Squirrels... a question

[jackal1]

This is what I would say is fair enough, with a heavy heart, not use conservation as a excuse to enjoy killing something with your airgun.
I wonder how many hunter's kill with a heavy heart

Why should someone have a "heavy heart" to kill something?

I kill squirrels and am glad i have done so. Why? because i know full well the songbirds will benefit from my actions.

[Turnup]

Why should someone have a "heavy heart" to kill something?

I kill squirrels and am glad i have done so. Why? because i know full well the songbirds will benefit from my actions.

I do not want to be killing for enjoyment - I did it because it needed to be done, nor did I kid myself that this was for the benefit of songbirds - it was done because I judge the preservation of my garden and the preservation of the wiring in my loft to be sufficient reason. It is not my place to judge that the lives of squirrels are worth less than the lives of the local songbird population and so get a good feeling about it. I know that Maggies and Crows predate on songbird eggs and chicks but this does not make me want to kill them.