I'm a terrible person. (sortof)

[BeerTent]

What's more important, Protecting your crops, or having a rabbit destroy them?

As for killing something at close range, I've had a dog sic'd on me. I've got that experience down.

My response to your rabbit problem? Grow up. If it can't take the hint from a warning shot, then do it a favor and end it quickly.

 

[Gothproxy]

Well, having been in 3 arenas of conflict and having caused the deaths of a few human beings, I know exactly how you felt about killing a poor animal up close. I came away from my Army time more sensitive to death than I think I started with, so I feel for ya. I had to catch a mouse that had gotten into my brother's house, kill it and trash it and I'll tell ya, I was almost sick when it came to the killing part. So instead I put it in a small box, drove it out to a field well away from their house and let it go. I'm pretty sure you couldn't have done that with the rabbits, but don't feel bad. Your anguish and response to its pain makes you a better person than many.

And no comment on your brother.

 

[Tharwen]

My dog is the most sadistic creature I know. She sniffs around for a bit, then suddenly she jumps into the bushes and return after a few seconds with a screaming rabbit. She holds it in her jaws as it wriggles and squirms, still screaming, then as you watch, she crushes its spine.

 

[Android2137]

Question: Have you ever killed something at close range? It's very strange...and I dislike it highly.

...Do bugs like moths, fruit flies, and mosquitoes count?

 

[Thundero13]

Yes, yes you are, you'll get no sympathy from me
No, i've never killed anything at close range, or any range (at least not on purpose) and I don't plan to, i'm also a vegetarian so no accusing me of being a hypocrite

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"George, you remember you used to own a pet rabbit?"

"Yes, Flossy."

"And do you remember what happened to young Flossy?"

"You shot him, sir."

"Yes, but that was only an act of kindness after that dog was set on him."

"Your dog, sir."

"Yes, yes, but that too was only an act of mercy after being run over by that car."

"By your car, sir."

"Yes, yes, my car. But the point is: the state that Flossy was in when we scraped him off the front tire, is very much the shape Captain Blackadder is in right now. He's not very nearly dead, but very actually dead."

"Permission for lip to wobble sir?"

"Granted"

(Lip wobbles)

"Stout fellow!"

But in all seriousness, that's a shame. Rabbits are a pain in the ass to get rid of, since they, well, breed like rabbits. It sucks when they suffer, but you went about finishing the job as humanely as you could. Feeling remorse is okay, it shows that you can still feel compassion. You're still human.

 

[Nunny]

Ive had to perform a few mercy killings of sheep before, usualy because of failed or bad pregnancy's.

22. with hollow points fired point blank at the back of the skull garentee instant death, but i always use the 2 shot rule, one to kill and one to make sure thier is no possible chance at survival.

Also wouldve put down a wallabe i accidently hit with my car, but couldnt get the fireing mechanism to work....got someone else to do the job for me.

 

[legend of duty]

i found a live squirrel with most of its skin ripped off so i put put it out of its misery with a shovel and it made the most horrible sqeak so in general i felt like shit for a couple of days. the point is: close range killing sucks no matter what.

 

[dj Facchiano]

Yes, yes you are, you'll get no sympathy from me
No, i've never killed anything at close range, or any range (at least not on purpose) and I don't plan to, i'm also a vegetarian so no accusing me of being a hypocrite

hmm then I guess everyone else is just an asshole then huh . Its a good thing we have our superior vegetarian overlords to watch over us.

 

[Thundero13]

Yes, yes you are, you'll get no sympathy from me
No, i've never killed anything at close range, or any range (at least not on purpose) and I don't plan to, i'm also a vegetarian so no accusing me of being a hypocrite

hmm then I guess everyone else is just an asshole then huh . Its a good thing we have our superior vegetarian overlords to watch over us.

Not quite sure how you got that from what I said, I just mentioned being a vegetarian so's to prevent being called a hypocrite...
Oh well, I guess whatever you do somebody will always hate you

 

[Browncoat86]

Odin's beard! This thread is just full of insanity. If slugs/ants/ladybugs/*insert other pest people have no problem terminating here* attack your garden, do you attempt to capture them and relocate? No, they, much like rabbits, are pests, and you deal with them like you would deal with a pest. We are top of the food chain for a reason.

I put the life of animals over the life of any human, so regardless of what the animal was doing I couldn't bring myself to do that.

You, you are just the worst kind of person.

 

[TheLoneBeet]

I kill things all the time, and I've sort of become desensitized to it. Not like a serial killer or whatever, just shooting birds and 'pests' as my grandpa called them.

Spoiler: Sort of disturbing story about when I was young (like twelve).

When I was young my grandpa gave me an air-rifle and instructed me to kill some birds (can't remember the specific type but he reasoned that I was doing a good thing because the birds I was shooting were the sort that killed other birds?) anyways, he showed me how to work the gun and the safety and all that and demonstrated by shooting one. I remember it vividly, it fell out of the tree and hit a branch on the way down, then hit the ground. It was still alive to he let me put a new pellet in, then told me to shoot it in the head. I did. I don't remember being particularly sad, but again he reasoned that it was better to put it out of it's misery than to leave it there. Anyways, I did this sort of thing a couple of days every spring until I was sixteen. I just sort of got used to it. Shoot them out of the tree, put another pellet in their head. I became desensitized.

I also have my Canadian Firearms License, and have been hunting a few times with my dad. However, I've never killed something that whimpered at me. I'm not sure how I would deal with that, but I imagine I'd handle it better than most people. That's not really a good thing though.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The whole lot of you condemning the guy for shooting the rabbit: shut your fucking faces. Rabbits are pests. They breed like crazy, destroy crops, and can attract predators. Vegetarians who think that it is immoral to shoot a pest, grow your own fucking crops. If I don't look after my vegetables, then you can grow your own shit, because you're just trying to survive. Oh, now doesn't that sound familiar?

If I'm not allowed to protect my source of income that happens to be your only food source, then you only have yourself to blame for not letting me deal with the pests. You want your veggies? Let me do my goddamn job the way I see fit. I don't want weasels or ferrets or wolves or any other rabbit and chicken eating predator on my farm. Rabbits need to learn that this is my property, it is not theirs, it is not their food, it is not their right. If they are too stupid to clear off after being shot at, it's their own fault.

The guy already feels terrible, and now you're telling him he is terrible because he chose the best response in the situation. He dealt with it as best he could, but no, he's an evil person because he let the cute wittle bunny wunny die.

 

[Jodah]

Just a note to anyone saying "all killing is bad." I somewhat agreed until the first time I had to crawl into the duck pen that a raccoon had gotten into. After you have to deal with something like that you will stop thinking all killing is bad.

 

[Aprilgold]

Odin's beard! This thread is just full of insanity. If slugs/ants/ladybugs/*insert other pest people have no problem terminating here* attack your garden, do you attempt to capture them and relocate? No, they, much like rabbits, are pests, and you deal with them like you would deal with a pest. We are top of the food chain for a reason.

I put the life of animals over the life of any human, so regardless of what the animal was doing I couldn't bring myself to do that.

You, you are just the worst kind of person.

I agree on that, anyone that think an ANIMAL'S life is more important then a human, then you got your facts wrong. To be on topic, killing is not a bad thing, but killing when theres an alternative seems sorta pointless.... Also, if you got to kill, MAKE SURE your shot will be clean and instant, nothing is worse in death then living through UNGODLY pain, also, I haven't had any type of close or mercy kill, so, yeah, THATS GREAT! *Cheers and pats self on back*

 

[Aprilgold]

The whole lot of you condemning the guy for shooting the rabbit: shut your fucking faces. Rabbits are pests. They breed like crazy, destroy crops, and can attract predators. Vegetarians who think that it is immoral to shoot a pest, grow your own fucking crops. If I don't look after my vegetables, then you can grow your own shit, because you're just trying to survive. Oh, now doesn't that sound familiar?

If I'm not allowed to protect my source of income that happens to be your only food source, then you only have yourself to blame for not letting me deal with the pests. You want your veggies? Let me do my goddamn job the way I see fit. I don't want weasels or ferrets or wolves or any other rabbit and chicken eating predator on my farm. Rabbits need to learn that this is my property, it is not theirs, it is not their food, it is not their right. If they are too stupid to clear off after being shot at, it's their own fault.

The guy already feels terrible, and now you're telling him he is because he chose the best response in the situation. He dealt with it as best he could, but no, he's an evil person because he let the cute wittle bunny wunny die.

Do you work in a crop field or something along those lines? Its so out of question, but what is it like there? You said protect your source of income, so I'm just assuming, that would be kinda cool if you do.

 

[The Virgo]

Have I ever killed anything close range? No. But I once had to deal (but thankfully not bury) a couple-of-weeks-old kitten that had died. It had died soon enough that it hadn't gotten stiff, but long enough that it had no warmth ... plus it was twitching profusely.

As I was putting into a trash bag, it, as guess as some kind of twitch response, gave off a kind of meow.

Let me tell ya, that was not a fun thing to deal with, especially a few minutes after I woke up! <:-O

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The whole lot of you condemning the guy for shooting the rabbit: shut your fucking faces. Rabbits are pests. They breed like crazy, destroy crops, and can attract predators. Vegetarians who think that it is immoral to shoot a pest, grow your own fucking crops. If I don't look after my vegetables, then you can grow your own shit, because you're just trying to survive. Oh, now doesn't that sound familiar?

If I'm not allowed to protect my source of income that happens to be your only food source, then you only have yourself to blame for not letting me deal with the pests. You want your veggies? Let me do my goddamn job the way I see fit. I don't want weasels or ferrets or wolves or any other rabbit and chicken eating predator on my farm. Rabbits need to learn that this is my property, it is not theirs, it is not their food, it is not their right. If they are too stupid to clear off after being shot at, it's their own fault.

The guy already feels terrible, and now you're telling him he is because he chose the best response in the situation. He dealt with it as best he could, but no, he's an evil person because he let the cute wittle bunny wunny die.

Do you work in a crop field or something along those lines? Its so out of question, but what is it like there? You said protect your source of income, so I'm just assuming, that would be kinda cool if you do.

We sell vegetables at the Farmers Market as part of my brother's summer job. Problem is that our fences are kinda busted up, so some smartass critters can come in and eat stuff. We also have coyote problems, they keep killing our sheep. While we don't have many rabbits around here, I sure as hell don't want pests attracting larger buggers into my backyard.

I don't want my brother's job wrecked because of pests, so farm security from predators and pests is important.

 

[Bob Hoss]

Other than getting some good fences(chicken wire works well), there are certain things you cant plant that will deter animals like deer and rabbit, so that this won't happen to you again. There are also sprays that you can cover your yard in that are gross to animals:

Grazers (01944 778081)<--- Spray onto plants every 6 weeks, good for plants, too.

A list of plants they hate:

http://www.blueworldgardener.co.uk/articles/rabbits.htm

They hate catmint, and it covers some serious ground. comes in well each year (perennial, which I prefer). That may work, too.

 

[Black Watch]

One time, I was driving at night and I saw a rabbit crossing the road, so I sped up and hit it. I started laughing as my g/f started to cry, all the while, I looked back, and saw it's babies crowding around it.

I think you may want to check yourself out for the good of all of us.

Na, like everyone else, I did it for teh lulz.

You sound like a pretty cool, non-sociopathic, guy.

Why thanks. There is nothing like driving around at night, deliberately hitting animals. Extra 50 points if they are domesticated.