It's the determining difference between hunting and harvesting to me.
We'd harvest deer out of the fields when I grew up on the farm. That was simply nothing more than target shooting. It's not meant to give the animals a sporting chance and I don't recall any of us ever calling that hunting. We didn't hunt any of the other farm animals we ate either.
We did plenty of hunting though. This was the active pursuit of wild game through free chase, stalking, or whatever you want to call it. We'd do this for sport because it's fun, exciting, and challenging. It's far from a sure thing and requires one to develop skills beyond punching a hole in a target.
Ethics are in the eye of the beholder. I have some, they are mine, I don't go around imposing them on others and I don't think they make me superior to those who don't share them. To each his own, free country, and all that.
We'd harvest deer out of the fields when I grew up on the farm. That was simply nothing more than target shooting. It's not meant to give the animals a sporting chance and I don't recall any of us ever calling that hunting. We didn't hunt any of the other farm animals we ate either.
We did plenty of hunting though. This was the active pursuit of wild game through free chase, stalking, or whatever you want to call it. We'd do this for sport because it's fun, exciting, and challenging. It's far from a sure thing and requires one to develop skills beyond punching a hole in a target.
Ethics are in the eye of the beholder. I have some, they are mine, I don't go around imposing them on others and I don't think they make me superior to those who don't share them. To each his own, free country, and all that.