by Shootist » Thu May 02, 2019 5:41 pm
Kato256 wrote:Unfortunately the entrance to the burrow was only a couple of feet from the warren which is built beneath a Cornish drystone wall/hedgerow on our land and this made it absolutely impossible to retrieve. Not a good outcome, and not the one I wanted.
In future I shall follow your advice and stick to quarry that is on more open ground now I know what can and does happen.
Thanks for your reply and words of wisdom.
The reality of hunting is that sooner or later you will inevitably wound a beast in circumstances when there will be nothing you can do to remedy the situation. My own was to shoot a rabbit, aiming for a head shot but instead I shot it's bottom jaw clean off. There was a seemingly long moment when we both froze before the rabbit set off at about 100 mph across a field and into wood. I'll never forget it. All you can do is maximise your chances of a humane kill. One reason that I do my hunting with a .17HMR now.
If you don't have to give up your car because other people commit crimes in their cars, why should I have to give up my firearms because other people commit crimes with their firearms?