I did a little **** hunting in the 1970's and quit going because of the same concerns as you have about trapping. I have changed my mind about that after coming to the realization that the animal does not go to waste if you leave the carcass in the woods or take it back into the woods after you skin it. There a lot of scavengers out there that will make a meal out of it. I realized that when I killed a bunch of ***** that were raiding my chicken coop. I skinned them out & threw the carcasses in the edge of the woods out back. Within days, you had to look real close to even find where I had thrown them. Go back to where you gutted a deer out sometime. The gut pile usually is gone except for the stomach contents within days. Nothing really goes to waste. The scavengers just eat well!
On a side note;
That's something to keep in mind if you ever get a bad hit on a deer & aren't able to recover it. Hopefully, the deer doesn't suffer much & if it was mortally hit you just provided the scavengers with some easy meals.
On a side note;
That's something to keep in mind if you ever get a bad hit on a deer & aren't able to recover it. Hopefully, the deer doesn't suffer much & if it was mortally hit you just provided the scavengers with some easy meals.
