Killing for fun and killing for food aren’t the same thing.
If I had to kill all my own food, I doubt I’d become a vegetarian. Killing for grins is a little different, though.
[[ Killing for grins is a little different, though.]]
It isn’t just for grins- it serves a duel purpose- it cuts down on pests, and it helps sharpen shooting skills- like I said previously- no one bats an eyelash when people call orkin to exterminate vermin- mice, rats, moles, voles, groundhogs, skunks, etc- but somehow lose their mind when someone shoots a bird- (Never mind that these birds crap all over everything- ruining barns, rotting wood, ruining feed bins, causing health hazards by their crap getting into feed- water supplies- Ruining paint jobs on vehicles and farm equipment etc-
Ranchers routinely go out shooting prairie dogs- yep- it’s fun- and improves hunting skills- HOWEVER it also serves a purpose- it cuts down on the populations that are exploding to the point they are eating themselves to starvation- they are cutting down on the numbers, and thus the numbers of burrows that cause cattle hand horses to break legs, they care cutting down on diseases like bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, etc -
Hunting serves a valid purpose- even shooting does when it comes to vermin- I don’t know if you’ve ever been around barns before, but the damage that doves and pigeons do is tremendous- and it becomes necessary to cull them when they get too abundant- which they WILL if left alone- Ever had ot have your car repainted because of bird crap ruining the paint job? Not fun!