Thread: Long-range hunting: is it sporting?

I think that on the whole you are right Spud.. however

My reading of the article clearly links ethics and sporting contest.

My position is that legitimate sporting contest doesn't exist in hunting, it probably never has but it is certainly is a prehistoric and completely inaccurate supposition and is even more remote in a dominantly urban based culture. That being the case a sporting contest and the relative merit of increased fairness due to proximaty cannot be linked with an ethical discussion. The ongoing risks of that argument for our recreational interests are significant and dangerous.

The second implication in the article is that long range hunting is unethical because of increased risk of being unethical.

Can you see the flaws in that position? If that is the strength of his argument, then we shouldn't be allowed to hunt at all. Any hunting activity substantially increases the risk of unethical behaviour. In fact apply that idea to almost anything and you might start to understand what a stupid position it is. Do you get how risky this stuff is?

Doing a survey of his peer group doesn't add any weight to his argument either, he is just seeking to justify his opinion..