Hound:
“Well if someone is being intentionally cruel or reckless with shot placement and just wounding animals left and right and then bragging about it,”
Wow. That is really something, what you said up there. I have never personally known anyone who would do what you described above, although I’m sure they exist in very small numbers. If they were dumb enough to do such a thing, would they publish pictures of it and brag about it online? They would be crucified.
mike
Not intentionally. But I’ve seen folks who’ve downed an animal with like 6-7 shots and post their “trophy” online where you can see gut shots and a missing jaw etc. They basically don’t realize they made the animal suffer and think down is just down regardless of how.
Or some like to brag about catching critters in “hav-a-hart” traps before drowning them in the cage. They’re out there and I say judge them to kingdom come. But the average guy pesting humanely? Folks shouldn’t be frowning upon that.