“...if you know nothing about hunting dangerous game, speculating as though you do...”
The only dangerous game for me is if a human tried to break into my house. You can make a choice to hunt dangerous animals or not, I don’t care.
I know a man who gave up hunting deer using a rifle because he knew there was no sport in it, just aim, fire. So, he bought a bow and arrow outfit to put he and the deer on more equal footing. I suppose you prefer a rifle and drop the deer in its tracks without it knowing you are around.
It would be preferable to dying of starvation/disease due to overpopulation, dying over a matter of days due to a poorly placed shot (arrow or bullet), or dying slowly while being consumed by a predator/pack of predators, in the wild.
Nature is the cruelest killer out there. Humans hunting with rifles is quite tame in comparison.
I don't prefer trophies, not into that - don't really care if others do, as long as the animals are not hunted to extinction. I have no problem with hunting to eat.
Actually, bows can dish out a brutal lingering death on deer. Seen this many times. Lead is usually much quicker and cleaner. I no longer hunt and this pic riled me as well, but I understand how it all works together to perpetuate the species.