"Good" hunters, indifferent hunters, bad hunters. All attempt to, or actually do, take another life.  
This sits ok with many though thankfully not all of those shooting to kill.  Fortunately John is around to reflect upon and share some of the ugly realities. Then there is the reality that in Alaska relatively few hunt and or trap. Nationally the hunt crowd sits at about 5% of total population and apparently dropping. Yet here an insular Alaska Board of Game (BOG)  of 7 hunters and trappers makes the rules for the 14% who hunt and trap.  Yet  all Alaskan stakeholders unrepresented are the rest.  20 years of  BOG decisions reveals that of the non-consumptive proposals made by that larger  % of Alaskans,  95% were denied, 5% approved of which  most were amended by the BOG to include  added consumptive aspects. Just pointing to the vastly shifting demographic, Alaskan and national, that will eventually reject most of the hunt and trap tradition. It's happening now. BOG wake up.