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Originally Posted by Amoeba  I can understand hunting for food, even the enjoyment behind it. I can imagine there would be a sense of achievement for acquiring your own meat from the wilderness and knowing that animal was not caged or fed hormones or antibiotics or given limited space to roam. I guess there's also the sense of control over one's life, breaking away form a reliance on supermarkets and a step towards being more self-sufficient.
Maybe that's why hunting has always been a kind of sport because it re-kindles the satisfaction from the original purpose... even though the original purpose has been lost to some. I don't like the idea of hunting for sport. Although a hunter may feel satisfaction and a sense of achievement, some will still find the act of killing the animal a necessary unpleasantry. Then there is the sport hunter, if the act of killing is not for food and just for killing, where does the reward come from? That I don't understand. |
This is fine if hunting with a gun (or bow & arrow) but hunting with a pack of dogs...
Well there generally isn't much left of the victim.