My friend and I have had this heated debate whether hunting and fishing are sports, he says for something to be considered a sport it has to aquire athleticism, and he says if you cant say i play______ then its not a sport such as i play baseball.
2007-08-11 11:18:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
"Sport" and "Athletic" are words with different meanings.
I suggest you and your buddy sit down with an English dictionary and do a bit of learning.
2007-08-11 11:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
hunting is a sport. fishing is a sport. if on sport center they put the world series of poker, than hunting and fishing is definitely a sport. you have to hike through dense brush, over long, seemingly endless fields, and through mountains. you have to have a good back to stand in a stand and good legs to be able to walk all day. it is physically demanding, more so than even the 2007 U.S. open or any golf. the same for fishing, but less demanding. people say that its a hobby, because its something done for recreation. but technically the same can be said about every other sport, really, just not professionally.
i am an avid outdoors man and hunting/fishing are definitely sports.
2007-08-11 17:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by outdoorsman4life 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. "Sport" comes from the old French desport meaning "leisure" Considering this definition I'm sure that every one will agree that fishing is a sport when you do it in the sense of being competetive. But as one of the other answers above stated. It can be a hobby too.
2016-05-20 00:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes you play (__with yourself__). Would it at that poing be considered a sport?
If that is the case then you definitely have to remove golf from the list of "sports". No atleticism there.
You ever been fishing in a high wind or wave condition? Have your "buddy" try that out as a physical activity.
Have you ever stalked a bear through a dense bush? Ever been chase by a really pissssed boar hog? No?
If so, then you have the right to call it a sport.
2007-08-11 16:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by coolhandven 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Forget golf, just watch ESPN and you'll see that poker, of all freakin' things, is a sport. If that's a sport, then hunting & fishing are most definitely sports.
Running a marathon requires athleticism, nobody says "I play running", or at least I hope not. Your friend's an idiot!
2007-08-11 15:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by steve 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hunting and fishing are real sports; you can argue that football, for instance, is not a sport but merely a game. Try quoting Hemingway on the subject.
2007-08-11 19:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coolhand, I never really thought about playing that game as a sport, but you just opened a new discussion for me and the wife. All these years she thought I was just wasting my time.
Oh, hunting and fishing is a sport. Ever wondered why we have "sporting goods" stores?
2007-08-11 17:11:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Try dragging a 200 pound deer a half mile back to camp and say it doesnt require some athletic ability. At least you have to be in some half way decent shape to do that much less sit still for very long periods of time and be in cold, wet, hot temps.
2007-08-12 01:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If Golf is a sport, anything's a sport.
Yes, they are.
2007-08-11 14:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
More hunters are killed or wounded each year while we practice our sport then in the NFL, NBA and NHL combined.
Yes its a sport.
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2007-08-11 14:55:14 · answer #10 · answered by miketyson26 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋