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I imagine by "respect for the animal", he means putting the whole animal to good use. Meat, horns, pelt as something more than a "trophy".
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That and the fact that you don't actually care if you get one or not. There is no hypocrisy, as Havoc said, a hunter saying he still have respect for his preys is not bull-shitting. I'd say the rules about hunting are a form of respect, by respecting rules that are established, you hunt only a certain quota of animals and thus, are not depleting their race.
Anyway, it's always good to use as much of the animal as you can, instead of wasting the parts. Personally, during my hunting time I kept the meat. The only reason I didn't do anything with the rest was because I didn't know what to do with it or didn't have the skills/knowledge/money to make anything out of the pelt and the horns. I wouldn't actually wear deer-skin shoes.
I do admit mankind has deprived most herbivores of their natural predators. that's one good enough reason for hunting to exist, since hunters are basically making compensation for the predators that aren't there anymore. Hunters aren't assassins more than people who work in slaughterhouses.