To each his own. I hunted deer growing up and enjoyed it. Now other family members keep the deer herd healthy by hunting and land management (food plots and game mgt. plan) and that lets me focus on the ponds. The worst sight I have ever seen wrt wildlife (worse than a week old fish kill) was the mass sickness and starvation of deer as a teen. The area we hunted had lots of deer- way to many. The State had ask for years for help in culling does but no one was interested. The herd got some kind of disease and hundreds of them were walking around completely disoriented all skin and bones while some others were healthy. Game and Fish supervised hunters with our help had to shoot several hundred sick ones to stop the suffering. The bodies were put in a pit and then buried. It was an appalling situation. I am glad for those today that manage the herd (as DIED noted) so that I don't have to experience that again.