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| No | 47% | 1130 votes | Total: 2395 votes | |
| Yes | 53% | 1265 votes |
No
Created on: June 19, 2008 Last Updated: October 01, 2011
Hunting is the ultimate contradiction, because hunters kill the very animals they claim to love and
Created on: March 10, 2009 Last Updated: April 10, 2009
Is Hunting A Sport?
The word "sport" applied to hunting is as abused as the word "hero" when applied
by Zach Bigalke
Created on: November 23, 2008
For millennia, man has needed to take down his fellow beasts to put food in his belly. Hunting is a
Created on: June 17, 2008 Last Updated: June 23, 2011
Hunting can be best defined as an activity rather than a sport, and perhaps sport would apply only in
by Ryter Lore
Created on: November 20, 2008 Last Updated: May 17, 2011
No, hunting is NOT a legitimate sport. The idea that hunting is a legitimate sport is absolutely ludicrous.
by Hafsa Zubair
Created on: June 03, 2009
Just because something is does not mean it should be; one of the clearest examples of this adage
by R.A. Scott
Created on: March 19, 2008 Last Updated: April 21, 2009
Hunting, for thousands of years, was both useful and necessary. When people would hunt it was not for
by Sans Souci
Created on: December 21, 2007
Hunting animals is not a legitimate sport. A sport is something that people do for fun and amusement.
Created on: August 28, 2008 Last Updated: March 24, 2009
Hunting is legitimate in so far it is legal. Why it is legal is more difficult to understand. Is it
Created on: July 17, 2009
I am not a hunter gather type. I understand that the steak that I eat came from an animal. That being
by John Gugie
Created on: April 01, 2008
I do not believe that hunting animals is a legitimate sport because I believe that sports should be
Created on: January 05, 2009 Last Updated: January 06, 2009
Hunting.It is a word that can stir up ill opinions on one side, and passionate conversations about the
by Charlets
Created on: August 20, 2008
It's a big "NO"! We are talking about sport. Well, how can you be sport when you are hurting a living
by Paul Mount
Created on: September 09, 2008
I am not opposed to hunting, per se. If you are hunting to feed yourself or your family, this is what
Created on: August 28, 2008
Is hunting a not only a legitimate sport, but a needed conservation method to keeping populations of
by E. Janane
Created on: September 08, 2008
Hunting animals as a sport will clearly show how demented anyone could be to approve of such a notion.
by Lori Lane
Created on: January 15, 2009
The way of the coward is to hunt for sport . If there is the desire within a person to take a life and
Created on: April 11, 2008
I have to say that if it is a legitimate sport to hunt animals then why do we put people in prison for
Created on: November 13, 2008
Is hunting animals a legitimate sport? No, it is not in my personal opinion. I do not consider hunting
Created on: February 12, 2008
Hunting animals a legitimate sport! No way. Maybe back in the day when that is what you did for survival.
Yes
by Dean Smith
Created on: October 15, 2008
I have contested for a long time what is a sport and what is not a sport. If a may use a paraphrase
by Michael Fox
Created on: December 16, 2010
It is fully understandable as to why a debate like this is taking place over hunting. Hunting does not
Created on: September 02, 2008 Last Updated: September 03, 2008
A sport is, by definition, an activity requiring athletic skill or prowess and of a competitive nature.
by John Davis
Created on: December 01, 2008
The "hunting as sport" issue boils down to a matter of semantics. If we define "sport" as competition
by David Zacker
Created on: May 11, 2010 Last Updated: May 13, 2010
Warning, don't shoot the messenger. This messenger brings news to the readers that like it or not,
Created on: May 09, 2010 Last Updated: May 11, 2010
I have to support hunting as a legimate sport as I am a hunter. I am also a single mother who fell between
by Cobus Roos
Created on: November 30, 2009 Last Updated: December 02, 2009
Hunting - ban it!
A heading like that is assured to get the attention of hunters and anti-hunting activists.
Created on: November 19, 2008
I can see where the idea stems from that, in fact, hunting is not a legitimate sport, however, I really
Created on: January 17, 2009 Last Updated: June 08, 2009
I know deer and other animals taken during seasons may be considered ludicrous, unfounded, and unnatural
by Sylvester Pierpoint (aka John Jeffries)
Created on: April 11, 2009
HUNTING ANIMALS - From the beginning of time mankind depended on his ability to hunt and kill animals
by Ray Scott
Created on: November 17, 2008 Last Updated: January 07, 2009
I have trouble understanding the thinking of people at times. Many who think hunting is not a sport,
by Ross Bagley
Created on: June 13, 2009 Last Updated: June 15, 2009
Hunting is a recreation and is far more ethical than 99% of shrink-wrapped meat. As for the specific
Created on: December 05, 2008
Is hunting animals a legitimate sport? How could I vote on that? It was either yes or no. What I was
by Erik Olson
Created on: March 30, 2008
Hunting, like many activities, isn't "necessary" anymore. You can buy your dinner from a drive-thru
by Mick Marten
Created on: November 05, 2008
To many Helium readers this discussion may be a completely new idea to ponder. I fancy this to be the
by Hye Ju Kum
Created on: October 06, 2008
I believe that hunting animals is a part of a sport. What we call sport is a movement that requires
by Willard King
Created on: August 22, 2008 Last Updated: October 26, 2010
For all the people who wrote in the "No" category, if you had ever tried the sport of hunting, than
Created on: July 24, 2008 Last Updated: July 25, 2008
Yes, hunting is sport, and yes, it is legitimate. Our ancestors would find it humorous that we're even
by James Newton
Created on: August 20, 2008
Hunting can most certainly be classified as a sport. A debate on the matter is only possible because
Created on: May 22, 2008
Hunting animals should definitely a legitimate sport. I know most or I should say a lot of people do