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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
There is a difference in killing and eating an animal for basic survival and killing an animal for an emotional high. When people are holding up the antelers of a deer they shot and taking pictures to send out to their friends, that's hunting for emotions. That's hunting to try and feel powerful over another species. Of course they will eat it, but that's not the reason they went out hunting.
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Who's to say what the hunter feels unless one knows him/her personally. Most times when I see somebody posting pictures of fish they caught, I don't think it's because they want to show domination over other species. They're just proud of their catch and want to record it and the memories that go with it. As somebody who has fished, I understand this. The fish is the reward for patience, luck, skill. The hunter posting pictures with his catch is probably much like the fisherman with his pics. Nothing more, nothing less.