Had a great day yesterday on the ocean... (http://forums.deeperblue.net/florida-east-coast/77524-late-rpt-monday.html#post707729)...but this is not what the title is referring to.
I was blessed with a new experience that surfaced and got me thinking. I was hunting a ledge yesterday in about 30' of water as I submerged I saw what seemed like a reddish, huge seafan that was moving, upon closer inspection I saw it was perhaps the biggest hogfish I have ever seen in the water, I think it could have gone 30+" easily he was all lit up, and fearless (or stupid)...I got a rush of kill-blood, instantly followed by a moment of hesitation...a hair splitting nanosecond hesitation on the trigger...this has never happened before....in that split second I saw from the corner of my eye a small female pop into view and the Alpha started to bump her, it became quite obvious they was "gettin puddin"
So....so.....so I did what I never imagined I would do I passed the kill, and headed up...I don't know why I did it, in fact I've been pondering the question all day today with "visions" of that huge hog lingering in my mind...What caused me to hesitate that split second (thats the most intriguing question I keep asking myself). Is it that I'm getting soft? Is it that at one point in a "predators" life compassion seeps in and survival of the fittest takes second? What would you have done?
I was blessed with a new experience that surfaced and got me thinking. I was hunting a ledge yesterday in about 30' of water as I submerged I saw what seemed like a reddish, huge seafan that was moving, upon closer inspection I saw it was perhaps the biggest hogfish I have ever seen in the water, I think it could have gone 30+" easily he was all lit up, and fearless (or stupid)...I got a rush of kill-blood, instantly followed by a moment of hesitation...a hair splitting nanosecond hesitation on the trigger...this has never happened before....in that split second I saw from the corner of my eye a small female pop into view and the Alpha started to bump her, it became quite obvious they was "gettin puddin"
So....so.....so I did what I never imagined I would do I passed the kill, and headed up...I don't know why I did it, in fact I've been pondering the question all day today with "visions" of that huge hog lingering in my mind...What caused me to hesitate that split second (thats the most intriguing question I keep asking myself). Is it that I'm getting soft? Is it that at one point in a "predators" life compassion seeps in and survival of the fittest takes second? What would you have done?