How will I feel after hunting game for the first time?

I am not eating the meat, but I am giving it to my friends. How will I feel?


Mostly Bird hunting.|||I don't know, I don't know you.





I was excited my first time. When I was a kid and got my first squirrel I ran straight home with it. LOL





They first time I killed something was a sick chicken we had. I felt strange for about a week after wards, kinda hard to put into words. Killing after wards still bothered me for a while but living on a farm it goes with the territory. In time you don't think about it. It's like swatting a fly. I think of Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven" "I've killed 'bout everything that's walked or crawled"





Eat the meat, eat it with your friends, it will help you to realize the purpose of killing, food. That is really truly is what hunting is all about. Or should be anyway.|||I'm not sure if you're a vegetarian or are just put out by the thought of eating something you killed. If you followed the rules in your area (license, tag, proper weapon) and hunted the birds or animals in a humane manner and the meat wasn't wasted, you have nothing to feel bad about. Some people feel bad after the first time hunting. I'm not one of those. I was brought up in the woods and lived on a 150 acre cattle ranch. If you don't want to shoot pheasant, stick to those orange "pigeons".|||Hunting is something that man has done ever since man has been around. I know when I got my first deer I felt a lot of respect for that deer, joy because I was able to take it cleanly, and fulfilled that I was able to provide for my family in that way. After a while, I felt a kind of satisfaction, knowing that I had succeeded in becoming a little more self reliant. No longer would I feel that all my food had to come from the store or from a farm.





Everyone is different, it's not uncommon to see everything from joy to sorrow. I think it has something to do with a person's personal reasons for hunting.|||Hello, I actually just got back from my first game hunt...Dove. I scored 7 birds.





The actual shooting wasn't an issue for me and was in fact a lot of fun. But I've never had to kill an animal for food and clean it etc. So that part was really weird for me. Example was when I clipped a bird. The bird wasn't dead but shooting it again was out of the question since we're looking to save the meat. A point blank shot would blast the poor bird into micro pieces. So when this happened we had to kill them with our hands. I really wasn't pre-pared for that psychologically. Then cleaning the critters was another new experience. It wasn't all that bad but a little messy.





All in all, it was fun and I learned a lot from my first experience with hunting.|||Feelings difer from person to person , some find it excelerateing, others feel a down ward mode , some feel they are contributeing to managment .


As you get Older and i mean into your years you may find a total transfermation from hunting to kill to hunting to enjoy by looking or photo's .


Again this is one of those it's up to you Q's


Just to let you know the first time i shot anything i was proud, but feelings differ from situation to situation.


but what ever you do "Safety First" Be sure of your target and shoot clean and kill quick , a wounded animal is a suffering animal!


Best of luck !|||Admittedly, you are probably going to feel bad. Every time I kill an animal, there is a bit of a guilty pang in my chest, but it really doesn't "get" to me, as I know that I killed that animal for a reason... food.





Hunting is a sport founded on primal needs... food. It also carries a moral responsibility.





Point in short, you might feel bad afterwards, but if you don't waste the animal, then you just have to remember it's just nature... we are bound to kill as the other creatures in the wild do every day in order to survive.|||Most of the time after a taking of game you have the adrenalin of the hunt still going through you. The excitement/thrill/challenge is what keeps me coming back year after year. When I have a Tom turkey in close, like one time at 3 yds, and your heart is pounding so much your eyeballs are bouncing its a hard thing to forget and you want to reproduce that feeling again the next year.|||Depends on what you think about it.





First time I killed something (a deer), I didn't feel bad, no remorse or anything like that. I knew what was going to happen to it, I knew that there was a purpose/reason for it being killed. I hunt for a reason, not for the sake of killing something not only because its illegal where I live, but out of respect for myself and the animal.





No one can tell you what you'll feel because everyone's different. Different thoughts, different feelings.|||Listen dude im from down south and all we hear about is how we are all bambi killers and stuff. I killed my first deer a year ago and it was truly and adrenaline rush but also it gave me a feeling inside of pride and to tell you the truth sittin in those woods for hours on end really gave me respect for the beautiful and graceful creatures that deer really are. there is nothing wrong with hunting it is a great way to provide your family with nourishment just remember one thing its your responsibility to hunt them right dont take a shot you think you cant make and just hurt the animal. Aim hard and true brother.|||I remember the first deer I shot fairly well. There was some elation though it was more about making the shot than anything else. It was a good clean one shot kill offhand at around 70 yards. I do remember having some of the venison ground and mixed 50/50 with hamburger meat which made fantastic burgers. Though my girlfriend at the time really did not like my calling them bambi burgers, but she ate them anyway.|||I have never hunted anything. I have never killed an animal. But I think it would be a good experience. I know how to, but it is illegal where I live. The Indians believed in never wasting any part of the animal you kill. Always have a killshot. Never take two shots to kill it. I do hope to have a respectful, and good hunt someday. I dont know what It will feel like, and I am sure you are the same.|||i grew up in a hunting home.we were taught that its ok as long as it is eaten.i dont care for all wild game taste wise,but i love to hunt.so i give alot to freinds and family that like them.never felt bad for it,as long as it is used.only thing that bothers me is to shoot a animal and not being able to find or recover the animal,made me feel like i let it down.my 10 yr old son got his first squirrel last weekend,he said he was said,but grandma sure would like to eat it.....|||We're all different when it come to taking life no matter what form it is in.


Your doing nothing wrong if you hunt for food or to control feral animals. Kill the animal in as humane a way as possible with the least amount of distress and all your doing is taking your rightful place in the food chain.|||Who knows how you'll feel...No one can predict how you will feel. Just enjoy the outdoors and the time with your friends or family while you can. They leave us all to soon. Shoot well and the game will not suffer.





Good luck|||It depends on if you bag anything. I felt a rush and then a bit sad after my first kill so long ago. Just never kill game for the thrill alone. Its a waste, and even illegal in a lot of places.|||If you have any conscious at all, you will feel remorse for taking a life.