Hunting should be forbidden

<< However, hunters don't kill for the purpose of nourishing humanity or even for the traditional enjoyment of food consumption that has been culturally sustained throughout the globe for ages. Instead, hunters kill purely for their own enjoyment or "sport. ">> Hunters kill for nourishing themselves as well. Farm raised animals don't have the same taste as wild game. We kill for the anticipation and challenge of the hunt. Hunters aren't happy that they JUST killed something. They're happy that they succeeded in the hunt and that they overcame the challenges of nature. < > Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) Let's see, hunting requires skill, physical prowess, and a competitive nature. Oh look at that, hunting and fishing are even in the definition. :D < > Murder-the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) Animal- An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal. (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) It seems to me that killing an animal is not considered murder by our definition's and law. < > This is worldwide where [modern] hunting (the hunting we're talking about) does not always take place. Meaning even with barbaric forms of hunting still out there, it doesn't cause as much extinctions as things like housebuilding. This debate is over [modern] hunting in the U. S. as I have already stated in Round 1. < > You obviously don't know your hunting facts. Hunting with automatic rifles (i. e. M15's, AK47's) is illegal. A hunter is allowed 5 shots in a magazine for big game and 3 for waterfowl. Those three shots are semi-automatic, not automatic. As in, the person has to eject each shell casing and then pull the trigger again. 5 shots is almost never used unless the animal is already down. Going back to the old saying "One shot, one deer. Two shots, maybe one deer. Three shots, no deer. " Most of the time after that first shot goes off you aren't going to get another one off. Those things run FAST! I have never heard of a person shooting a deer on his 3rd shot. I've only seen someone hit one on his second shot on TV, and he was a professional. With ducks you won't get more than 2 good shots off most of the time. The only time you ever will is if they land. Hunting with spears and bow and arrow would almost be impossible. It took indians years of experience to hunt big game successfully. Even the most experienced could only shoot ducks sitting on the water, and to sneak up on them and get close enough, which is very hard to do. With big game they would have to set traps (illegal, as it should be) for the big game, or they would get in big hunting parties on horseback and round up large herds of animals on open plains and push them into an ambush. Not easy in a dense forest. You have obviously never hunted, so don't act like you know it's easy. People who are serious about hunting spend hundres to thousands of dollars to get the right equipment. They wake up as early as 1 o'clock in the morning and sometimes even camp out overnight. Very few things in this world are more challenging hunting. It's physically exerting, mentally tough, expensive, and. .. probably one of the best experience in the world for some. <> I remember that duck hunting game as a kid. I wanted it so badly but never got it :(. Once again, since you've never gone hunting, you wouldn't know that there is a game that can compare to hunting. Paintballing is fun but the anticipation is different and so is the sense of triumph. I can't explain it to you, you'd have to experience it to really understand. All I can say is that when I've gone paintballing it comes no where close to hunting. < > Once again, you obviously have never gone hunting. Only "good" hunters ever get any game because bad hunters scare away the game, never see the game, or always miss their shots at the game. You're analogy should be changed to: Only good hunters get the game, although others can be hunters while Only good singers are listened too, eve though others can sing. < > "This debate is over whether or not modern hunting (hunting with rules and regulations) in the U. S. shold be forbidden. " Because that's what the debate is over, according to my first sentence of this debate. <<"By 2010, there will be no more fish in the North Atlantic. Scientists claim this is because of major overfishing in the area, which will result in everyone eating only jellyfish sandwiches. >> I refute the reliability of the source used. It's a blog. We're debating hunting, not fishing. Fishing is a sub-category of "hunting". While "hunting" is the other part of the general term "hunting". We're debating hunting not fishing. However, this is exactly why we need to install rules and regulations on overfishing. That's what [modern] hunting is all about. Having rules and regulations put in place when needed due to certain events. We make rules to stop overfishing, we stop fish declination. <> If people are really wanting to get guns to do something bad, it doesn't matter if hunting is illegal. We're not debating gun rights. If hunting was illegal, people would still buy guns to commit crimes. They just wouldn't also use the guns for hunting, just crime. Children aren't allowed to use guns without an adult around, or hunter safety. Without hunters, wild populations would get out of control and ruin ecosystem. (. http://query.nytimes.com...) No characters