Fishing vs. Hunting

[MuskieBait]

If you don't like the idea of shooting an animal, you can always mount a camera on your unloaded riffle. Treat the shutter like your trigger and just snap a picture of the animal you're intended to shoot...it is almost as good as making the kill.

I don't hunt...at least not yet (don't have money to take the course and license...not that I'm opposed to hunting)...but if I were in the field and don't feel like taking an animal, that would be as close as taking a shot to me as possible.

I know some friends who go out with an intent to target a specific animal (maybe a buck...or maybe a doe...or maybe something of a particular size)...and they would only pull the trigger when the right one comes around. However, they often feel happy just being able to say "There was this deer and I could have taken the shot, but I chose not to." They feel satisfied that they had the skills possible to sneak up on an animal and that in itself was enough for them.

Hunting is more of an experience than just going out to shoot things...at least that's how true outdoorsmen and hunters feel anyways.

Not sure if this sounds stupid or not...but you can try tagging them with a paintball gun too Maybe take a picture of the animal after you're marked it with your paintball. This is twice as difficult as you have to track down the animal after you hit it...and without any blood trail, it is difficult to track. I can see it now...a bunch of deers with brightly colour polka dots on them