ORIGINAL: Sylvan
Lets see now....
- It's often referred to as an outdoor sport
- It's sometimes referred to as a blood sport
- Avid hunters are often called sportsmen.
- Hunters buy their equipment in sporting goods stores.
- A popular hunters magazine is called Sports Afield.
- A popular tv show that often features hunting is The American Sportsman.
-What we do iscalledsport hunting to differentiate it from commercial hunting.
It's a sport. There is absolutely no question about it!
Then Putting on a jacket is considered a sport as well.........after all it is called a
sportscoat.
By it's definition it's a sport I'll agree to that but please don't anyone try to lump it into the same category asa"sport"that
most have come to understandand identify as something TOTALLY different all together. They may share the same word but areway different.
I think hunting it's lumped into the "sports" category (like alot of other activities that don't belong there) becausethere really is no other description for the activity.