people that hunt animals like killing for no reason?

Question

i dont see any point to killing an animal for sport. its not even impressive...just shows you need to prove that your a bad a$$ by killing something with a gun. ide be impressed if you kill the animal for food and with your bare hands...BE FAIR! guns suck! of coarse your gonna get the animal! you shoot it in a bush from far away! agree?

and for people who didnt read...i said hunting for SPORT.

Answer 1

Dear Dehbee,

I want you to know that I respect your position on killing for "sport". But I also would like you to open your mind for just a minute to "hunters", ok? Let me explain...

When this country was first settled, there was an abundance of wildlife. As this country grew, developers began tearing down natural habitat and replaced it with towns and cities. Several decades ago, for example, the whitetail deer population dropped so dramatically that became alarming.

In a radius of habitat lives animals who are prey, and predator. If there are no predators, the docile animal herds grow excessively, and the land cannot maintain them. Literally, they starve to death. A much worse death than a bullet. If the predators thrive in one area, the herds become scarce, and there is an imbalance in that scenario.

The answer became, "Wildlife Management". That is regulating the number of wildlife on any given tract of land. You must maintain a good balance of prey, predator, shelter, and food in order for animals to thrive.

Since the establishment of moderate hunting seasons, for let's say, whitetail deer, a favorite among hunters, the herds have actually thrived and become stronger. Did you know a "spike" deer is genetically inferior to other male deer? If a "spike" breeds with a doe, she will have weaker and genetically inferior offspring. That means that the newborn deer is less likely to naturally survive. Also, if you have more males than females, more females than males, then you have an off-balance scenario there. There must be a good ratio of the above mentioned animals. When you do, the herds strengthen, they are adequately fed and sheltered. They do not starve, which is a horrible way to die, even you must admit that.

Those that "trophy" hunt, but do not harvest the meat, are not hunters in my book. And I agree with you wholeheartedly on that. To me, that is "sport". But for those who fill their game tags, as regulated by their Fish and Game laws, they are providing a good service in wildlife management.

Did you know that a percentage of every hunting license is donated for wildlife conservation and land management? That is in effect in all 50 states. It's the money from hunting which keeps the National Parks, wildlife management areas, and state parks working properly. It benefits the wildlife greatly.

Just to respond to your "kill it with your bare hands" statement.... lol :

Did you know that manual strangulation is one of the most difficult ways to kill something? The recipient suffers so greatly. Did you know a bullet, well placed, is very quick and it reduces needless suffering?

I respect your views, and I'm not being contentious here. But I wanted to shed some light here that not ALL hunters are bad, and they really do play an important part in helping animals, and their habitat. Did you know that the whitetail deer, bear, and wolf populations are at an all-time high? It's not a perfect system that we have, nothing is perfect. But it does work rather well.

Thanks.

Answer 2

You gotta try hitting a running target from three hundred yards away...You gotta be good.
But that's not all there is to hunting...First the animal that is harvested didn't grow up in a little cage with antibiotics and chemicals...It had a life that was free and natural. Also the trophy animal taken usually had a full life of three to six years.. Compare that span to the life of the chicken you had for lunch...(Six to eight weeks??)
Next we hunters have more concern than you may ever know.
I have spent a lot of time with my gun at my side watching the antics of a doe and her yearling, or that young buck trying to scare me out of a tree.
Also there are many many people that go to the woods just to sit around the fire an see who can spin the biggest story.
Sadly there are a few that are filled with the lust for the kill.
Those are usually younger hunters and their views change as they get older....But even at that I'd rather see them vent all of that out in the wild instead of elsewhere.......

Answer 3

Well.....hummm I understand you not being fond of hunting. It's not for everyone,yet I disagree with your statement of someone proving they are....how did you put it a "bad ***".
Take for instance golf..... I hate golf I think having a root canal is a much more pleasurable experience! I think golf courses are nothing more than a WASTE of prime habitat,that I could have an opportunity to HUNT! Yet if you enjoy that and it's a form of release for you, hey that's great! Don't thrash something you don't understand and surely have never attempted. You and lots of other people saw "Bambi" when you were a child and suddenly.....HUNTERS ARE EVIL. That is what the script writer wanted you to believe because that was his opinion.
I really can't add anything to what C.J. and Joe R have already said. Hunting for you is an emotional issue that you really have no experience with and thats fine. Yet for myself and "sorry to tell you this" thousands of others its a lifestyle something that we'll continue and we'll pass it along to our kids!!
Just once you should experience a sunrise from a bow stand. When all of nature awakes and begin the new day. I think that alone might give you a hint of what hunting is all about. Its not about the kill,yet killing is a small part of hunting.
Its about the time spent in nature, pitting yourself against one of God's creatures, in hopes of harvesting some really fantastic table fare!
About hunting for sport.....well lets say I'm a member of P.E.T.A. "people eating tasty animals"
Good Luck to you! and Good Hunting!!

Answer 4

I want to kill a wild boar with a knife I think that will be fun in a sporting kinda way.

I disagree about the gun thing . Its takes patience and skill to take an animal . And If there were no hunters animals would starve or succumb to disease. Thats a slow miserable death .

Hunting is fair the animals have sharp senses and the ability to hide. Its much fairer than killing a cow thats in a fence to eat! agree?

Answer 5

Have you ever been hunting? Before you and your compadres start saying how easy it is to go out and shoot something you should attempt a fair chase hunt. It's much more difficult that you are suggesting. Well below 50% of hunters with big game tags are successful each year.

I eat only organic meat. How much more organic can you get than a free roaming deer or elk, no hormones, no steroids, no pens no meat factory.

It's not about proving my manhood. I don't need that.

And yes, in the end I do hunt for sport. Yes, my family and I eat what I kill. But I would save a lot of time and money if I just went to the store and bought a steak.

Answer 6

Dehbee, you don't know a whole lot about hunting, do you? You say: "Be fair." What would be fair, thin skinned, fangless, clawless, relatively weak for his size, clumsy, biped Man with poorly developed hearing, sense of smell, and night vision going after a fanged and clawed, lean, mean, quick and stealthy killing machine??? Without an equalizer that sounds like suicide to me.

Hunting is more than just about killing defenseless animals. It is about food-gathering, managing wildlife so it won't fall prey to famine, disease and starvation. It is about skill and cunning verses instinct. And there are times when it is about... Survival. Animals go rogue and attack people and HAVE to be hunted down and destroyed. This is probably the only instance when I would hunt the truly majestic (non-food source) beasts: Big cats, wolves, etc...

Sports hunting is about seeking out the best specimen you can find, the most skillful survivor and pitting your skill with a rifle or bow and arrow against his speed, stealth and cunning. Is it fair? I don't know, but unless the game is tied up I have to say the odds are about fifty-fifty.

The only trophy hunting I'm currently interested in is: Feral hog. They are in epidemic proportions where I hunt, very destructive and yes, they ARE... Dangerous and hard to kill and disease carriers to life stock. Their sight, sense of hearing and sense of smell are hundreds of times better than ours and they are far quicker on four legs than we on two. Sure, I'm armed with a .458, but its a single-shot and if I miss... Well, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to run faster than I ever have before in my life.

The only other hunting I do is for table fare and again, the game has the home-field advantage. They can see, hear and hide better than I can and they are quicker and more stealthy. So there you have it. I really don't think this will change your opinion, but at least it may give you a clue as to where the hunter is coming from.

Best.

H

Answer 7

I take it then which you have on no account eaten any form of meat or used any products that are synthetic from animal via-products (which contain leather-based products, etc.) first of all, you should attain that animals don't have souls or spirits. that's what instruments them different than for human beings and why human beings are made to have dominion over animals. 2nd, you should comprehend that looking is a ability of inhabitants administration. If there have been no hunters interior the worldwide, then interior some seasons we'd be thoroughly overrun with deer, rabbits, squirrels, and a bunch of different wild interest that had no longer been regulated. those animals might then locate themselves battling and fending for his or her very own existance against one yet another and tapping our organic materials on a catastrophic point. ultimately, grow to be knowledgeable in the previous you're making statements approximately merciless punishment. it particularly is a properly documented actuality that a deer that's killed with a deadly shot from a rifle or bow suffers a speedy loss of existence that does no longer drag out suffering. you elect to make certain animals suffering, circulate circulate to a slaughter abode sometime and see how those animals are killed. i in my opinion do no longer hunt, often by using fact i don't have time to realize this. besides the undeniable fact that, assorted my pals and family contributors do, and that i do locate time to fish. those events are no longer purely a activity, yet we eat the animals that we kill. you haven't any longer lived until you have placed a meal on the table to your loved ones that comes one hundred% from the culmination of your hard artwork, from the killing, cleansing and cooking of the beef to the becoming, harvesting, and prepping of the vegtables. it particularly is after all, what existence grow to be like in the previous the introduction of the food market.

Answer 8

Most of the sport hunting you talk about is also hunting for food. The only people who should complain about hunters are vegetarians. Otherwise you are just paying someone to kill your food for you. Guns are tools they are don't 'suck'. If you buy into the 'fact' that guns kill people, maybe we should outlaw cars, they kill ALOT more people than guns do. (Of course blaming the evils of the world on inanimate object instead of blaming the person who did the crime would make since).

Answer 9

I hunt for fun and not to prove anything. Its not like after i kill a deer i carry pictures of it and show it to the ladies im interested in - see women need to quit putting themselves on pedestals and realize that everything we do is not for you all, hell most of it is done for our own enjoyment. I play sports b/c i like competition not so women will like me, although women in general would like to believe we do it to impress you all that is not the case at all. So honestly i could care less how you feel about killing animals for sport - i find it enjoyable and will continue to do it. Although i will tell you this - i dont kill animals that i do not plan on eating so even though i find it fun i also make use of the animal that i killed. I agree that killing an animal for absolutely no reason is pretty pointless but i will not be angry if someone does it.

Answer 10

As far as killing animals that are close to extinction I don't think it's cool. But when it comes to hunting animals like deer, geese, ducks etc. people do hunt for the food. There is another reason why people hunt animals like that and it's called population control. I hope that you're a vegetarian for making a statement like that because have you seen the way they butcher cows, chickens? Now that's unfair. Does this mean that you're opposed to fishing or is that not the same to you because it's just fish?