Why is it that hunting is a sport, but murder is a felony?

Question

Brad D. - Hunting for the sake of getting food is one thing, but hunting purely for sport is no different, and that's what I'm talking about.

Answer 1

I am assuming by that question that you mean game hunting, the hunting of animals, correct? Not the hunting of humans. In case you haven't checked, there is a DISTINCT difference in humans and animals and therefore lies the reason why one is a sport (and you will find most true sportsmen do not waste their game)....and killing humans for reasons other than self preservation is murder and a felony.

Is your point...#1. We should make hunting a felony or #2. The killing of another human being a sport? Or, do you have a point?

Answer 2

I wish no one had ever said that Hunting was a sport. But when you analyse it, the hiking, the skills needed in marksmanship, the animal anatomy lessons, the learning of a book full of rules and regulations and then the proper preparation of the harvest is enough in it's self to make it a very demanding sport. A lot more than strapping on a pair of skis and making a control fall down a mountain. But there are more than one definition of sport. Is racing a horse sport? Yes it is, but you don't kill the horse. Because we hunters kill our game that makes our sport BAD? The killing of wild game is a extension of our survival instinct and will never go away or ever cease. The laws today (and there are more laws governing hunting then there are governing you driving a car) regulate exactly how we must hunt, what game we can hunt and what we do after the hunt. No one gets by with just killing a deer and walking away. They may think they are but there are more eyes on them than they have any idea. Every year poachers are arrested and fined or jailed. And their hunting licenses are taken away for years. Plus their guns are confiscated and sometimes even their motor vehicles are impounded and sold.
What that leaves are the lawful hunters that go out for the enjoyment of the outdoors and the pleasure of being with friends and family in a pure enviorment. The fact that they can also feed their family pure unadulterated meat is a plus but not a guarantee.
The other part of your so-called question is irrelevent to the first part and can not be compared if that is what you are doing.
Sarge

Answer 3

DL, stop trying to re-invent the English language. Its sorry enough that an ex-Prez did just that to escape a perjury conviction! Murder is the unlawful killing of one human being by another. The key phrase is: ...unlawful killing of one human being by another...

When is sports hunting murder? Well, a writer friend assures me that there is a restaurant in Arizona that has framed pictures of hunters posing with Indians and Mexicans that they hunted and killed in the desert at the turn of the last Century. That kind of sports hunting is murder. Why? See the definition, to-wit: ...the unlawful killing of human being by another... Before you say that this kind of hunting was lawful back then, the answer is that the territory where it allegedly occurred was lawless.

Applying the term 'murder' to any other kind of killing is simply incorrect. When a hurricane, tornado or tidal wave wipes out hundreds of human lives (and animal and plant life) in one sweep, is that murder? Of course not. That is a force of nature. When a bear kills a person, is that murder? Of course not, that's just being at the bottom of the food chain. An animal is incapable of committing murder. By the same token a man does not commit murder when he kills an animal. And by the way, have you seen what a bear or big cat can do to a man? T'aint pretty, that's for sure!

So if you are opposed to hunting (for whatever reason), then write to your Congressman. Write to the letters column of you local paper and express your views. Don't re-invent the language (you have to be president to get away with that nonsense!), and don't insult people on this forum who just happen to know better.

Good luck.

H

Answer 4

All hunting is a sport. And most hunters no matter the reason for hunting use the entire animal for something. And besides last time I checked murdering someone and hunting an animal (and do not give me the "humans are animals too") speech are polar opposites. That is just common sense.

Answer 5

first off yea just shut up you dont know what your talkin about! hunting is different because unlike murder hunting has regulations and the regulations are getting so rediculous that there is crow and frog season, and most people again dont shoot and just leave it there they eat it! or if your like somepeople you donate it to food shelters! bet ya didnt kno that did ya , and before you start sayin oh well its the same thing its not! murder is taking a human life out of spite do you see people killing people for food? no i didnt think so... its the way God created us or if your scientifical its the darwin therory whatever one you wanna pick, and so yea kno the facts before you get on here and say oh its the same thing as murder! And if you want to say that were murders then you are a part of it because where do you think the chicken pork or beef comes from that you eat? slaughter houses yea thats right they dont have a cahnce wild animals do, and if your a vegitarian then your killin the plants to because they are living things , so either way you put it your so not right,

Answer 6

If the hunter is a true hunter and not someone that kills just to leave something dead, it is a sport because either that hunter or any other person is going to eat what is to be hunted and killed. They prey doesn't just walk up and jump in your belly, you have to chase it down. There's your sport.
There is also varmint hunting, which is a conservation measure,as well as one of safety. If a wolf is at my door, it gets shot. Sorry PETA!

Not a lot of murders eat their victims. For the few that do, there are plenty of laws in place to deal with cannibals.
There's the difference.

Answer 7

you say your self that you want eating meat, accurate? no count number the position you acquire THAT MEAT, AN ANIMAL DIED. heavily, you want to quit, close up and picture. you say that there is various of meat contained in the shops. Yeah, because someone killed some animals for you. the position do you get off calling hunters murderers once you your self admit to buying meat from a keep? What distinction does it make in case you kill your own meat? If no one hunted, yet meat intake stayed an analogous, then there'd merely be more advantageous organization for slaughterhouses. no longer to point the overpopulation, disease and eventual extinction of alot of species. do not study human lives to those of animals. it is truly no longer an analogous, and also you should understand why. damn, you stupid ignorant hippies are starting up to get on my nerves.

Answer 8

I hunt for several reasons. First, it gets me outside and I see things some non-hunters can only get on television. (How many people can say they've watched a mother bob cat tumbling around in the brush with her babies? Or how about watching a chipmunk stuffing it's mouth with my sunflower seeds as I filmed it from 5 feet away?) Also, animal populations are getting extremely dense due to construction and human infringement. Now there is a need for more than natural thinning of the herd. Example: In a certain state (I'm leaving he name out because this can apply anywhere in the U.S.) last year, hunters took over 200,000 white-tail deer while hunting. This year the population is estimated to be over 1 million more than last year. Many of these will die slow and painfully as they starve to death. Others will wander into urban areas and be killed by cars while possibly causing human casualties as well.

Hunting is a sport, but is also a very valuable asset to game management. Not to mention that the industry pumps hundreds of millions into the economy and sales of ammunition and licenses are responsible for the purchase of millions of acres of wetlands and the upkeep of our state and national park systems.

I know I strayed from your question of comparing hunting to murder, but you obviously have no clue of how ignorant that comparison is.

Answer 9

While I am opposed to hunting if it is not eaten, that is irrelevant. The number of tags that are issued are determined after the dept of fish and wildlife have determined the numbers of a particular species and issue the number of tags which will assure optimal numbers for the species. If there were no hunting the excess animals would starve, expand into living areas get killed by cars, etc. It is far more humane to cull the excess animals than allow them to starve or encroach on areas they shouldn't be in. As to how it compares to murder I would think that common sense would cover that but apparently not.

Answer 10

You are so right! Murder would make a great sport too!

Seriously, trying to equate hunting with murder is a sad way to try to make your point.