I don't mind anyone here who doesn't agree with my desire to hunt, you're all great guys as far as I can see. Not intending to support hunting or not I'd just like to make an observation about animals and pain. I too have seen many animals that have been shot, hit by a car, or hurt in some way. Some of them were wild animals some were domestic. I believe an animal feels bad pain at first and then has some special ability to shut it down. I don't think this theory is physiologically impossible. I know an animal can feel minor pain for long periods but somehow when it's major it can be shut down. I've seen animals with tremendous bodily damage and within minutes or perhaps hours they go about life as if nothing happened other than some disability. Perhaps people can do that too, I don't think I've ever been fatally wounded, LOL. I do know that most animals eventually die a very gruesome death, maybe it's even painful. Might as well be my bullet but if others prefer not to do that I understand. Great story about the pheasant Bruce. Some time I tell you about when I did the exact same thing and he died anyway.
