Glyn;
I've hunted small game/large game and most types of feathered critters and fished all my life.......I can see where your coming from and you have some very valid thoughts.......here's mine...........
I was always taught when you hunted, you hunted ethically, by the rules of the state/land. You always,always hunted for food or fur, never just "to kill something".99% of the game I kill, I eat, the other 1 % that I don't eat, goes to someone that does eat it, no meat is ever wasted... True hunters do just that, hunt, the guys that kill an animal for the sake of killing an animal are NOT hunters............
Only exception are nusiance animals which we have plenty of in my state, beavers,nutria come to mind, but they are being used for alligator food on gator farms and hides sold to the fur industry.....still nothing wasted.....
6; I understand your point and I don't condem "trophy hunters", but, most "trophy" type animals are way past their prime for breeding and will have a hard life, so trophy hunting in that aspect does make some sense....game biologist will tell you most old animals die from starvation or disease, so, they recommend taking them out of the herd....
7;totally agree, it's not a sport and those guys are NOT HUNTERS.......Same for "canned" hunts and "fenced" hunts in my opinion....
As far as the dressing up part goes, well, the Brits have the corner on that market...
Oh BTW, over/under for me also, never could get used to the side by sides.........
David