the problem and feed the anti's with things they will never understand or acknowledge.
you made an excellent point about the "blood factor", too,
as it applied to the scenario you depicted. things are little different here at trad gang, and blood and guts will be seen occasionally as that's just part of the hunt, as reported on by the membership. i don't think we should, or could, make excuses for the curious non-hunters - those who could become or do acknowledge hunting, the vehement anti's, and the peta-file whackos - as long as we don't post images that go over the edge.
what is 'over the edge'? a very good question, indeed ....
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