“Hunting destructive pests like coyotes and feral hogs....”
I would not call that unnecessary sport shooting.
I am against unnecessary killing of all kinds, because it makes people more calloused towards all life including people.
People that get their jollies out of blowing things up just for whims, are dangerous to everyone.
This from a guy who carries daily and probably has a larger arsenal than you do.
Most sport hunting of big game consists of taking out rogue animals or culling oversized populations. The countries that charge big money for a sport tag are helping to conserve their animal populations and most times the locals get the meat. Africa is lousy with lions. Just like the US is lousy with bears. I don’t want to shoot them because there isn’t much sport in it but I also want the numbers kept under control so somebody has to do it. There is nothing innately evil about it.
If you don’t enjoy it fine. Don’t do it. I totally disagree with you that it makes people calloused towards all life. That’s just some feel good snowflake BS. You sound like a millennial.