Time the gloves came off in this discussion I think.
Im sick of being accused of holding opinions, which I don't in fact hold.
Let me clear up the first "red herring",which keeps appearing.   I am totally opposeds to intensive farming of animals,which sees them appear on supermarket shelves packaged as commodities, having had no realistic standard of life.This seems to me to be an offensive abuse of another living creature, and might even be seen as an evil practice.    This of course is for another discussion,but does bear some relevance to this one.
I agree animals can be hunted for food.Many indigenous peoples including native Americans,lived almost exclusivly from the great herds,and lived in harmony,knowing how many to take,until the "white men" slaughtered them all for profit.
The only point I have put forward,(and I have posted some stories to illustrate my meaning),is   Killing animals for sport is wrong.
Silly river sage says..."They are deer and fair game". To me that is exactly the same mindset as the people who are involved in the intensive farming that I spoke of earlier,total disregard for another species,to be used for your amusement
Another post accused me of saying that hunters had orgasmic moments when the bullet hit the deer ....Well..you all seem so hard hearted and emotionless,I doubt if any of you could achieve orgasm...Ake.