Quote: zooo @ April 16 2012, 3:58 PM BSTThey are doing it because they enjoy killing an animal. That's f**ked up. And it is NOT respectful. That's really a pathetic claim.
It's the truth, however. I'm sure the average hunter would love to see his prey reanimated, leaving behind neatly wrapped packages of steaks, but as the saying goes: you have to break some eggs to make an omelette. Someone had to kill that pig that you had for breakfast yesterday, by the way.
Hunting requires great skill and patience. I've probably spent 20 silent and motionless hours in cold, uncomfortable deer blinds and I've seen exactly one deer killed. It wasn't all that long ago that our ancestors relied on hunting for their meals and it's still an everyday part of life in much of the world.