On the topic of hunting... I agree that killing for the sake of killing is bullshit. However, if I were to go out hunting (and believe me, I want to), I'd be carving up the prey for dinner and bleaching the bones to put on display. I'd probably make a coat of the fur too, as it's not nice to waste and I'm fucking freezing.
I'd not be hunting endangered or inedible species, though. That's just silly.
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Don't try to act as if hunting innocent animals is doing something good for the planet. I have not a single ounce of respect for hunters who think they are 'all that' because they are able to carry a powerful gun into a forest. I'd like to see you try and kill a deer with your bare hands, make it a fair fight as long as you insist on hunting your own meat. I put 200 dollars on the deer.
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So by your logic it would be more fair if I were to wrangle a deer and stab it numerous times with a makeshift knife, causing a great deal of pain to the animal in a drawn-out and unnecessary struggle, rather than track it and stay downwind as I put a bullet in it to end it's life quickly?
And yes, in some cases it does do good for the planet. For instance, if an animal population were to grow out of control it would cause problems. If the land were overpopulated with too much of one species, it would unbalance the food chain. Other species may die out because of the overpopulating species' consumption of a shared resource, which in turn could cause the predators of said other species to die out because of a lack of prey, and so on.