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02-10-2009, 12:26 PM
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| | | Re: Hunting - Why?
The elephant concerned didn't die overnight, it ran 200 metres and died, but wasn't recovered until the next day. How long does it take an elephant to run 200 metres? not very long!
Bows (or rather arrows) don't kill by energy and hydrostatic shock, but by haemorrage. I've seen film of deer having been shot with an arrow running about 50 yards, stopping and trying to work out what happened, then collapsing.
Shooting it for a bet, however, I find abhorrent. That said, if it was part of a cull plan, would it care that there was a wager on it? I doubt it.
And Eeyore, you can silence a shotgun - google 'hushpower' - very handy round horses! 
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02-10-2009, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by salukiwhippet  Bows (or rather arrows) don't kill by energy and hydrostatic shock, but by haemorrage. I've seen film of deer having been shot with an arrow running about 50 yards, stopping and trying to work out what happened, then collapsing.
| With larger game i agree - but a long or compound bow shooting broadheads would kill small game like rabbits etc by ballistic shock even if the wound wasnt fatal
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02-10-2009, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DunkeryMunkery Squeek,
If I discover an animal with a wound that has become infested with maggots should I kill them or leave them be? |
Haha, love it. |
02-10-2009, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Susie Haha, love it. | Good question wasn't it? |
02-10-2009, 07:18 PM
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Oh yes, an excellent question. It's one I have been faced with myself with a flyblown rabbit many years ago. |
02-10-2009, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Susie Oh yes, an excellent question. It's one I have been faced with myself with a flyblown rabbit many years ago. | in that situation id pick it up by the back legs and swing its head smartly against the nearest tree, wall, or rock.
if it were a rarer species i might be tempted to take it to a wildlife rescue but if it was too far gone humane despatch would still be the prefered option
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02-10-2009, 09:52 PM
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Personally I'd leave it be as the larvae have as much right to live as the rabbit. |
02-10-2009, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSeagull Personally I'd leave it be as the larvae have as much right to live as the rabbit. | one hopes you're joking - but if you are not i'd just point out that killing the rabbit doesnt kill the larvae - in fact they are more likely to thrive in decomposing dead flesh.
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03-10-2009, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DunkeryMunkery Squeek,
If I discover an animal with a wound that has become infested with maggots should I kill them or leave them be? | if it were me i would hope i can treat it, i would try that, i know it means a vet coming out, but i'd have to worry about the cost later. |
03-10-2009, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Susie Haha, love it. | forgive me Susie but what part of an animal infested with maggots do you find funny 
like i said in my answer to dm, that i would try to help the animal by treating it. | | | |
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