What do you think about hunting for sport?

Question

Wrong or okay? Justify your answer please.

Answer 1

I think its sick to shoot animals to death for fun and sport.

And it makes no difference if someone eats the animal or not.

150 years ago, 60,000,000 bison roamed north america. Today they are gone. Did they get eaten after the white people shot them? Doesnt matter now, does it. They're gone either way.

And its not a sport.
If it was a sport to hide behind a tree and shoot an unspecting deer as he walked by, then it would be a sport to hide behind a trash can and shoot an unspecting person as he walks by. Same skill involved. Same mentality.

Answer 2

hunting is a sport:: If you hunt only to kill an animal that is wrong. A hunter has to have the knowledge to clean the animal and eat it with sharing. Fishing is the same. Don't bother going out and thinking that catch and release is OK. You have put a hook thru the damm things mouth with no Polysporyn to stop infection. Only catch or hunt what you are going to use. As started hunting is a sport. It costs most hunters more to shoot a Moose or Deer than buying a cow. Go figure, it is a sport. Just use the animal for food and share.

Answer 3

Personally, I think that if you are hungry, or need to feed and clothe your family, hunting would be ok. HOWEVER, I think that hunting should be done with a knife or bow and arrow.

I know people hold that animals are below them and since they don't talk that may be true. But every living thing does deserve a chance. If you're going to kill something, have a good reason and do it with your hands. Sitting up in a tree with a sighted rifle is not a fair fight.

If you just like to shoot - shoot skeet. I think that is fun. But to kill a living thing; well, have a good reason and a fair fight.

I'm no tree hugger, and a gain, this is just my opinion .

Answer 4

I think hunting should be done for food, not for sport. I don't understand why someone would want to kill something for fun unless they were a sociopath. And don't tell me the wild animals will run amok and invade our towns. Our non-stop urban sprawl is taking more and more land from the animals; if we're not careful, the animals will disappear without our hunting them down.

Answer 5

How many people here have ever heard of overpopulation (concerning deer)? There are a shitload in the Hill Country, and apparently little for them to eat. Legal hunting helps control the population.

Or would you rather watch them slowly starve to death? If ya'll want, I can post pics of their condition. They come up to the redhead's house every day, all day long. It's not a pretty sight. Ribs sticking out, eyes bugged out...and a few have just had (more) babies. The town's full of 'em, because it's been so dry, there's nothing in the wild for them to eat.

Answer 6

Wow. Some people have very strong opinions. My husband hunts for just about anything he can get a license for. but we eat it...all of it...All we ever eat is deer meat. I don't think that is wrong. Hunting just to kill something is wrong. I had to laugh at the person who said to just go to the supermarket to get meat like everyone else...Ha ha ha. First, umm...those animals die, too. Second, most of that meat is packed full of hormones and God knows what else. Third, my husband can get a deer that will feed us for months for about $30. How much beef can you get for that?

Answer 7

First of all, it's not a sport.

It doesnt requiere excercise and hardwork, though it does take practice to get good at it. But, a 10 boy could be a world class hunter, when a 10 year old boy would suck if he was a world class soccer player.

Secondly, hunting is wrong.
You dont need to hunt anything, especially for food, unless you are stuck in the woods. Then, it wouldnt even be a sport (my opinion its a game), it would be survival.

Third, its cruel, you shoot a deer, it suffers for a few moments, and then you kill. How would you like it if someone shot you, and then you are in pain for a few minutes, and then shoots you again?

I don't like it, but hey, thats just me.

Answer 8

Okay if its to hunt for food. I don't really think its a sport but thats just my opinion.

Answer 9

Hunters kill more animals than recorded tallies indicate. It is estimated that, for every animal a hunter kills and recovers, at least two wounded but unrecovered animals die slowly and painfully of blood loss, infection, or starvation. Those who don't die often suffer from disabling injuries. The ecosystem and food chain form a complex web of interdependencies that if left alone provide for the survival of most species. Natural predators help themselves and their prey species to survive by killing only the sickest and weakest animals. Hunters, however, kill any animal that they come across or any animal that would look best mounted above the fireplace--often the large, healthy animals needed to keep the population strong.

The hunting and killing of animals has become a form of nothing but recreation; it is rarely necessary for human survival. Less than seven percent of the U.S. population hunts. Hunting is permitted on 60 percent of U.S. wildlife refuges and in many national forests and state parks. Forty-five percent of hunters do their killing on public lands. On federal land alone (more than half a billion acres), more than 200 million animals are killed every year.

It is illogical that hunters are allowed to kill and maim animals who theoretically "belong" equally to the 93 percent of Americans who don't hunt. But because the state wildlife commissions and federal agencies that regulate hunting are now run by hunters, they perpetuate hunting year after year, regardless of the ecological damage it causes or the objections of nonhunters. Powerful hunting lobbies in 35 states have persuaded lawmakers to enact "hunter harassment" laws that make it illegal for nonhunters to interfere in behalf of animals targeted by hunters, but these laws are being challenged on constitutional grounds.

"Woe unto the hunters for they shall be hunted. Lo, every creature which God hath made hath its end and purpose."

Answer 10

hunting for sport should be banned
it is cruel!!
Animals are having a hard time already with their homes disappearing all the time without being shot just because some males like the thrill of killing the poor little things
BAN it I say ASAP