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I've enjoyed the hiking and camping for many years without killing anything. Except when I go out with my best friend, who is a photographer, and I have to hump his equipment.

Confusing love of nature with hunting is common. Note how many people use the "I love animals, that's why I hunt," argument. By logical extension, it actually goes, "I love animals, that's why I kill them."

ie: no logic

That is not exactly what I was implying. Yeah, the love of the nature is nice and all. When I go hunting I am looking for the biggest fattest doe or buck to harvest for FOOD.

I disagree with you that most hunters kill for the fun of it. Here in Maryland our hunting seasons are long and we have alot of deer. However, about 50% of the deer killed are killed on opening day of the rifle season. It is a one weekend-a-year event for a large majority of hunters. They want to get their one or two deer for the winter because they like the venison and then they stop. If it is so fun, why do they stop when they could hunt from September through February and stack up as many deer as they want? There is nothing stopping them from killing as many as they want.

Hunting is not sick. Killing a deer for its antlers, sawing off the antlers, and leaving the body is sick. Spotlighting deer at night is sick. Breaking the law to kill animals is sick and you are a poacher. But the lawful taking of game and using that resource is not sick.