What do you think of hunting wild animals. Bear hunting in the US?

MODERN DAY HUNTING

Hunting in the wild in the old sense ,even for food is an idea of the past

3·000 animals have gone in extinction in the last 50 years

loss of habitat,is global and on a grand scale.

Humanity has overstepped the Natural accepted equilibrium.

And the Animal populations have shrunk too much for us to pretend to be predators and nibble at the numbers that are left

The animals we got ,are now important components of Eco systems which we cannot afford to reduce.

All the professional hunters that i Know in Africa and Canada have become involved in conservation.

If we set up parks and breed animals ,we can let people cull some of them at high fees under strict supervision and let them believe that they are still hunters.

In this sense the hunting aids conservation because part of the money returns to the management of the animals.

Although there are also unscrupulous operators under this concept ,who for example dart lions and then let the brave hunter shoot the drugged animals for fantastic fees,but these operations are detested by regular conservationists.

The only real hunting today In africa ,is done illegaly by poachers who shoot Tigers,Elephants and Rhino`s for body parts that have great value on the foreign markets

Urbanizations and expanding farming operations deforestation for the production of Ethanol (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah5LA...

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gives opportunities to collect the animals that now find themselves with out habitat

And the market in first world countries like the USA entices the poor from these Natural territories to hunt exotic animals for pets or for body parts such as the hides.And the only way to stop this is to stop deforestation and improve local economic conditions which will not even happen with the skies full of flying pigs.

And the USA still has hunting as part of their culture ,and they will regret it in the end when everything has gone

It is true that in Canada and the US bear hunting is a kind of sport but it is not correct that you are allowed to hunt as many bears as you want. Every year the concerned department award a specific number of licenses for bear hunting, which provide an opportunity to hunterers for outdoor sport, it also keep the numbers of bears in the area within the sustainable limit, further in most cases the hunereres eat the meat of bears.

If the animal is not endangered, hunting any animal is okay if done humanely and for complete consumption. If the meat is left to rot or certain organs taken only, then this is where the act of hunting becomes barbaric. I am saddened when I see hunters all smiles sitting in front of a large bear as if they are the tough one of the two. People with that attitude should try hunting that bear with their bare hands and see which is the mightier species. Hunting in my opinion is only good if done for the right reasons.

There is NO grizzly bear hunting in the US...they barely (no pun intended) exist here anymore.. they have been wiped out years ago and are now an endangered species. They cannot be legally hunted here in the US. I too do not agree with the hunting of large predators..it wreaks havoc with the ecosystem when these such predators are removed and they are not overpopulated. If it is a hunt to help control overpopulation and the animal is not threatened or endangered, and people actually use the meat and are not "trophy" hunters, then I have no problem with this.

I think hunting wild animals in the US is great for conservation and the economy. The reason I feel this way is because the licensing that hunters pay for, go back to the Conversation aspect of it.

Hunters pay to keep the land wild, its hunters who spend billions of dollars every yr to maintain the forest and to insure that the regulations are upheld. No hunter has a problem being told that "this year bear season is going to be suspended , so that they can re-build the population. Its because of hunters that the habitat of bears and many other animals exist.

Without hunting Conservationist will only have one leg to stand on. With the Inclusion of hunters on their team they have two. Hunters want the same grassy plains, hard woods and meadows that they enjoyed hunting for many years to be enjoyed by their children generations to come.

Although I don't personally hunt bear I support the hunter that does. The same woods that he hunts bear in is the same woods I will kill an elk.

I have been an outdoorsman my entire life. Bears are not hunted only for money. Bear meat is consumable, and should be eaten if you hunt bear. Bears are only hunted when the population can support the activity. Maybe you are under-informed, or misinformed, or this is a baited question by someone who outright opposes hunting. If you truly want information, please investigate the topic yourself by contacting any state Department of Natural Resources where bears are legal to hunt. Many states do not have a population of bears that can support hunting.

I think we should be allowed to hunt (for food only) a larger percentage of wild turkey, boar, and deer. I've been in the woods for the last 30 years and I've never seen such an abundance.

In terms of bear, I could not kill one unless my life were at stake. I've had a few close encounters with them and managed to end it without any trouble. The folks that I know who engage in bear hunting use them for food and would never kill one just to destroy it.

Bear is tasty. Hunting is built into human nature. Its an instinct built inside of us. Its well regulated too, its not out of control or anything.

I also see the instinct to hunt one day "evolving out" modern society.

It's hard for me to understand why anyone would hunt for recreation. I'm not sure why hunters consider killing fun. I'm sure there are people in some rural areas who rely on their hunting skills for sustenance, but they're in the minority.

I feel hunting of any life forms is a barbaric act. Hunting for sports is worse. Imagine if dinosaurs were alive today and they hunted the human race for fun.

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