I'm a gun owner and previously a sport shooter. I don't hunt - just not my thing, mostly not interested in killing something, having to clean it and pack out the meat. Grocery stores do the dirty work for me.
I also have many friends who are avid hunters. Elk, deer, fowl. Some of them are bow hunters. More power to them. In Oregon we are not allowed to sit in stands when hunting deer and elk, so there is an element of skill, which definitely increases the "sport" element of the hunt.
I think there's a certain romanticism about doing a big game hunt in Africa. Hemingway on safari; man vs wild beast and all that. I'm not sure how much that still exists. If I didn't object to killing something (personally) I could see doing this type of hunt, if it still existed in what I perceive to be its more pure form.
I also have many friends who are avid hunters. Elk, deer, fowl. Some of them are bow hunters. More power to them. In Oregon we are not allowed to sit in stands when hunting deer and elk, so there is an element of skill, which definitely increases the "sport" element of the hunt.
I think there's a certain romanticism about doing a big game hunt in Africa. Hemingway on safari; man vs wild beast and all that. I'm not sure how much that still exists. If I didn't object to killing something (personally) I could see doing this type of hunt, if it still existed in what I perceive to be its more pure form.