[YT2095]

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I like to think hunting can be a way to get closer to nature, to develop greater respect and understanding. But the behaviour of some men (it's normally men) makes me just despair. I suppose for some men hunting is a means to swagger and bully.

However, just because a lot of men are a*******s shouldn't allow the respect and reverence the rest of us feel to be defiled.

On a side note, why do so many men confuse manliness with crude macho posturing?

I have no idea either, it`s odd that "having a heart" is perceived by some as a weakness, I personaly don`t find it so, I perceive it as a strength (for me anyway).
perhaps it is as you said, a defence type thing to coverup an insecurit(y/ies).
it`s self defeating in the long though.

[boxhead]

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Why do we still hunt? What's the big thrill about shooting a wild animal? I'm not against it, I know plenty of people who do hunt, its just that I never quite understood it. If I was ever in an extreme condition where I had to hunt to survive I'm sure I could. But when I really don't have to, why would I?

Is fishing any different? I like fishing. I am a catch and release guy. Why do I like it? I find it relaxing but I also find reading a book has the same effect. Maybe it has to do with outwitting wild creatures and getting some kind of pleasurable rush from it. If you watch those guys shoot a deer on TV you'd swear they're having an orgasm. Its almost primeval. Go out hunting for days, away from the little woman and substitute sex with a kill. Whatever the reason for hunting, it must be good.

Even the dinosaurs wouldn't have stood a chance, a challenge maybe, but I'm sure if someone ever invents a time machine to take us back, hunters would be lining up.

sex and violence is the two basic feelings we have and we are designed that way by the nature to survive in the competetion. but now as our mind is evolved we start thinking about those things which are there in our subconscious for last thousands of years.