Bennybigbores wrote:I only became conflicted after 10 odd years of hunting and vermin control, was raised hunting, killing, trapping, skinning, butchering, so I never had to make a decision it was just the done thing like tying your shoes, wasn't untill helping friend (pro roo culler) in a week culled uncountable Roos and the guilts hit me pretty hard, backed away from hunting for six months or so, but that was 10 years ago, I no longer hunt for the pure satisfaction, simply control pests, take meat, and a rare trophy it it stands out above previous ones. Except for foxes, warms my heart to see one explode on a weekly basis
I understand your feelings on that . I have been there also. The numbers involved in Pro Shooting can seem be a bit over powering . However if they did not cull those Roos like that we would be over run with them because of the vast availability of water now . In the early days roos could not survive away from natural water bodies but now with dams ,tanks , irrigation and crops they spread like wild fire . Something very unusual , unexplainable happed to me one time when I was culling roos in a fenced in corner concerning a single kangaroos behaviour . I can't say what it was because no one will ever believe it but it shook my resolve somewhat , it was not an attack of any kind quiet the reverse . Later on I shook it off and went back to pest shooting with no problems but it still remains an unexplained and scientifically bizarre happening . I have never told anyone ever what happened and I never will.