It turns out that I made the mistake in posting my first Rhino picture. My bad
This is in fact the one she shot dead and was her first kill .... at the age of 13 !!!
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If anything this makes it even worse. Why would any child want to do this ?
Again.. please provide a link to the story behind this.
However, Why would a child want to do this? Because hunting is an awesome lifestyle.. and if it was a rhino that she killed.. (which I again doubt.. but possible that many years ago).. it was likely done legally
And probably as a result of a conservation reason... for example.. it may have been a hunt to reduce overpopulation.. etc.
Gee.. why would someone want to do this? That's easy... except hard to understand from someone like yourself that has no understanding what hunting is about , nor desires to have any understanding what hunting is about.
You think its all about killing. Which I have offered objective proof that its not. Not only because the success rate is so abysmally low... but also because hunters have a code of ethics that almost all hunters adhere to when it comes to fair chase.. and what animals can be killed. Sometimes that even runs counter to science at times. In NY for example.. game biologists wanted to take more does, and decrease the population since it was approaching dangerous levels. It was very hard to convince many hunters that taking a doe was acceptable. That's because hunters would rather forego killing an animal rather than potentially harm the population of deer.
If killing was the only thing about hunting.. then hunters would have rejoiced.. but the reality is that feared taking too many does and hurting the population.
That's a fact.
So.. back to why a child would want to do this. Well.. I will speak from experience since my children just entered the age (10) where they can hunt big game. A lot of it is because of the memories and time spent with me. To prepare for my sons first big game hunt.. we spent many a day.. working on how to be quiet, how to use the wind to stalk, how to use the topography of the land to your best advantage. We spent time hiking with packs to get used to climbing hills, They spent time with me learning knife skills so that they can properly take care of the animal if they get one. And of course.. that's something that's a right of passage. If you kill it.. you clean it.
THEN there is the time spent learning the weapon.. learning how to make a clean kill with one shot. Many a day spent on the range practicing and getting to know their equipment and their limitations.
And then that culminates in the hunt. Because of the differing states I hunt in and times.. the first big game hunt for my youngest was a bull elk hunt. We hunted hard for elk. Putting in day after day.. three day weekends for a month and a half. 7 to 10 miles a day.. in some of the toughest terrain that the rocky mountains have to offer. And not one complaint from my youngest. We saw tons of animals.. just no elk. We saw wolves, coyotes, so many different species of birds, fox, we saw mink.., and some deer a long way off. And the most beautiful views.. that most people will never ever see. And on the last day of the season.. Rain and snow pouring down on us.. abut 6 miles from the truck.. we sneak into a valley and find a small group of elk. They get nervous and stand up from their beds.. I see a spike..and try to get my son on him when a beautiful 6 point bull stands up and tilts his head back and scratched his butt with his antlers. They ended up moving off without a shot. I asked my son why he never got the rifle off his shoulder and he said "Dad it was so exciting that I forgot I had a rifle!"..
Now.. I am sure you don't understand that experience.. and how it affects the relationship of me and my sons.... and the memories that they will have that will be better than ANY television show they watch, or ball game they go to, or any video game they will play. Not to mention the all the practical life experiences they learn. Like perseverance, patience and responsibility.