Most hunters hunt for food. Hunting is necessary to prevent wildlife overpopulation. If population control were the primary purpose for conducting deer hunts, for example, hunters would only be permitted to kill does. This is not the case, however, because hunters demand that they be allowed to kill bucks for their antlers. The majority of wildlife species are neither hunted nor overpopulated.
Hunters save wildlife from a painful death by starvation.
While an animal killed by a hunter obviously cannot die of starvation, no hunter can predict whether the animal he kills was likely to have starved. Indeed, in aiming for that trophy buck, many hunters target the animal least likely to starve. The cause is an increase in the number of cars on the road and the destruction of wildlife habitats by new roads, shopping centers, and housing developments. The Humane Society of the United States. All rights reserved.