are you for or against hunting for fun?

Question

if you are a for it why?

hunting for fun is sickening, do you really want to kill an innocent animal. And don't give me that over-population Bulls**t because we take up more space

you are guys are horrible. Animals need to be treated with the same respect as Humans. We don't see animals going around shooting people.

Answer 1

Against.. if it's just for fun, you've gotta wonder what's wrong in their head

Answer 2

My initial response was what I think most hunters though when reading this, before you gave additional details. That is, trophy hunting and wasting the meat vs. hunting and using the meat. I'm not for any kind of hunting that wastes the meat, but not because it is cruel, simply because it is poor conservation practice. However, it seems that what you are ACTUALLY asking is whether or not hunting is ok. I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy hunting who does it (why keep doing it if you hate it?), so I think all hunters hunt for fun. It's just that we don't do it for sadistic purposes.

Well, I enjoy hunting, and I find it fun, but I also don't personally trophy hunt. I'm an eat what you kill kind of guy, except for varmints (rabbits and such in the garden, groundhogs in the field that dig burrows big enough that they can catch a tractor's front wheels and roll the tractor and crush the farmer). I've actually eaten opossum and groundhog myself, it just wouldn't be my first choice in meat. So long as the meat is donated somewhere though, trophy hunting is alright. I just don't like to see it wasted is all.

I also have plenty of family members who are dirt farmers and NEED the meat to get through the winter. It is a hard concept for many people to understand, but there are plenty of hunters still out there who hunt out of necessity.

And the over-population thing is not just a made-up BS answer. Consult your local wildlife management officials and they'll be happy to explain to you the dangers of over-population. While the correlation between higher game populations and it's effect on humans does cause a problem (more car accidents, which kill the deer and are dangerous to humans, as well as raise your insurance rates), their is also a danger to the animal itself.

Many game animals in the US don't have natural predators, besides man (I've never understood how tree-hugging hippies never seem to remember we are predators and part of the food chain). What this means is that if left unchecked, game populations skyrocket. This leads to an unbalancing of their natural ecosystem. A game animal cares nothing for conservation, and could care less if 10 other animals die from starvation and disease (caused by malnutrition and high poplution concentration), so long as it eats. Studies have shown that hunting is the most humane and efficient way of wildlife management. I'd try and explain more, but I know you stopped actually LISTENING to what I have to say as soon as I said I hunt. Either way, my link below to the wikipedia section has a few good links under the Wildlife Management section of the article discussing this practice.

** In response to the guy who said hunting should be more primitive, because how man hunts is lopsided, doesn't understand the concept of the food chain. Man is one of the slowest mammals on the planet. We have no natural camouflage. We can't fly. We are weaker than many other mammals. We are not sutied for outdoor living the way that an animal is. We are, in practice, not armed with natural defenses the way that animals are. However, what we lack in physical survivability, we make up for with our brains. We are tool-makers and tool-users. That is our advantage over wildlife. Our massive brain is our natural weapon against our prey. You seem to have someone been given the impression that all hunting requires is walking into the woods with a firearm. There is a lot more than that. Hunting is vastly more challenging than you think. If you want me to wear a loin cloth and carry nothing more than a knife and whatever I can fashion with that knife, then I get to tie the legs together on my prey before I stalk them, so they don't get to use their natural advantages either.

Answer 3

Hey, lighten up ONTOPOF... When do you think the last Indian was that hunted in just a loin cloth, knife and compass. They would also have had a spear and groups of people to bring down one animal. They would run them off cliffs. I dont recall any of those people having compasses.

Do you think in the winter they would only wear a loin cloth? They'd have used the most sophisticated tools and clothes of the day. The times you are speaking of would have been many thousands of years ago.

You dont wanna hunt, that's fine. I enjoy hunting and eat what I kill. I dont hunt " for fun". But I enjoy hunting. I dont have mounts to show my " kills". Too many people want to pigeon hole others into a convenient group. I may not fit any group you ever saw. By the way, I can start a fire with flint and steel. Not store bought mind you but items I made and found. I doubt you can.

Answer 4

I hunt crow for fun. If that makes me sick, I'd rather be sick for killing the crow and NOT eating it versus killing AND eating it.

I generally hunt animals I can eat, with the exception of pests. I do know people that hunt for sport and they typically donate the meat to others, or whatever organization is collecting during the season, but does that make them sick because they do not eat it themselves?

Your last comment sickens me. You say we don't see animals shooting people. Shooting... no, biting the S*** out of us, yes. I can't begin to describe how many times I have been bitten animals, whether it be stray pets, snakes, spiders, farm animals, a squrrel, and a racoon even.
Anyway to suggest such an arguement is childish. Of course we don't see animals shooting people, I think you have seen far too many movies and have little grasp on reality.

Answer 5

Hunting is fun why else would you do it? I always eat what I kill. How much money did you give to your State for Conservation this year most Hunters & Fisherman from my State will put in more then a $100 in to it with more then 200,000 Hunters no other group of people will match this your State parks & Animal protection is mostly payed for by Sportsmen

Answer 6

I'm from the south and hunting has always been part of my heritage. We hunt for enjoyment, yes.. just like fishing, etc. but what we kill, catch, if we don't eat it ( and we usually do!) we share it with someone who will. We hunt deer, mostly. I'll never forget the look on my 13 year old daughter's face when she and her grandaddy returned from her first deer hunt and she had a spike buck ! She was thrilled.. of course her classmates (especially the boys who'd not yet killed a deer) didn't beleive her.. till they saw her pic with deer local paper!

Real game hunting is not to be compared to what's done to torture poor defenceless animals just to see them suffer. there are laws for deer hunting that most follow as for the claiber of gun used, so as not to only wound the animal. the thing is to enjoy the hunt, shoot to kill, and prepare it for the table/freezer... That s what hunting was designed for in the first place!

Answer 7

i'm with the other answerers...well most at least

hunting for the heck of it is cruel and unnatural
hunting for food, clothes, and w/e else is fine

i mean, why shoot an innocent animal and just leave it there!
HEL-LO! that's just making the environment WORSE. and then people start complaining about how "there's no more food" and the hunters are all like "u think THATS bad, we dont have nuthin to kill anymore!" and then they'll get into this huge fight and someone will bring up "overpopulation" and someone else is gunna be like "well thats because WE need them to freakin survive!!!...

like fishing, for example...some people just catch fishies, kill them, and throw them out sumwhere

then there are people who dont follow the fishing size limit law thingies...

it's horrible, and im ot being tree-hugger-ish or anything here, but we NEED to protect our environment for the future


I am totally against hunting for fun.

Answer 8

Your question shows simple ignorance and lack of understanding. Nearly all hunters eat their game or donate it to charities that feed the homeless, and the minuscule minority who kill for the sake of killing are not hunters at all. You should make a friend who believes something different than you do. Isn't diversity what you liberals are all about? We both know the answer to that. You are not about diversity, you are about everyone believing what you believe. Put your thinking cap on before you ask a dumb question. You will look a lot smarter if you don't open your mouth.

Answer 9

I use to say no I think it's wrong. But, someone argued that I eat meat and use lot's of animal products. I had to admit that I could survive without eating meat as many people do. I still hate "concept" of hunting for pleasure. Fishing for pleasure I deem different because you can catch and release fish without seriously injuring them in most cases. If someone wants to hunt for pleasure that ok. But, I think the "challenge" should be a little bigger. NO guns. You get a knife, compass and a loin cloth. Like the indians use to do it. You can make whatever weapon you like with your knife. Instead of shooting the biggest, meanest and baddest buck from hundreds of yards away, you have to track down something and jump on it. I would imagine that most hunters would be in better shape then. Also, they would do like other predators and choose the smaller, weaker of prey. The way men hunt is lopsided. We shoot the largest, strongest of a species. This leaves the smaller, weaker males to breed. This lowers the species as a whole.
To make a long story short-to late-yes you can hunt if you wanna. But, all you get are a knife, a compass and you get to wear a loin cloth. Everything else is up to you. If you manage to take down a grizzly then I will deem you a hunter. If you "shot" it from a tree stand over a baited corpse, anyone could do that with a little traing and the right guide.

Answer 10

You are entitled to your mistaken belief and opinion.. You do your thing and learn to be tolerant of other peoples hobbies and choices of sport and recreation... Who died and made you Queen of the Jungle? Wildlife is a renewable resource and was put here for food for those who enjoy eating wild meat which is healthier to consume.. Who are you to judge other peoples enjoyment of hunting wildlife? Everything that is eaten is killed whether it be plant or animal for human consumption.. Get over your nonsense...

Answer 11

I grew up with a gun in my hand. I was given a BB gun for Xmas at age 8, and I got a .22 rimfire rifle at age 9. I first fired a pistol at age 11 and beat Dad and 2 uncles. It was a USA Army .45 ACP. It is nutty to say such sport is wrong. Why put other animals ahead of humans? Leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone. No one is going to dictate to me in this matter or any other. Down with tyrants who try to force their naive beliefs upon everyone. I was once "PeTA Enemy of the Month", but Jennifer Lopez took that title.