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Originally Posted by longsuffering
Try making a case for the 'need' to trophy hunt. Bloodlust?
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When you go fishing, if it's going well you usually try to fish as long as you can and keep the bigger fish. Trophy fishing. If you let a previously caught fish go in order to keep a bigger fish and the original fish dies, what is that considered?
If you're hunting and you have a chance to shoot a normal sized deer and a massive (trophy) deer, you're going to go for the bigger one.
Some are going to argue that leaving the carcas to rot is wrong because you should use all the meat. I've had bear meat a few times, I've enjoyed it 0 times. It isn't the law to use all of the meat and he didn't. He was bear hunting to get the hide, not the meat. I'm sure he goes hunting for other things and uses the meat and not the hide.
Years ago, I caught a trophy fish that is on my wall. I didn't eat the fish. 0% of that fish was utilized. That fish died a horrible horrible death just so I could put it on my wall. That day I had caught many other fish and threw them back because I was trophy fishing. I didn't need to keep fishing, I had caught many fish already, I just
wanted a trophy.
People don't 'need' to trophy hunt because people don't need trophies. People don't need to play hockey, teams don't need to win championships, people don't need a big house or a fancy car. They want them.
Stoner wanted a trophy, it was within his right to get one. He followed the rules, he paid his dues and got his torphy because he wanted it.
If it makes you feel better, he probably tried a few times to get a trophy and failed.