Contrary to your silly assertions, the only practical morality is partly tied into the legality
Broadly speaking, hunting with the intention of using the animal for meat has a higher morality than mere trophy hunting but
there's nothing to suggest that trophy hunting is inherently immoral even if the practice strikes many of us as distasteful.
Are you a bad person if you hunt elephants?
Depends. I mean if it's for survival I don't think hunting any Animal is bad.
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DistantMemory posted...
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Could make a nice blanket for a baby to keep it warm.
You horrible, nasty, vulgar man!
My option was for those that viewed in entirely on the basis of legality, as implied by "I base my moral code simply on the law". Granted, I could have included many more poll options to more adequately cover possible views on the topic, but that would be frivolous and people will always be dissatisfied with the poll options, you being a prime example because I've certainly seen you whining about it several times, and not just in my topics.
I would say that taking a life for no purpose other than pride and/or fun is inherently immoral, though I grant that's subjective. But then so is all morality, so you could apply your "nothing inherently immoral" shlock onto anything.
Hunting any animal for sport is wrong and disgusting to me. Finding enjoyment in killing something is awful.
MICHALECOLE posted...
Hunting any animal for sport is wrong and disgusting to me. Finding enjoyment in killing something is awful.
I could see taking pride in it maybe as in proud of their "skill". but as I posted above you i'd want them at least donating the meat to the needy if they don't want themselves.
mooreandrew58 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Hunting any animal for sport is wrong and disgusting to me. Finding enjoyment in killing something is awful.
I could see taking pride in it maybe as in proud of their "skill". but as I posted above you i'd want them at least donating the meat to the needy if they don't want themselves.
If they used a gun there was no skill, all they did was murder something that was just trying to live
mooreandrew58 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Hunting any animal for sport is wrong and disgusting to me. Finding enjoyment in killing something is awful.
I could see taking pride in it maybe as in proud of their "skill". but as I posted above you i'd want them at least donating the meat to the needy if they don't want themselves.
If they used a gun there was no skill, all they did was murder something that was just trying to live
Ideally when you hunt for food you want a heart or at least a lung shot. You want the animal out quickly so the Adrenalin doesn't spoil the meat.
Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...
Ideally when you hunt for food you want a heart or at least a lung shot. You want the animal out quickly so the Adrenalin doesn't spoil the meat.
why not head shot though if you are confident you could make that shot? not many people eat the brains anyways.
mooreandrew58 posted...
Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...
Ideally when you hunt for food you want a heart or at least a lung shot. You want the animal out quickly so the Adrenalin doesn't spoil the meat.
why not head shot though if you are confident you could make that shot? not many people eat the brains anyways.
Compare a human skull to that of a deer. The human skull is dominated by the brain, so a shot to the head is likely to penetrate the cranium and brain.
On the other hand, a deer brain is very small compared to the skull and presents a very small target. Furthermore there are bony stuctures which might deflect away a bullet or arrow. See this picture of a fallow deer skull.
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Generally, large muscles need large anchor points, so an animal with strong neck muscles or strong jaw muscles will often have bony lumps and flanges on its skull (e.g. the sagital crest on a gorilla skull).
A sagittal crest is a ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) of many mammalian and reptilian skulls, among others.
In contrast, a deflected shot off a rib is still likely to go on and penetrate heart or lungs. And a big animal like a deer is going to need a big heart and big lungs to oxygenate such a large body.
Simply put a head shot is a high risk shot. Heart and lungs is a guaranteed kill. A deer's brain is about the size of a fist, which means most of what is in a deer's head is not brain. Hitting something that small from a distance is a tough shot for even a good marksman.
He probably wasn't that great of a shot or didn't use the mushrooming bullets. But people do hunt with revolvers though. Usually for the extra challenge or something different.
I've hunted two seasons using a .54 caliber Hawken rifle. It was quiet the experience but you need a lot of patience for it.