Killing animals for sport

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I am not opposed to hunting/fishing themselves, just to doing that for no reason.

Whether the reason is -- to provide food to yourself or someone else, to another animal, some other actual justified reason other than "for fun".

And don't get me started on "catch and release" fishing. WTF?

I don't hunt, but I fish. However, I also eat what I kill and those that I don't let go don't go to waste. In fact, I think I felt worse about catching a fish through the eye and letting it go than I did about the fish I caught and kept. And yes, I also fish for fun too.

As far as hunting goes, i've been before but never killed anything. Killing an animal wouldn't bother me so long as it doesn't go to waste. However, killing for pure sport does.

One thing that sticks out in my mind is that scene from the movie "Powder", where the hunter kills the deer and once Powder lets him see what the deer sees, he stops for good never to hunt again.

I'm really only a supporter of hunting if:

1. It doesnt endanger the animal population/helps ease overpopulation
2. You eat the meat from what you kill.
3. That which you are hunting could easily kill you.

Examples would be like moose and bears, which easily kill people, especially mother bears/moose.

Down in other places there may not be many moose/bear, but up here in alaska both of these animals are pretty common.

Back when I was younger, I used to be rather extreme about animal rights... I was a vegetarian for a while. However, after a while I got to thinking (and I got quite unhealthy, because my food issues and vegetarianism combined did not make for a good diet!) and eased off some. However, certain things like hunting just for sport without function and testing on animals only for cosmetic or similar non-necessary reasons I still don't agree with.

Killing animals for sport sucks.

The reason why they over populate is because there are no natural predators to destroy the old and weak. It is common for deer hunters to try to kill the biggest buck, therefore eliminating the strongest male. The bigger the antlers, the better genes of the buck and big antlers look better on walls so they say. Back in the early 90's the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone. It took a year and the deer population began to stabilize. Then the wolves controlled the population of the deer so good that there was nothing for the sports hunters to kill so then they started killing the wolves.

Humans are the most destructive and over populated animal.

With omega-6 and combinations of vegetarian foods forming complete proteins, it's more than possible to be a healthy, practicing Vegan. The conditions that these animals suffer and live in is a good enough reason to become vegan and with a little education, it's a superior diet, as well. I have nothing against eating meat. It's just that I don't feel comfortable with it because of how these animals are raised and what they are being subjected to throughout their entire life-cycle that makes the difference.

I have a profound admiration of nature and its beauty, and a deep love of animals.

I'm not sure why people feel the need to hunt, but I'm always minded that the FBI actively search out and monitor childhood animal torturers and arsonists because these are diagnostic markers for criminal psychopathy.

And to my mind, hunting seems like something of an extension of that.

To be able to shoot a deer, you have to be able to see no beauty in it, ie - have very limited aesthetic sensibilities and a very cold heart.

Shooting an animal isn't so very far from shooting a human being.

Do you eat a human beong after you shoot it(excluding canniballs here)?

Also Catching the fish and letting it off the hook can be very fun, it doesn't harm the animal because the mouth where the hook is is numb so the fish doesn't feel a thing unless of course the hook goes deeper into the mouth but the only people that use those kinds of hooks fish to eat instead of fish to fun.

thank aspiartist- quite true!

im a vegitarian (over 20 years) and tiink hunting, even killing, any animal is wrong- as humans we have the ability to make moral choices, and raise ourselves above base instainct, selfish needs.

however- each time i see phesants- i just long to kill them. somehow they activate some weird, non begitarian-pacifist element with me and i long to career after them and get them and eat them! weird, non? they just look like walking food to me- theya re SO stupid- they run away making the biggest noise possible- as though they hope one will chase them!

so i do understand- i just resist this urge. much the same as i manage to resist the urge to punch people who engage in prolonged, loud phone conversations on the bus- its self control.

from what ive read here, many aspies seem very able to relate to animals in more immediate way than relating to other people.
i am one of the sad goes-up-to-any-dog-or-cat people to pet it.

id rather see the rude, noisey people running for their lives.

I have problems carving a turkey or killing a bug, so killing an animal for sports is completely foreign to me.

trewissick, maybe you're just missing something serious in your diet and need a steak. There are those that are range fed and would be more ethical in terms of consuming.

Take all you want but eat all you take.