Critters you won’t shoot

[El Paisano]

I don't kill anything that I don't have a good reason to kill. Although I did when I was young and stupid, I can't understand why people shoot foxes, bobcats, or anything for that matter, and then throw them away to rot....except hogs. I kill hogs on my place at every opportunity.

[Hornfan]

Bobcat and mountain lion, and anything in Africa that I’ve seen at the zoo.

[rzrbak]

critters

‘Possum

Possums are our friends. they love snakes and will kill all of them to include all poisonous ones. they are immune to snake venom. they are always welcome on my place.


Bobby

[glen]

Well Hornfan don’t do to Africa to hunt. Unless you never been to actual zoo.

[rtjh]

Fox, badger, bobcat, tame high fence rams.

[Yak blue]

Opossums will never be killed by me after reading the study showing that an adult opossum can eat 1000 ticks/fleas a year. If you’ve ever checked out the hide of a opossum you’ll see no signs of any parasite.
In my time in the wild with a gun, I’ve had chances to shoot foxes, bobcats, porcupines, badgers, ring tailed cats. All neat and rarely seen critters. They all get a pass. No point in killing one of Gods neat little critters
For the most part I Quit shooting coyotes this season to save the hard to come by bullet.

[Tbarron]

Never understood how people could zebras and giraffes.

If you’ve ever hunted Africa you’d quickly realize zebras are the *******s of the savanna. They’re just like a wild donkey. I watched one mule kick a warthog and launch him 10ft at waterhole. They’re smart and very frustrating animals to hunt.

The giraffe thing I don’t really get either. We did eat some giraffe and it was okay. Zebra and eland was the best by far.


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[Smart]

Turkey egg protection opens up a whole slew of animals I used to not have much interest in killing, but over the past 13 years, if you eat turkey eggs, you die. I do give good snakes a pass but if I see you in a nest of turkey eggs or running around with egg lumps in your body, you join the list of pursuees.

Most of my do not shoot animals, I wouldn't have access to without an outfitter so the likelihood of me ever doing it is slim to none anyway.

I have no interest in ever making it a point to try to go shoot giraffes, hippos, watusi, feral cattle, zebras, buffalo, bears of any type, rattle can rams (I shot one in 8th grade with a bow and that was enough) or catalina/domestic type goats.


Our landowner has a shoot on sight request of all porcupines with the damage they cause to their cattle, horses, goats and even their dogs. There are times we have 2-4 at a feeder at a time at night so we have a lot. We try to do our part in helping out the landowner if we see them..

[Smart]

Although I did when I was young and stupid, I can't understand why people shoot foxes, bobcats, or anything for that matter, and then throw them away to rot.....

Turkey egg destroyers is my reason for being young and stupid at 51...


Bobcats and yotes like to eat deer....another reason for being young and stupid at 51..

[lovetohunt]

No giraffe or monkeys for me either

If I see a Monkey at my feeder I'm shooting that &*^%ard. Can you imagine what it would be like if monkeys were stealing corn. It's bad enough with coons.

All nonvenomous snakes, all birds of prey and I let the foxes and bobcats walk.

[Leverhunter]

The armadillo that stuck it's head under the side of my ground blind last week. Was the only entertainment I had that afternoon.

[dosrobles]

As a general rule we have a you kill it you eat rule on our place unless it’s a nuisance animal:
Coons
Pigs
Yoddles
Big cats (cows on the place)
We have seen 3 lions over the years but never put one down

[slicktree]

No desire to shoot bobcat, mountain lion, lions, giraffe, elephant or a bear. I don't care if anyone else does just not my thing. Anything else that walks the planet is fair game if I have an opportunity

[teamron]

Turkey egg protection opens up a whole slew of animals I used to not have much interest in killing, but over the past 13 years, if you eat turkey eggs, you die. I do give good snakes a pass but if I see you in a nest of turkey eggs or running around with egg lumps in your body, you join the list of pursuees.

Most of my do not shoot animals, I wouldn't have access to without an outfitter so the likelihood of me ever doing it is slim to none anyway.

I have no interest in ever making it a point to try to go shoot giraffes, hippos, watusi, feral cattle, zebras, buffalo, bears of any type, rattle can rams (I shot one in 8th grade with a bow and that was enough) or catalina/domestic type goats.


Our landowner has a shoot on sight request of all porcupines with the damage they cause to their cattle, horses, goats and even their dogs. There are times we have 2-4 at a feeder at a time at night so we have a lot. We try to do our part in helping out the landowner if we see them..

So it's safe to say your not looking to go after the "BARNYARD SLAM"

[MadHatter]

Unless I'm eating it, I don’t shoot anything just to shoot it.
Our incredible ecosystem handled itself just fine, for millenia, before we showed up.
If it needs shooting, I'll shoot anything, including the neighbors dog.