Zak I wouldn't use the word "hate" in killing animals. Animals are here for us to kill and eat, and to use, and we are the stewards at keeping animal populations in check (suppose to be anyway). I don't "hate" killing an animal ......... its sad in a way when you hunt for a big buck, find one, hunt it and then after the shot find it dead. Glrious, magnificent animal - and you killed it. Kinda sad really, but thats what we as hunters do. Don't "hate" it - just embrace that its what we do, its a part of the Hunt that has to be and hey, if it wasn't for killing animals what would we grill on Saturday evening ?

Some animals I don't have sadness in killing - varmits especially, rodents, squirels and rabbits etc. But deer are different. A dog can be different. Any upper food chain predator thats got intelligence or wary prey animal ? Thats different, a bit of sadness comes with the hunt sometimes.

We're hunters - its what we do. And most often the death of the animal is much better than what nature would do.

Oh, and someone said I was being critical of you. I wasn't meaning to be critical, just responding to your thoughts on ethics