just curious....

there might be some hunters out there....



P.S ignore the blank option

Once you get one idiot shoot a sassy, you'll end up getting a whole lot more idiots out in the bush hunting them down.
Self defence, I can kinda understand but it would be highly unlikely you would need to shoot to kill.
We did a recent question like this in our yowie board, and the majority only want a clear photo to share between the community members. Basically a lot of us don't want the public knowing too much.

yes a clear photo of the creature would be amazing....

or even perhaps a body, not shot but found dead from natural causes or something

If a large super strong hairy beast attacked someone i don't think they would need encouragement to shoot it.

Now i am not for killing animals and not eating them, but if i saw a bigfoot, had a gun, and knew i could hit it i would.

You would have to be crazy not to. Yea a clear picture would be nice and everything, but if you shot and killed one they would be no doubt in it's existace. You would become stinking rich on selling the specimen to a institute and you would go down in history. Also it would spark research for other cryptoids.

Shoot it. Zoology has the toughest standards in regards to evidence, and a specimen is, for all intents and purposes, a requirement. Considering how absurdly difficult even spotting the beast seems to be, let alone taking any sort of decent picture, by all means, take advantage of the once in a lifetime opportunity to shoot.

I say shoot the thing. It's been hiding for so long, and it's been the topic of so many arguments that we should just shoot it if it even exists. And if someone shoots a person in an ape suit walking through the woods thinking it's a bigfoot while the ape-suit guy's friend is making a hoaxed tape, then the guy in the suit deserves to be shot. If he's that dumb...shoot 'im.... yeah, it's mean, but it's the only way that dumb people learn.

I'd be reluctant to shoot one unless attacked for fear of accidentally killing some guy in a monkey suit. But any other kind of animal, I'd defiantly shoot.

The chances of anyone ever managing to shoot a bigfoot are very slim indeed...

You see, there seems to be this odd belief among some people that the forests are full of people riding around with elephant guns, ready to take out any bigfoot they see...point of fact: this is illegal. There are very strict laws and permits required to wander around the forest shooting stuff, and there are very specific regulations as to what a hunter is allowed to carry, and at which specific time of year.

Unless it happens to be bear (or maybe moose) season, it's very unlikely anyone is going to be wandering through the forest with the kind of firepower needed to take down a bigfoot. If it is bear season, than the overwhelming noise created by the weapons would drive bigfoot well away from the area.

On that same note - hunters hunt on game trails. An animal as intelligent as a greater ape is not going to be hanging around in places humans are known to pass through. Encounters between humans and bigfeet are so rare that it's logical to conclude they take great pains to avoid contact with humans, just like many other animals do.

The chances of the right circumstances coming together for a hunter to be in a position to take down a bigfoot are slim...then consider that the few seconds a hunter would freeze in amazement at what he saw is probably all it would take for our large hairy friend to disappear....more likely than not never to be seen by that individual again.

A body would be nice...but it would take a genuine, organised hunt, specifically equiped, funded, and designed to track and kill a bigfoot, compossed of professionals...this hasn't been done before, and the chances of it happening as a matter of course are way too sketchy.

I would say shoot him. How hard can it be anyway, people kill bears all the time because they became rogue and kill humans. I wouldn't be surprised if bigfoot hadn't take out someone in a forest before, assuming he exist of course.

see one reason why it may be a bad thing to find bigfoot..people will exploit it....put them in zoos and stuff them and all that stuff

So no they should be protected not hunted!!

Thinking about that, how come we never have found a Bigfoot/Sasquatch/etc. due to natural causes. Doesn't that make you think?


Their are hundreds of Bigfeets (plural) out their. If one could just be shot and taken, a great mystery could be solved. Is the species dead, over? No? You only got one out of hundreds (based on encounters all over the world)! And this could just be the start of a new scientific study! Right?

First find him in San Andreas and shoot him, and then attempt it in real life.

I picked the blank one. I think it would be good proof, but,the killing would be wrong.

I think that it would be OK to protect yourself if attacked by any animal.

But this subject reminds of the old saying, "In order to make tiger soup, one must first catch the tiger."

But tiger's are endangered! What a silly saying...

And so it may seem to be with Bigfoot...if this beast actually does exist

Though based on thousands of encounters all of the world of the Bigfoot encounters, can you really come to conclusions that Bigfoot is endangered or just hidden by the environment it lives in, deep forests.

Lets say there are 100 of them left. If people do hunt them, I doubt that the number will stay high.

I say no, don't shoot him unless he is going to attack you. Yes, it would be proof, and no, bigfeet probably aren't endangered. However, what do you think is going to happen after one person shoots a bigfoot and everyone finds out? All the drunk hunters and greedy millionares-to-be will be out there trying to kill him for the money or the nice head hanging on the wall! Yes, they may make laws against it but I doubt they will make them immediately and before people are out in the deep forests all over the world hunting for these animals.

Oh, and just so everyone knows, when I said 'drunk hunters' I know that not all of you are drunk. I'm mainly talking about the, in my personal opinion, idiotic ones out there who shoot something mainly for the money or head/hide of the animal and let the rest of the animal rot. To me, this is extremely pointless and wrong. Don't kill something unless you're going to use it's meat to eat or to help keep yourself or someone else alive.

First of all (not to start any arguments, just having a normal discussion), I believe their is way more than 100 of these Bigfoots out there. Probably ranging to just about thousands...(Based on thousands of encounters)...



The government (if not leaked) could take control over the new found species, find out the most they could about it, make conclusions, and then release information - or maybe never release information. Why would they just have to release the information - no rush...Right?

Why the devil would the government be interested? The only political side to this would be an eager young politico grabbing his opportunity for recognition by pushing through an protection ordinance for Bigfoot. If hunters do take to the hill, what then? They are out there already, and apart from all the wannabe's, who'll leave as soon as the first one accidentaly shoot his buddy in the toe, the Bigfeet will be as safe as they ever were.

There just isn't enough interest in Bigfeet to cause major havoc in the general population. The great majority of people will simple take the "Well, whaddaya know? That's pretty neat!" And go about their daily lifes.

Wouldn't it be funny if some rancher in Idaho has the zoological discovery of the century taxidermied and mounted in his living room.

I would say shoot only if threatened...As many sightings and such and I personally have never heard of a bigfoot attack...so it must be pretty harmless.
Scary looking, but I think probably more afraid of us....

Mysteryman quoted ....First of all (not to start any arguments, just having a normal discussion), I believe their is way more than 100 of these Bigfoots out there. Probably ranging to just about thousands...(Based on thousands of encounters)...

I don't believe there are thousands of sassy out there. There's a high probability that yowies move around over a certain area so a lot of the sightings could be attributed to the one creature following food / water. The same could be said for sassy.

Someone also said it should be easy to shoot a sassy as bears are often killed. I believe you're dealing with a much more intelligent animal then a bear, so the 2 can't be compared.

If there do happen to be thousands....there were thousands of Mountain Gorrilas too a few years ago, before people started being "encouraged" to shoot them...

thats not very many big foots left , they will out breed them selves in a decade, so you might as well get 1 good specimen . good photos never count people are to skeptic for them, you need real proof something you can touch

Shoot one, then lobby a bill to protect them.

I'd say shoot only in defense. Since getting one dead or capturing one will be the only way to prove it exists. Maybe with a tranquilizer instead of shooting it dead. But not many people carry tranquilizer guns with them so yeah...

The keywords there would be 'if not leaked.' I'm sure we've found out quite a few things that we weren't supposed to. I guess it could be possible, but I highly doubt that the government would be able to keep it under wraps forever. It's just something that I don't put my trust in.

Anyone who shot a sasquatch should be sent to jail for a very long time IMO, we are talking about an intelligent, conscious being. I think cryptids which are considered as likely true should be placed under endangered protection laws whether they have been proven true or not.

I agree.

If people go around shooting Bigfoots then they really won't exist.

very true....

people do tend to shoot things though, due to fear of the unknown...

why some countries allow people to own guns is beyond me

Jesus Freak sadly I find that your kind kill just to kill all too often and secondly there are already areas that have these creatures protected. By shooting them in these areas you will be stuck with a very large fine for poaching along with being a target yourself.

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VeinsAfire

Bring on the bigfoot!!!

i must admit i'm quite shocked to see how many people have voted for the killing of bigfoot in order to prove its existence...