Thread: Long-range hunting: is it sporting?

I think that its extremely perverse that the hunters level of excitement is enhanced at closer proximaty, because of increased chances of detection by an animal who will be frightened by that detection if it occurs. To me that is disturbingly like exploitation for self stimulation. Thats not ethical....

Remote clinical execution is far far more humane and far less exploitive.

The bollocks about increased sporting chance is lame. The animal didn't agree to the competition.

Tony's argument is facile, and prehistoric and easily rebutted.... some of mine is as well... but that is sort of my point.

You can't accept only arguments that suit you, and then call them ethical..... there is no substantive objective rationale for his position... only his subjective view.

And I'm not a long range hunter....