I agree with the above except on one point.

Why do people think we "owe" anything to an animal? The goal of hunting is to kill an animal. I don't owe it anything. If anything, I'll thank God for putting it there, but the pig or deer or whatever gets nothing but a bullet from me.

I try really hard for clean kills. So I don't have to track them. So I don't waste the meat if I can't find it before sundown. I really don't care too much about it suffering. I'm not trying to sound cold, but my purpose is to kill it. Talking about respect, or oweing the animals, or not letting it suffer is just a way to make us feel better about killing an animal. I think we've also been brain washed to worry too much about what the non-hunting portion of society thinks about us. Maybe if we talk about it being spiritual and try not to let it suffer, they will like us better.

I'm out there to kill something. I don't think it matters how much pain if feels. It's gonna die.