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What is so enjoyable about killing an animal?

Doing it well.

People like yourself THINK it's enjoyable, but it's something that HAS to be done.

It has to be done in order to keep OURSELVES prepared to do what we must be able to do to survive, and that is kill and harvest game.

Personally I find those who decry hunting but still eat meat morally bankrupt, as they are unwilling to take on the responsiblity for their actions.

I do not take particular pleasure in seeing the magnificent woods creature, be it the monarch of the forest or a lowly squirrel, laying dead on the forest floor, it then is only meat, but meat that will sustain myself and my family.
It's death is a responsibility I, I take on because to do other wise would be to neglect the duty I have to my family

I do not take particular pleasure in having to reach into a
steaming hot chest cavity to cut the lungs and other organs away so I can begin the long haul out to the cooler, it's
hard to keep your stomach down but you do it, you learn to do it because others are depending on you.

And lastly you kill because there may come a time when you,
your family, or another person's life may depend on your ability to do so in as cold and calculating a manner as the situation calls for, to become emotional/hysterical may mean
a result you grieve about for the rest of your life, if you live. I would certainly find it easier to kill a predator than an innocent squirrel even though he was a man but without the constant experience of hunting, I might hesitate
and in that instant lose someone I love, or my life and be unable to protect them further.

There are good ecological reasons to hunt also, and trap, but I'm not going to get into all that. Do some research,
talk to some trappers associations, all states have them, all states require them to be licensed and trap in a humane manner.

And keep this in mind, animals DON'T HAVE RIGHTS, only man
has the ability to frame that concept. In the animal kingdom
the only right is tooth and claw, and if you're a vegetarian
the term for you is....prey.

Personally I find those who decry hunting but still eat meat morally bankrupt, as they are unwilling to take on the responsiblity for their actions.

Bingo. I'd rather not fund (as much as possible) the poor guy who has to slaughter animal after animal full time... to me it becomes meaningless. I don't think I could work in a slaughterhouse. I'd rather butcher what I need as I needed it, and be sure that I am not hiring someone to do the dirty work for me, so I can remain blissfully ignorant of the facts of life.

The rest of your post I echo also.