Every hunter? no, but then again, i did a lot of my hunting in Wyoming, western south dakota, and Montana. there are mountains out there if you didnt know. Alot of wilderness area that you can not do anything but pack in via horse. You can see hunting how you want, but its a distorted view as you have likely never been. As for weapons... god forbid we use things that have been giving hunters a way to kill and not maim... things that have been used since the invention of better weapons.
As for your prehistoric man comment.... you know the neanderthal ate roughly 6-8k calories a day??? 90% of that diet was meat... fun fact huh.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
To answer the question: No, I haven't.
Hunting for sport sounds a bit barbaric to me, why would you want to kill anything "just because"?.
If you have a reason for hunting then I have no problems with it. For example; Here in Finland we have elk (moose) hunting time in the autumn, elk are major traffic hazards and thus the elk population needs to be kept at a certain point.
What is there to understand? You kill animals because you think it's fun. You can try to justify it by saying "well I ate it!" but at the end of the day you could have just bought some meat from the grocery store.
It is unnecessary in our society. It's just people killing for the sake of killing.
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You can buy most of the animals you listed from grocery stores.
I dont think killing is fun, i dont get a thrill from killing... i get my thrill from stalking my prey, getting intouch with the roots of my ancestors. As for buying meat from the store... i dont want that feed lot meat. Next youre going to say im a horrible person because i get my chickens from my aunt and uncles farm for free.... just because there is a "store" for meat, doesnt mean you have to drink the kool-ade and think its the only sane option.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
Buying meat from a grocery store doesn't absolve you from the animal's death, it just makes it easier to swallow (Puns, HAH). If you want to be a vegan who abhors the death of any living creature, so be it, I may not agree, but I can respect it. You aren't saying that though. Your point is far more contradictory.
My fiancee hunts with this:
Your argument is invalid.
I thought about getting a falconry license.... them birds are expensive upkeep though
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
I hunt mainly for food. Free protein source for me. I prefer venison to beef and I do enjoy hunting because we own 300 acres and I go with family and get to bond, I wouldnt even have to kill anything to enjoy it(in fact, sometimes I dont)
Survival is Key
This has nothing about the ethical treatment of animals, it has everything to do with causing harm where harm is can be avoided. But do continue to use that strawman.
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There is a difference between raising a animal whose sole purpose is to be eaten and a wild animal. The cows death is necessary, the bears death is not.
Okay, but none of that makes hunting justified or necessary for you to live.
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First, we are encroaching on the bears land. Second, they invented animal control for a reason. Tranq dart, relocated. I understand though, that option doesn't sate your bloodlust.
---------- Post added 2012-11-05 at 11:50 AM ----------
Forming a bond around death and killing. Sounds healthy.