This has been playing on my mind alot since being "converted" from anti to pro.
Is it possible to love animals and want to help them, yet kill them and take their meat and fur as well?

That is something that people always point out to me when i tell them i love animals. "dont you hunt though?" they say. So im asking you the shooting community, do you love the animals you shoot as well, or do you see them more as "products", do you see the soul and character in that animal or do you just see a walking pelt and next sundays dinner?

I for one adore foxes, they are probaly my favourite wild British animal, I like the way they look, i like the personality traits associated with them, and i just have to admit it but i think there kinda cute too. But as well as loving them i can also see what a pest they can be, and know that their populations need to be controlled. The same with rabbits. But i dont know whether this is completly contradictory or not. Both adoring these animals, but agreeing that some of the population needs to be killed.

So what are your views? Do you like the animals you shoot? or do you just see them as products for your taking? Or do you have a different opinion. Discuss