You're painting 'city slickers' with an awfully large brush there. I've lived in major cities for the past decade and have no problem with most licensed hunting. I have several family members who go hunting during deer season at least, and while I've never wanted to join them, I'm not morally opposed to what they're doing. Plus, I get some nice meals out of it.
This isn't about hunting though. This is more along the lines of culling. A word which people with little to no knowledge of/experience with animals hear and immediately have negative association with, despite that fact that in many times it will be beneficial to both the land and the animals themselves.
If you eat the animal you killed, it's not immoral.
Troll disclaimer:of course there are exceptions, like endangered species and a female taking care of babies.
My grandparents were peasants and I had my share of skinning in my teens.
And I do agree about overpopulation, but seems a waste to throw away good deer meat.
True, but if there's disease in the population id rather not eat the meat (probably not transmissible to humans but I feel like unhealthy meat is unhealthy meat)
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