Since the dawn of time, man kind has hunted for survival. Hunting was the way of life, it was a necessity for survival from the time of the cave-man to colonial times. All across the world there are different forms of hunting for various types of prey, every culture has relied on it and has a history of its practices. Today we can simply just travel to the town market and purchase our foods but there was a time when that was not an option and what determined whether you ate or not was if your family had managed to successfully bring home a animal. The world of hunting today is not as big of a deal as what it was then and is commonly frowned upon due to people protesting against it claiming that hunting is needless and just used for sport and nothing more. When in reality a harvested elk or deer will feed a family for multiple months and almost all of the animal put to good use. Whenever a tag is purchased so that someone can hunt an animal, the money is put towards wilderness protection as well as animal protection so that wild life can remain in tact. Hunters actually give more money to animal rights and protection facilities then any anti-hunting organization ever has. Another advantage of hunting today is to actually control animal population (Division Of Wildlife). When human kind staked their grounds in wilderness, there were many predators such as bears, wolves and mountain lions. But humans quickly began killing these animals off because they were scared of them, resulting in no predators which meant that their prey was no longer being killed. This resulted in over population of these animals and they began destroying plant life and all the vegetation they needed to survive. So society needs hunters so that these animals population is monitored so that they can actually survive. Many people today actually do not partake in hunting as much as we actually think, which is something we would not expect here in colorado considering that about one in five people have hunted or know of people that do hunt. But only a mere 7% of the US population actually hunts (Hunting Facts).
Now a days, hunting is considered sporting activity but is commonly mixed up for "hunting for sport". This term means that people hunting are just killing animals for bragging rights and for show and yes, some people do go about this but the vast majority of the hunting community is against this concept. Take these images for example, Some people wish to just embark on hunts to harvest trophy animals such as this massive bull elk.
But in this image below this is more of the average bull elk that most people harvest and are happy with. Notice the size difference as well as the facial expressions between the men in the images, who truly looks more satisfied with their kill?
Hunting is not thought of as about just killing animals. It is cherished by those that partake in it because of the connection to nature and because of its unique characteristic that brings families and friends closer together. Its because of these attributes that people love hunting as well as the outdoors.
Sources
-Division Of Wildlife
-Hunting facts
http://www.idausa.org/facts/hunting.html
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