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Lt. Dan:
Today, something that rarely happens to me happened. I shot a squirrel, with a pistol, and the shot didn't kill him. Tge shoy left his two back legs paralyzed. I went to up the put the little guy out of his misery but he had managed to crawl into the thick brush and I  couldn't find him.

Sitting here, all I can think about is that little guy suffering.

I know, he's a rodent right? I just can't seem to shake this.

Blowpipe Sam:
It's  because you are a good guy Dan.  I hate wounding or crippling game.  Any game.  One of the reasons I have the "If I don't eat it, I don't shoot it" rule is because I don't enjoy needlessly injuring or killing anything.

only1harry:
Sorry to hear that happened to you Dan.  I think it is inevitable when we shoot hundreds of them.  I am sure it has happened to most people.

I had one crowl to a G-hog burrow once and it bothered me for a long time.  I thought it was dead but when I went out to retrieve it I saw it wasn't where it fell from the tree, but a couple of feet away I noticed its tail barely sticking out of the burrow entrance.  I grabbed the tail to pull it out (probably a stupid move) but it went deeper and the tail slipped through my hand.

Lt. Dan:
Thanks guys, glad I'm not the only one who has felt this way. And Sam I too have all but stopped killing except for food, but I had tried, repeatedly, to run this destructive little critter away to no avail.

splitbeing:

--- Quote from: Blowpipe Sam on April 26, 2025, 12:00:41 AM ---It's  because you are a good guy Dan.  I hate wounding or crippling game.  Any game.  One of the reasons I have the "If I don't eat it, I don't shoot it" rule is because I don't enjoy needlessly injuring or killing anything.

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Feeling your pain, Dan. It is familiar.

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